TWENTY-NINTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 85 



extension of the program to back country camps and increased interest 

 and attendance. 



Twenty students were enrolled in the Yosemite School of Field 

 Natural History each session. The course included a six weeks' study 

 of living forms in their natural environment plus a week's study of 

 conditions at higher elevations. These students have gone back to 

 their occupations filled with worthwhile knowledge of fauna anl flora 

 and with new ideas relative to conservation. What they learned will 

 be passed on to the students in their schools and to their friends, thus 

 widening the field of endeavor. In this group will also be found 

 trained men and women capable of starting similar educational work 

 in other summer resorts another year. A special campfire with natural 

 history lore as a special attraction was another innovation. 



It was possible the past two years to place a nature guide at outpost 

 stations, thus giving equal opportunities to those staying at back country 

 camps. Though numbers handled were smaller at these outposts, 

 compensation w T as to be found in the more intimate contact and the 

 notable enthusiasm. At the higher elevations mammal life is more 

 abundant and opportunities for study of the more unusual forms more 

 frequent. Angling conditions being better, a study of fish life and 

 protective measures necessarily became easier. 



More than seventj^-five applications for the 1927 session of the school 

 have been received and consequently the limiting of the number to 

 twenty is becoming increasingly difficult. A similar school is to be 

 started next year in New England by a former member of the Yosemite 

 staff. 



Attendance Record, 

 Yosemite Nature Guide Service, 



Field trips Lectures 



Number Attendance Number Attendance 



July-August, 1924 120 1,679 142 21,534 



May-August, 1925 494 9,912 303 49,590 



May-June, 1926 126 2,682 100 23,923 



Totals 740 14,273 545 95,047 



Editorial and Publications. 



During the biennial period eight numbers of California Fish and 

 Game have been issued, two of which were special numbers, the Klamath 

 Conservation Number issued July, 1924, and a Striped Bass Number, 

 April, 1926. A special article by Jay Bruce, state lion hunter, entitled, 

 "Problem of Mountain Lion Control in California" attracted more 

 than ordinary interest and there has been continuous call for copies 

 of this article. Volume 11 contained 202 pages and 48 illustrations. 

 Separates were obtained of eight of the more important articles. Call 

 for such separates is continuous. 



The edition continues to be 7500 and close to 6500 of each edition 

 are mailed to libraries, schools and individuals. There has been consid- 

 erable call, especially from libraries, for needed copies to complete sets. 

 We regret to report that the supply of the first number, issued in 1915, 

 is entirely exhausted and the supply of several numbers is limited and 

 consequently distributed only to libraries that wish to complete their 

 files. 



