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Sierra Club Bulletin 



not to mention those who patronized the hotel, lodges, and permanent hotel 

 camps. The problems of sanitation and water supply were of transcending 

 importance, and caused no little anxiety. As far as the sewage difficulties are 

 concerned, the end is in sight, as a new sewer system is under construction. 



After reading what has already been said about the year's developments in 

 Yosemite Park, the Sierra Club members and other readers interested in the 

 out-of-the-way places of the park may feel that too much attention is being 

 given to the care and entertainment of motorists and other visitors who use 

 only the roads and the hotels, lodges, and permanent camps. This, however, 

 is not the fact. We are moving forward as fast as possible with the construc- 

 tion of trails in and about the Tuolumne River Canon, which has never been 

 opened even to pedestrians, and which of course never will be accessible to 

 motorists. It was impossible, however, to accomplish much this year on 

 account of inability to procure the special type of labor needed to perform 

 heavy trail-construction work. The trail from Harden Lake into Pate Valley 

 will be finished next year, and if appropriations are made as requested the 

 trail from Waterwheel Falls down the Tuolumne River to Pate Valley will 

 be built. Also, a trail will be constructed via the north wall of the cafion up 

 Piute Creek to connect with the Pleasant Valley and other trails belonging to 

 the system in the extreme northern part of the park. 



In the Yosemite National Park, as in all of the other parks, the policy 

 which contemplates leaving large areas of high mountain country wholly un- 

 developed should be forever maintained. Under this policy I never consider 

 opening up any of the territory north of the Tuolumne River Caiion, the canon 

 itself, or any part of the region below Mount Lyell. 



Early in the present calendar year it appeared for a time that all of the 

 general legislation affecting Sequoia National Park then pending in Congress 

 would be enacted into law forthwith, and that when the preparation of this 

 report would be undertaken the park would be enlarged and changed in name 

 to Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park. The extension bills came up for consider- 

 ation in February, and both Senate (S. 1391) and House (H. R. 5006) meas- 

 ures were favorably reported by the Public Lands Committees. In the case of 

 the Senate bill the committee, on February 25, 1920, recommended passage 

 without change in form or substance. However, when the legislation came up 

 for consideration in its regular order, objection was interposed to its enactment. 



On the House side hearings were held on February 24, 25, and 26, 1920, by 

 the Public Lands Committee. The bill as introduced was indorsed by the fol- 

 lowing, who personally appeared before the committee: Mrs. Marion Randall 

 Parsons, representing the Sierra Club; Mr. H. E. Patterson, secretary of the 

 Fresno Chamber of Commerce, representing the chamber and other business 

 organizations; Mr, Jesse B. Agnew, representing the Visalia Board of Trade; 

 and also Mr. Carl Bachem, timber expert employed by the Interior Depart- 

 ment; Mr. H. M. Albright, field assistant; and myself. Opposing the bill as 

 drawn, and urging extensive reductions in the territory involved, were Col. H. 

 S. Graves, Chief Forester, and his assistant, Mr. A. E. Sherman. 



After due consideration of the data presented in the hearings, the committee 

 concluded to report the bill with certain changes in the boundary line, which 



