i8 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



the parks relating both to their protection and use, the scien- 

 tific bureaus of the Government offer faciUties of the highest 

 worth and authority. In the protection of the pubHc health, 

 for instance, the destruction of insect pests in the forests, the 

 care of wild animals, and the propagation and distribution of 

 fish, you should utilize their hearty cooperation to the utmost. 



You should utilize to the fullest extent' the opportunity af- 

 forded by the Railroad A ,(^m'm\Rtrat\nr\ in appointing a com- 

 mittee of western railroads to intoflti the traveling public 

 how to comfortably reach the national parks ; you should dil- 

 igently extend and use the splendid cooperation developed dur- 

 ing the last three years among chambers of commerce, tourist 

 bureaus, and automobile highway associations fca" the purpose 

 of spreading information about our national parks and facili- 

 tating their use and enjoyment ; you should keep informed of 

 park movements and park progress, municipal, county, and 

 State, both at home and abroad, for the purpose of adapting, 

 whenever practicable, the world's best thought to the needs of 

 the national parks. You should encourage all movements 

 looking to outdoor living. In particular you should maintain 

 close working relationship with the Dominion Parks Branch of 

 the Canadian Department of the Interior, and assist in the 

 solution of park problems of an international character. 



The Department is often requested for reports on pending 

 legislation proposing the establishment of new national parks 

 or the addition of lands to existing parks. Complete data on 

 such parks projects should be obtained by the National Park 

 Service and submitted to the Department in tentative form of 

 report to Congress. 



In studying new park projects, you should gppW tn finH crpn- 

 ery of supreme and distinctive quality or some natural feature 

 so extraoramary or unique as to De of national interest and im- 

 portance. You should seek distin^nishpd pvatr^plpg of typical 

 forms of world architecture ; such, for instance, as the Grand 

 Canyon, as exemplifying the highest accomplishment of stream 

 erosion, and the high, rugged portion of Mount Desert Island 

 as exemplifying the oldest rock forms in America and the lux- 

 uriance of deciduous forests. 



The national park system as now constituted should not be 

 lowered in standard, dignity, and prestige by the inclusion of 

 areas which express in less than the highest terms the partic- 

 ular class or kind of exhibit which they represent. 



