Crater Lake Park

Since he started at Crater Lake in January, Kevin Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. "Things are not OK," he said.

Oregon's only national park — with the deepest lake in the nation — observed the birth of the Park Service on Wednesday with a free admission day. So, how do crowds attracted to the stunning natural wonder celebrate during surging COVID-19 infection rates?