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The California Nature Study Leai^uc Ijccaiiie so inudi interested in 

 this new work that tliey furnished a eonii)ac't nature study library to be 

 placed in each of the summer resorts where the work was instituted. 

 Tiiis library was supplemented by colored pictures of fisli and game and 

 other illustrative material. 



The work at Tahoe attracted the attention of the Superintendent of 

 National Parks, ]\Ir. Stephen T. INIatlu i-, and in U)20 he .suggested that 

 the Commission cooperate in similar work for Yosemite National Park. 

 A^' a consequence, there was installed in the summer of 1020 in 



I"n;. 1!). A Yosemite aLiilicme listening to a conservation lecture, .^iminiir vaca- 

 ionists are in an unusually receptive mood for information on tisli and game. Photo- 

 urapli by Curry Camping Company. 



Ycseinitc National Park what was called a "Free Nature (Juide Serv- 

 ice." Illustrated lectures dealing with wild life and wild life conserva- 

 tion were given in the evenings at the different resorts, and trips afield 

 were scheduled for morning and afternoon. Small nature study libraries 

 were made available at two different places in the Valley, and an office 

 hour gave visitors a chance to have questions relating to natural history 

 properly answered. Considering that the effort was practically new and 

 untried, the results were remarkable. During the month of June alone, 

 the only part of the season covered in this report, 10,815 persons were 

 reached through the medium of lectures, eighteen being given ; and the 

 attendance on the thirty-five scheduled trips afield was -483. Further 



