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CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK 



Mr. Mather plans to completely reorganize the Crater Lake hotel con- 

 cession. The construction of the scenic highway around the lake was 

 continued. 



SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK 



In Sequoia National Park the lack of roads and hotel accommodations, 

 while not discouraging tourist travel particularly, has militated against 

 the park's popularity. A new hotel or camp is a necessity, and it is es- 

 sential that a new administrative building be erected and an adequate 

 water system be installed in the Giant Forest; also that provision be 

 made for the sanitation of the village in the forest. 



As the Giant Forest is the scenic attraction of the park at the present 

 time, and indeed the only accessible part, its improvement must have at- 

 tention. The major portion of the trees in the Giant Forest grow on 

 land held in private ownership, but, as has been stated. Congress has ap- 

 propriated $50,000 and the National Geographic Society has advanced 

 $20,000 to complete their purchase and revest title to them in the United 

 States. Funds were also appropriated by Congress for a new bridge over 

 the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River near the Giant Forest. 



The new basis of compensation for privileges granted to the Mount 

 Whitney Power & Electric Company in the park has netted the revenue 

 fund more than $7000 during the past year. This fund is now just large 

 enough to protect and administer the park. Appropriations for improve- 

 ment only will be requested. 



"the GREATER SEQUOIA" 



Senate bill 5913, introduced by Senator Phelan, and House bill 13168, by 

 Representative Kent, providing for enlarging Sequoia National Park to 

 include the Kings and Kern cafions and several miles of the crest of the 

 Sierra Nevada, including Moimt Whitney, are now pending in Congress, 

 and will be considered in the short session which convenes in December. 

 The early enactment of this legislation cannot be too strongly urged. 



The public land proposed to be added to Sequoia National Park by 

 these measures will never be valuable for any other than park purposes. 

 Cattle are grazed on the mountain meadows during part of the year, but 

 the administration of these meadows as part of the park will not inter- 

 fere with the exercise of grazing privileges for many years to come. 

 Small tracts of land here and there will be fenced for pasturage of live- 

 stock used by tourists. 



Sequoia Park now has the giant sequoia trees as its one attraction, 

 but if enlarged as proposed it will become a scenic park of as much dis- 

 tinction as that possessed by any other park in the system. Further- 

 more, it will become a game sanctuary of as much importance as the 

 Yellowstone National Park. 



GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK 



General Grant National Park had a 50-per-cent increase in the number 

 of visitors this year. There has been a remarkable increase in travel to 



