REORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES 



Fortunately, from the viewpoint of continuity of policy, 

 the Service has had but three directors. Mr. Stephen T. 

 Mather, a retired borax manufacturer, became the first head 

 of the Service and continued in that position for over fifteen 

 years. In 1929 he was succeeded by Mr. Horace M. Al- 

 bright, who was followed by Mr. Arno B. Cammerer, the 

 present director, in 1933. Both of these gentlemen had held 

 important positions in the Service for over ten years before 

 their appointment as director. 



In order that the natural wonders within the parks may 

 be fully enjoyed by the thousands of annual visitors, the 

 National Park Service has stationed trained naturalists in 

 each of the parks, whose duty it is to conduct tours and 

 deliver lectures on the wild life found in the park. Natural 

 history museums properly staffed with men able to explain 

 the exhibits have been set up. The influence of such an 

 educational program need hardly be pointed out, for nearly 

 four million persons visit the parks each year. 



The jurisdiction of the federal government over the 

 national parks and the wild life found in them is complete 

 with certain minor exceptions. 7 This jurisdiction, as has 

 been pointed out previously, 8 is different from that exercised 

 over other public lands, notably Indian and Forest Reserva- 

 tions where state game laws still apply. 



In each park a ranger is designated as conservation ran- 

 ger, whose duty it is to become versed with wild-life con- 

 ditions in the park. At headquarters in Washington there 

 has recently been organized a division of wild life especially 

 charged with the task of handling the problems which arise 

 in connection with wild life in the national parks. The con- 



7 In some cases where the state deeded the land to the federal govern- 

 ment, it retained the right to require state licenses for all fishing done 

 therein. Example : Yosemite National Park in California. 



8 See p. 46- 



