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far distant when the idea of pasturing cattle in Paradise Valley- 

 will be as unthoiight of as it would be now to have them pastured 

 in Central Park. 



8. Since the amount of trail work and construction of new 

 trails necessary to properly open up and render accessible this 

 wonderful region is so great, we would recommend for the most 

 careful consideration of the Forest Service the estabHshment of 

 a permanent crew of trail-makers who should have the work of 

 constructing and repairing trails and building bridges as their 

 sole duty, and to be called out to fight fire only in case of extreme 

 necessity. 



In making the foregoing recommendations, we feel that for 

 the greater part they are improvements directly in line with 

 the proper development of the forest reserve, and will all tend 

 to make the reserve itself more accessible and more easily 

 patrolled. Respectfully submitted. 



Wm. E. Colby, Chairman, 

 J. N. Le Conte, 

 E. T. Parsons, 



Outing Committee. 



Published by order of Board of Directors of the Sierra Club. 



[Note. — Mr. John Muir has read the foregoing report, and, 

 with the exception noted, it meets with his "hearty approval." 

 He further states that "every possible aid and encouragement 

 should be given by the Club for the preservation, road and trail 

 building, etc., for the development of the magnificent King's River 

 region." He does not approve of that portion of the report, how- 

 ever, "in which the Yosemite and King's River regions are com- 

 pared," thinking that the comparison is somewhat "unjust" and 

 "one-sided." The report was already in press, or it would have 

 been modified in this particular, and this note has been inserted 

 so that Mr. Muir's views on the subject should not be misrepre- 

 sented by an unqualified indorsement.] 



NoRTHFORK, Madera County, December 28, 1906. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco. 



Dear Sir: I have been asked for some notes on the King's 

 River region, from the standpoint of the Forest Service, or 

 rather from that of the local officers. 



We are entirely in sympathy with the Sierra Club in every 

 effort to make the mountains more accessible and to preserve 

 the natural beauties of our scenery. The region reported upon 



