Progress in the National Parks 



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Club, the present year should see a successful fruition of the 

 project to include the regions of the Kern and Kings River 

 canons in a great national park. Another project of almost 

 equal importance is the extension of the Yellowstone National 

 Park to include the Jackson Hole country and the Teton Moun- 

 tains. The boundaries of Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, and 

 Rocky Mountain national parks also need extension, in order 

 to meet more fully the needs of the pubUc. The Sierra Club 

 should be particularly interested in solving the problem as to 

 what should be done to preserve some typical tracts of the 

 California coast redwoods from the very rapid destruction that 

 is now going on. A resolution has been introduced in Congress 

 asking for an investigation to determine whether some such 

 tract should be set aside as a national park. 



The year's activities in Yosemite National Park, while great- 

 er than ever before, must be considered as but indications of 

 those to come. Thronged with thousands of happy vacationists 

 from late spring to the end of the summer season, Yosemite 

 has attained a new record of usefulness in the life of the na- 

 tion. Vastly more people toured the park this year than ever 

 before, and it is especially worthy of note that the upper 

 reaches of this great scenic playground were more popular 

 with visitors this year than during any past season. This broad- 

 er understanding and appreciation of the park became general 

 even faster than we had dared to hope, so that funds must be 

 provided immediately by the Federal Government for exten- 

 sive development of roads and trails and sanitation systems, 

 while the enterprises engaged in furnishing accommodations 

 of various kinds must enlarge their establishments and better 

 prepare to meet the ever-increasing demand for every type of 

 service. 



I had the pleasure of visiting the Sierra Club members dur- 

 ing their outing at Tuolumne Soda Springs last summer and 

 renewed my realization of the good that these outings are 

 doing, not only on account of the enjoyment of the members, 

 but in spreading far and wide information about the wonders of 

 the high mountain regions of the parks. I camped for several 

 days in the Tuolumne Meadows with members of my family, 

 and passed that way again a little later with a group of friends, 



