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when a guide was placed in charge of a caravan of automobiles which 

 stopped at the more interesting places to receive instruction. 



The daily field trips offered form an important feature of summer 

 educational work for here individual instruction is given and a direct 

 personal contact made. IIow better can conservation be taught than 

 to use a living individual of a species as a basis of discussion ! The 

 sight of a family of Sierra grouse makes a more lasting impression than 

 word pictures or even photographic studies. A first-hand acquain- 

 tance wdth conditions in a game refuge is more stimulating than the 

 reading of printed words in a book. Many teachers make use of this 

 opportunity to obtain first-hand information regarding living things. 

 As these teachers go back to their classes, conservation ideas are spread 

 through the schools. 



The Yosemite School of Field Natural History, a training school for 

 students of field natural history and conservation, graduated two addi- 

 tional classes, the last one raising the number of graduates to close to 

 the hundred mark. These graduates spread throughout the state 

 develop interest in conservation of natural resources. A number 

 become professional nature guides. 



Educational work in California State Redwood Park continued each 

 summer. Mr. J. B. Newell was forced to resign on account of ill health, 

 and his place was filled by Harry Bauer. On the resignation of Emily 

 Smith, who helped to inaugurate the work and carried it on most suc- 

 cessfully for several years. Miss Nancy Yerkes was appointed. 



Evening lectures dealing with fish and game conservation and daily 

 field trips for both children and adults were offered with this staff of 

 two guides. Twenty-seven thousand people made use of the service in 

 two months. 



During the summer of 1929, a stereopticon lantern was available and 

 lantern slides were used. Furthermore, it was possible to show motion 

 pictures, as a projector was rented and this greatly aided in giving 

 visitors visual evidence of the magnitude of the state's natural 

 resources in fish and game and in the conservation work accomplished 

 by the division. 



A series of field trips and lectures were given at Feather River resorts 

 by Rodney Ellsworth during the month of July, 1929. This new work 

 was received with enthusiasm and it is hoped that it can be continued. 



The following is a summary of the number of lectures and field trips 

 and the attendance : 



Nature Guide Service, Yosemite National Park 



Field trips Lectures 



Nuinher Attendance Number Attendance 



July-August, 1928 229 5,502 238 34,161 



June-August, 1929 No record No record 



June, 1930 No representative of Division present 



California State Redwood Park 



Field trips Lectures 



Number Attendance Number Attendance 



July-August, 1928 80 2,675 19 13,625 



July-August, 1929 103 3,607 50 23,455 



Totals— 183 6.282 69 37,080 



