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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



REPORTS. 



Report of the Joint Committee of the Mazama 

 Club and the Sierra Club on the Mt. 

 Rainier National Park. 



To the President of the United States, and 

 The Secretary of the Interior: 



At a meeting held during the Joint Outing of The Mazama 

 Club and The Sierra Club in July, 1905, in Paradise Park, of the 

 Mt. Rainier National Park, at which meeting were present also 

 representatives of the American Alpine Club, and the Appalachian 

 Mountain Club, a resolution was unanimously adopted to appoint 

 a committee representing those present from the membership of 

 these organizations, to report to the President of the United 

 States, and to the Secretary of the Interior, on the present con- 

 dition of this National Park, and to recommend such action for 

 its betterment as might appear desirable. 



The following committee was appointed: Chas. E. Fay, of 

 American Alpine Club; W. A. Brooks, of Appalachian Mountain 

 Club; E. P. Sheldon, of Mazama Club; E. T. Parsons, Chairman, 

 of Sierra Club. 



To this committee was added Alden Sarr^son, recently Game 

 Preserve Expert of the United States Biological Survey, who 

 was present during the encampment, and who made an investi- 

 gating tour and complete circuit about the mountain. 



These committee-men have prepared the following report, and 

 herewith beg leave to submit it to your consideration as a dis- 

 interested expression of the views and recommendations of 

 nature-lovers and mountaineers. 



Very respectfully, Chas. E. Fay, 



W. A. Brooks, 

 E. P. Sheldon, 

 Alden Sampson, 

 E. T. Parsons, Chairman. 



Attractiveness of Mt. Rainier National Park to the 

 Average Citizen. 

 It was a wise provision that set aside the Mt. Rainier Na- 

 tional Park as a perpetual reservation for the enjoyment and 

 benefit of the citizens of our common country, and every care 



