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Nature Notes A JOURNAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE YOSEMITE ASSOCIATION Summer 2008 YOSEMITEI Volume 70 I Number 3 NATURE NOTES VOLUME XXX- NUMBER JANUARY 1957 EL CAPITAN, YOSEMITE VALLEY —Ansel Adams A Message from Yosemite With summer in full swing, there are many exciting opportunities to enjoy and seek a deeper con- nection to Yosemite National Park and the natural world . Gas prices and the foreign exchange rate are providing new incentives for people to travel closer to home these days . We encourage you to take this time to rediscover Yosemite National Park . Remember that Amtrak service to Merced, as well as the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS), provide affordable and environ- mentally-friendly service to the park. As you enter the park this summer, you will notice a new Yosemite Guide devel- oped by the park's partners in concert with the National Park Service . In addition to a redesigned map, the new guide provides visitors with fresh and valuable infor- mation about the park . More detailed information can be obtained in advance by visiting the Association website to purchase our visitors kit or to plan your visit in more detail (see www.yosemitestore .com or www.yosemite .org and click on "store") . ..A During your visit, the Association can provide many valuable services to help connect you to Yosemite. Our outdoor classroom offers numerous venues to explore the park, including custom trips to see and learn about a specific part of the park as well as natural- ist-led walks and seminars on a wide variety of topics . There are opportunities to volunteer for a week in the park and to restore trails and meadows, or to spend part of a Friday volunteering for the NPS as a habitat protector. You can also experience the Yosemite backcountry overnight by obtaining a permit through our wilderness reservation system. For those with children, grandchildren or nieces and nephews, the new Junior Ranger Center at the Happy Isles Nature Center is the hub for activities for all ages . The Center's programs include walks for families and kids led by naturalists and the Junior Ranger and Little Cub Handbooks that children can complete and pres- ent to a park ranger to receive a Junior Ranger Badge. Those who cannot visit Yosmite this summer can still stay connected to the park through the various pub- lications and products offered on our website, www.yosemite .org. To help build on your commitment to Yosemite, the Association Board of Trustees has recently adopted a new mission statement that captures the energy and vibrancy that the Association and its members bring to Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada: The Yosemite Association is a nonprofit membership organization that provides opportunities for people to learn about, enjoy and experience Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada . We celebrate the majesty and grandeur of this region through our visitor services, publications, outdoor classroom, Cover: The park 's membership activities and community programs . Our many programs and services help people of all first regular pub- ages and backgrounds gain an enduring and inspirational connection to the park . This deeper con- lication, Yosemite nection builds a commitment to the long-term preservation and vitality of Yosemite and our National Nature Notes, Parks—for generations to come. featured stories on local ecology and We hope that you will join us in telling our story to your friends and colleagues as you encourage them to cultural history as well as images by experience Yosemite this summer and fall. Ansel Adams. We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Gathering on September 6, 2008, at Wawona . Have a great summer! David Guy, Chief Executive Officer BY STEVE HARRISON NOTES THE NATURE OF YOSEMI t was 1920, and Yosemite National Park had just The Yosemite Natural History Association took over begun a novel program to teach visitors about the publication of Nature Notes with the January 1925 J Yosemite's natural wonders . Called the Yosemite issue. With more funding and resources to devote to pro- Nature Guide Service, it was organized by Ansel Hall, the duction, the Association was able to produce Nature Notes park's first naturalist, and zoologist and paleontologist on a real printing press, and add high quality photos and Harold Bryant. The service 's offerings included nature illustrations. walks, lectures and exhibits at the park's brand-new Coverage leaned heavily toward birds, recent museum museum. acquisitions and natural history curiosities or ephemeral To spread the word among visitors about these and events. For example, the October 1932 issue showcases other natural happenings at Yosemite, the Park Service the