CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword 5 



Chapter 



I. Protection of the Primitive 9 



(John C. Merriam) 



II. A Master Plan for the Future 11 



(Newton B. Drury) 



III. A Landscape of Beauty and Meaning 19 



(F. L. Olmsted and George B. Vaughan) 



IV. Geology of Point Lobos 37 



(Ralph W. Chancy and R. A. Bramkamp) 



V. A "Tree Island" of Monterey Cypress 39 



(Willis L. Jepson) 



VI. A Pageant of Flowering Plants 45 



(Herbert L. Mason) 



VII. Animals, Land and Marine 51 



(Joseph Grinnell and Jean Linsdale) 



VIII. Birds of Shore and Sea 61 



(Joseph Grinnell and Jean Linsdale) 



IX. Life Between the Tides 71 



(W. K. Fisher and James L. Leitch) 



X. History at Point Lobos 78 



(Aubrey Drury and V. A. Neasham) 



Appendix 86 



TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Page 



North Point from Cypress Grove Trail Cover 



"Greatest meeting of land and water" (Frontispiece) 3 



Map of Point Lobos 6 



Point Lobos will be held in trust 13 



Rocky points mark seaward margins of cypress groves 14 



When the seas run high 18 



Cypress tell a poignant story 20 



Rocky points jutting into the sea 24 



Littoral areas provide great interest 27 



Exposed cypress contrasted with protected ones 28 



Hilltops are ancient beach terraces 30 



Rounded domes influence cypress growth 32 



Cypress are witnesses of shoreline changes 35 



A lesson in geology at Point Lobos 36 



Mortar holes mark Indian sites 36 



Esthetic window vistas 38 



Cypress may be on the verge of extinction 40 



Cypress grow on the face of cliffs 42 



Meadows covered with wildflowers 44 



Colorful wildflowers are abundant 46-47 



California sea lions 50 



Steller sea lions 52 



Reechey grf>und squirrels are plentiful 57 



Cormorants constitute a high percentage 60 



Rird Island is avian paradise 64 



Lace-lichens frame path 70 



Algae predominate in aquatic growths 72-73 



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