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Hatchery. A nature guide is on duty for several hours each morning 

 and afternoon during the summer giving instruction to the numerous 

 visitors. 



The Yosemite School of Field Natural History graduated a class of 

 twenty students. The course consists of six weeks of study on the 

 floor of Yosemite Valley with emphasis on field research, and an added 

 week of study at timberline in the High Sierra. The graduates from 

 this school with their added training have been able to stir interest in 

 nature education and conservation in many different parts of the state. 

 A number of graduates have found positions as nature guides in 

 national parks, state parks and summer camps. All return to their 

 work ready to spread interest in conservation of natural resources. 



Attendance Record, Yosemite Nature Guide Service 



Field trips Lectures 



Number Attendance Number Attendance 



July-August, 1926 253 3,051 188 40,453 



May-August, 1927 755 16,213 878 167,907 



May-June, 1928 226 2,904 55 24,805 



Totals 1,234 22,168 1,121 233,165 



Beginning in the summer of 1926, a nature guide service was estab- 

 lished in California State Redwood Park in Santa Cruz County. This 

 was done at the suggestion of a member of the State Board of Control 

 and on the solicitation of the Redwood Park Commission. Mr. J. B. 

 Newell and Miss Emily Smith, both graduates of the Yosemite School 

 of Field Natural History, and with actual experience in Yosemite were 

 employed. Evening lectures dealing with fish and game conservation 

 and field trips for both adults and children were offered. The public 

 showed its appreciation of this service and it was continued in the sum- 

 mers of 1927 and 1928. The success of this work in California State 

 Redwood Park has caused a demand for the widening of activities under 

 the new Division of State Parks. 



Attendance Record, California State Redwood Park, Season 1927 



Field trips Lectures 



June 581 60 



July 1,616 9,175 



August 547 3,500 



Totals 2,744 12,735 



VISUAL EDUCATION 



The end of the last bienniuni found the bureau with a series of worn- 

 out motion picture films. It is gratifying to report that some of these 

 have been replaced and many new ones added. A partial reel devoted 

 to fiy-casting was the first addition. Later some splendid pictures of 

 game and nongame birds were secured from Mr. Donald Dickey of 

 Pasadena, and from Mr. E. S. Cheney of Oakland. This made possible 

 two reels, one entitled "The Song Birds of California" and the other 

 ' ' Some Nongame Birds of California. ' ' Additional films depicting the 

 grouse, elk, deer, and certain birds were procured in the Yosemite 

 region. Beginning in the fall of 1927 Mr. Sidney Snow was employed 



