The Yosemite National Park, How its Boundaries Have Been Trimmed and its Forests Logged Off
[New Haven, CT]: 1924.
10.5" x 8.5", 7 pp, with three maps. Old horizontal holding creases, light general handling wear; very good. A scarce circular by one of the first people to voice strong opposition to logging in Yosemite National Park. A scarce circular by one of the first people to voice strong opposition to logging in Yosemite National Park. Van Name (1872-1959) was a zoologist and tireless advocate for the preservation of the scenic beauty, wildlife, and forests of the United States. Here he laments the insufficiency of Federal appropriations for the preservation and care of Yosemite and describes how the park's boundaries have been gradually reduced through reallocation of timberlands to the Forest Service and private lumber and railroad interests. In conclusion, he asks: "Can excuses or arguments alter the facts that of the wonderful 200 foot sugar and yellow pines within the original park limits the lumbermen are getting 95 percent and the public are keeping perhaps 5 per cent. . . that of the three sequoia groves two are still, after 33 years, in private ownership. . . that the park is now only two-thirds its original size, and that more trimming of its boundaries is being urged by the National Park Service? ARE THESE THINGS THAT SHOULD GO ON IN A NATIONAL PARK? Have we no organizations, newspapers, or even influential private citizens independent or public spirited-enough to take the lead in this emergency and give these abuses the publicity that will stop them? Two copies located in OCLC.
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