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however; considerable tracts of land containing Sequoia gigantea 

 in Tulare County, California, passed back to the Government 

 through its operations. 



The Yosemite boundaries of the Yosemite National Park 



were modified by the last Congress so as to 

 throw a considerable acreage, most of little forest value, into the 

 Sierra Forest Reserve. This is understood to follow the general 

 lines of the recommendations of the expert commission appointed 

 by President Roosevelt to report on the case, and therefore is 

 unobjectionable. 



The so-called "recession" of the Yosemite Valley to its real 

 owner, the United States, was accomplished by a legislative bill 

 passing both houses of the California Legislature, after a vigorous 

 campaign, supported by the best interests and most rational 

 thought in the State. The Sierra Club had much to do in bringing 

 about the desired results under the active and efficient leadership 

 of its secretary. The act simply terminated a trust on behalf of 

 the State, and returns to the wardship of the Nation, where it will 

 be better cared for, the finest piece of natural scenery in the 

 State, and yet it will be freer, after a few years, to the citizens 

 of the State than ever before. 