plants and animals found atop the granite of Half began publishing a circular called Yosemite Nature Dome. Notes in 1922 . Superintendent W.B. Lewis writes in an Most of the articles in Nature Notes were written by early issue that "this is the official publication of the park staff, and the list of contributors includes the names Educational Department of Yosemite National Park. of many notable rangers. In the April 1930 issue, ranger Its purpose is to supply dependable information on naturalist Clifford C . Presnall wrote "Yosemite's Sky the natural history and scientific features of Yosemite Roof " about the excellent stargazing opportunities in the National Park ." The publication would become a park. As early as September 1932, legendary ranger natu- venerable part of the park's interpretive programs. ralist Carl Sharsmith, who eventually became a Yosemite The premier issue of July 10, 1922, was a modest affair. icon himself, was penning contributions of his own. Composed on a typewriter and mimeographed, its short The issue highlighting Half Dome ecology also includes news briefs noted the presence of a water ouzel nest on "Nature Garden: a New Feature of Yosemite Museum" Tenaya Creek "about forty yards beyond the Iron Spring," by Enid Michael, the park 's first female ranger naturalist. a description of the nine-foot cross section of giant Michael, a frequent Nature Notes contributor, would go sequoia trunk that was attracting crowds at the museum on to compose the largest body of Yosemite writings by a and the fact that Mr. and Mrs. S. Mitchell of Visalia had single author. donated "an exceedingly fine collection of old Indian Even so, the publication did not neglect the park 's baskets" to the museum . human history. In May of 1936, explorer and early YOSEMITE Y4DIEMITE NATURE NOTES NATURE NOTES VOL. XIX 940 No. 8 October, 1 93 2 Volume Xi Number ro Jeffre,- Pine On Sentinel I)ume :i \'nl. XI September 1932 Xn . 9 YOSEMITE ASSOCIATION, SUMMER 2008 3 YOSEMITE INDIANS YOSEMITE YOSEMITE YESTERDAY and TODAY NATURE NOTES NATURE NOTES AMC %AX NUM]]P.R S 1l Inl i .3- _ .i, n ..l SUMS', T I is tv tv Spuial Number YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES July , 1941. ATUBE NO EE Yosemite Nature Notes THE MONTHLY PUBLICATION CF THE YOSEMITE NATURALIST DNLQCI( AND THE YOSEMITE NATUH.AL HISTOFT ASOOATION, INC. VOL %XXV BOAR Il 2 STORY OF VHS SH, OW = ITR KF ny Mmr 06T n . .. The rw Ladge . -du v - mbr ~akes Ina back nlw day _ _ -vHow. Wo - W "fin .tat a WorldTeat - -~ - a . We hvd ourselves kis o Tuo r =«-.d ey TI deadly eA Pan, which a -- '- - saw Yr.,Ha 9.19 Bailleie-wI NO - ---- . Weronli ond Cam Cit . O. C ' within Iho Pak ware,. NRH yrs_ y Sena Ccm TAH ono .09 .9169 He ~_a ~ ._ !vll N trs SI * - /Ae Y v U, Jae mWy dre - - n Bw 66th rt. d Yaaa hoc cgs Valley. The y 99 tram b9 z Snow Flat mN May L k. we _ uduod AS. wm du ~k{Y - cark wa hewiut, u s &t — apse ecv=c c 9 SE sse NO .2 NT S Ss _ter d+d - 41xVemuVASTER O veca~S. mo .oe lcd :32Eadm Hso~+ .s. .® s 4 IFGN mdar syc® S .ZZ S.I . -ie HSS N Y stl 6622 2rtr W5.,mv _ _.__ maac V S .. Tam 9H:ad. b dd IvW9 The Evolution of YOSEVITE YOSEMITE Yosemite Nature Notes NATURE NOTES NATURE NOTES Begun in 1922, the publication VOLVO( r%%III NU .M1 ... reflects 40 years of shifts in artistic styles, scientif-tc discoveries and changes in the park. From mimeographed sheets composed on a typewriter, the publication matured into a showcase for artists such as Ansel Adams and Yosemite writers such as Mary Curry I Tresidder. Though publication ceased in 1961, the magazine remains a storehouse of lore and literature for anyone interested in the natural and human history of Yosemite National Park. v bA?,pt ao,r. load o«~,o r o„e ~~~.,. n~sw, .,a . Severed Au ,Bl, sm. eo~~ . a s,0111 of In. nmumi uM hYuman MAMMALS , w P.M OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK YOSFmllf L HISTORY ASSOCIATION. INC BOX S4S. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ISSUE YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES member of the Sierra Club Theodore Solomons wrote an feature Adams' photographs inside as well, some of which article on "The Muir of the Nineties ." Yosemite historian do not appear to have been published anywhere else . The and author Shirley Sargent wrote "The Coulterville Road " association between Adams and Nature Notes continued for the September 1951 issue . Even Mary Curry Tresidder, for ten years, with the final Ansel Adams photograph an author and daughter of the park 's concessioner, con- appearing on the January 1958 cover. tributed; her "Story of the Snow Creek Lodge" appears in Yosemite Nature Notes ceased publication in 1961 after February 1953. A December 1959 story also discusses the 40 years, 493 issues and nearly 5,000 pages .
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