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vicinity. The Local Walk to the salmon run at Chico showed the 
unfortunate sacrifice of helpless spawning salmon. The Lake Wash- 
ington Bird Preserve deserves the watchful eye of every friend. The 
stocking of lakes and streams now barren of fish would make delight- 
ful objectives for excursions. The Sierras are now undertaking this. 
The importation of new birds and possibly animals and fish would be 
constructive work and the identification of forms already here would 
be of scientific interest. 
V. History and Bibliography. 
Old documents and records, original statements of pioneers and 
Indians as to legend and fact will be valuable in future years. The 
compiling of a bibliography of the Northwest would be a creditable un- 
dertaking. It would be desirable if works published by individual 
members and bearing on the objects of the Club, could become a part 
of the Club’s publications. 
VI. Roads and Trails. 
The Mountaineers are preparing a card catalogue of trails in the 
mountains of Washington, for the use of the general public, but a 
record of new trails cut by the Mountaineers should be forwarded to 
Washington and desirable new ones rejuested. Advancing the inter- 
est of good roads about Rainier and in the Olympics is lasting work. 
A shelter hut at Camp Muir on Mt. Rainier could be projected. It 
might easily lead to the establishment of a Government observatory. 
VII. Forests and Parks. 
This work could comprise primarily the conservation of natural 
beauties and secondarily the conservation of natural resources. The 
more extended use of the Regular Army to guard Natural Parks and 
forests would greatly protect the parks as well as incidentally to give 
to the army further raison detre. The work of the Department of 
Agriculture and of the Interior where it agrees with the objects of 
the Mountaineers could be upheld and strengthened. 
VIII. Law and Legislation. 
The upholding of laws relating to all the above subjects and the 
development of advance laws relating to game, forests and roads 
would add prestige to the Mountaineers. 
IX. Club Relations. 
In reading the constitutions of the five mountain climbing clubs of 
the United States and Canada, a complete oneness of purpose is shown. 
In so far as this purpose calls for action in conserving natural beauty 
and resource and in the extentions of animal and vegetable life, it 
should be united on work other than local. To facilitate this the 
clubs must become acquainted. Ways of bringing this about are sug- 
gested on another page by the exchange of magazines, lecturers and 
guests to annual Outings. It will be desirable soon to consider ways 
and means of developing the Mountaineers activities in other cities of 
the state as has been done in Everett and Tacoma. 
