should adjust the prices to be charged, and see that they 

 aro reasonable. 



The government should talro the lead in opening up 

 areas that are of value for special use purposes. Oonsid- 

 edablo revenue is derived from the special use business and 

 a proper dovelopmont-invectnent Is financially sound ao 

 well as a big service to the public. Good roads, trails and 

 tourist pastures are the first essentials and in suitable 

 locations lots should be laid out for summer residences re- 

 sorts and other related linos of business. 



In regard to water supplies, it has been the erper- 

 ienoe of this Poreat that Government ownership gives the 

 greatest satisfaction and the investment lo easily retired 

 by the inoreaoec* number of permittees on account of the bet- 

 ter water supply. Further than this, the Government is not 

 in a position to do rmoh in the line of developing rooort 

 areas. 



Pur-Bearing Anioals on the Sierra 



by 



17. E.Parkinson 



(In view of the facv that war prices on furs are very 

 high, and that therefore ouch trapping nay bo done this win- 

 ter, some notes on the fur-bearing animals of the Forest 

 are printed. Mr.Parlrinson probably knows aore about them 

 at first hand than anyone else on the forest. The Editoro.) 



The Sierra national Joreot is peculiarly adapted tc ';hc 

 requirements of a rfeo.-'c variety of fur-bearing animals, aid 

 I shall try to touch on the habits and value of some of tlie 

 principal ones: 



\7e have one variety of the lynx, or bob-oat. In tire 

 foothill country and ac far up as the great pine forosts 

 they are rr.it e numerous. In appearance they differ consid- 

 erably from the true northern lynz boin smaller and of 

 coarser, shorter fur. Their pelts are worth hardly more than 

 one tenth as ouch as those of the true lyin. Above an elevi. 

 tion of. 5000 feet they are few in number but are almost a 

 f.iird larger. This lynx is alnost a third larger . 

 entirely fleoli eaters subsisting on rodents and game tir 

 especially <juail, rabbits and squirrels. In the alghtr i>- 

 titudes he lives mainly on pine squirrels (which should 

 dear him to the forester) Tory occasional!;' he manajes to ', 

 a young fawn. 



