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Waldo remains unspoiled
By Teri Boring
Of Ik* Emerald
Lush meadows, thick old
growth forests, deer, ground
squirrels and a myriad of
their tracks, a skylight to the
stars — this scene surrounds
Waldo Lake. Oregon's se
cond largest body of
beautiful, unspoiled water.
'Unspoiled' is no
overstatement. Scientific
studies prove that Waldo
Lake is the purest lake on
earth. From the shore,
hikers, boaters, campers and
fishermen can see the round
ed pebbles lining the lake.
Located just 60 miles
southeast of Eugene, in the
Willamette National Forest,
the 25.000 acres of the Waldo
Wilderness Area remain un
commercialized and
undeveloped. The area is
named for Judge John
Breckenridge Waldo, who
was born in Oregon in 1H44.
He used his legislative power
throughout his life to en
courage lawmakers to regard
all wilderness as invaluable.
He spent 27 summers of his
life with a small pack of
horses and a few friends, ex
ploring the vast moun
tainous area that we now
know as the Waldo
Wilderness Area.
But it wasn't until the 1984
wilderness bill passed by
Congress that the area was
dedicated and protected.
Waldo Lake and its sur
roundings are well maintain
ed by Forest Service
employees and volunteers.
Judge Waldo's usual camp
site has not had a tree cut
down since his final visit in
the late 19th Century. If he
were to visit it today it would
look remarkably the same.
According to Terry Bert
sch. a forest technician
supervisor at the Oakridge
Ranger Station, the number
one problem today is Utter.
But because of maintenance,
even Judge Waldo would be
proud to hike the trails nam
ed after him.
Twenty-one miles of hik
ing trails circle Waldo Lake.
The elevation of the lake
itself is 5.414 feet and the
trails around it are relatively
flat. However, the trails,
traveling up to neighboring
buttes and lakes steepen. An
example is the trail leading
to the fire lookout atop
Waldo Mountain, which
ends at an elevation of 6,357
feet.
A two-mile trail beginning
at trailhead 5896. leads
hikers along South Waldo to
a rustic shelter. It is on the
edge of a picture-perfect
meadow and beside a small
stream of clear water. There
is a fire pit at the shelter.
Signs alert campers to con
tain fires in designated spots
to limit fire danger.
Trails are subtly marked
with distances and destina
tions. Nevertheless, it is
possible to lose the way. A
small check-in booklet pro
vided by the Forest Service
can be used in case of an
emergency.
There are three car
accessible camgrounds.
Shadow Bay, North Waldo
and Island Inlet. Each has a
$6 fee per night. On the west
side of the lake is a little
known campsite called
Rhododendron Island, ac
cessible only by trail and
boat.
But camping around
Waldo Lake and the
wilderness area is not
limited to the developed
sites; all of the wilderness
area is worth exploring.
There are three boat
ramps, each near the
automobile-accessible cam
pgrounds. Although fishing
is not a sport Waldo Lake
boasts, fly fishermen can be
spotted along the shores of
the lake. One theory says that
the lake is too pure to have a
flourishing fish population.
However, some say the sport
of fishing will be more lively
at Waldo Lake in the near
future.
Judge Waldo hoped that
neither those who want
nature left untouched, nor
those who want to cut
everything down, would
override the other. The
Waldo Wilderness Area is
the result of this hope.
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