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Fall 1985Yosemite Volume Forty-seven Published for Members Number Nineteen of the Yosemite Association Mott Reveals Karen Cobb In his talk to Yosemite Association members at our tenth annual meeting, NPS Director William Penn Mott, Jr., announced a series of decisions recently reached by the National Park Service which will shape the future of Yosemite. Before some 300 persons assembled at Tuolumne Meadows on a glorious autumn day, Mott proclaimed his commitment to the General Management Plan for the park and set out his plans to see that it is fulfilled and implemented. The director first revealed that the NPS has chosen to allow the U.S. Magistrate 's courtroom and home, the jail and other law enforcement functions to remain in Yosemite Valley, along with ambulance and fire support. These facilities had been slated for relocation to El Portal. On the other hand, NPS service area facilities and maintenance shops will be moved to the El Portal administrative site. The garage operation of the Yosemite Park & Curry Company will also be removed from Yosemite Valley, and only emergency repair service will be available there. In anticipation of these major moves, alterations to sewer, water and electrical systems are underway and nearing completion. Many members present were startled by Mott's announcement of the decision to discontinue use of the NPS hydroelectric facility on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley. This policy change reflects a new sensitivity for the environmental quality of the river, and the desire to assume a position Plans for Yosemite consistent with the NPS stance in opposition to the proposed Keating project on the Merced River in El Portal. The dam at the intersection of Highways 120 and 140 will be removed despite the anticipated yearly cost of approximately $650,000 to purchase supplementary electric power. Plans are to have the dam and penstock dismantled by 1987. The Director stated that he supported the legislation pending in Congress that would allow 99year leases on land within the El Portal Administrative Site. Mott hopes that by the Yosemite Centennial in 1990, the benefits and { effects of the Master Plan will be evident to park visitors. Mott spoke enthusiastically 5 about the Yosemite Fund campaign and expressed his feeling that the $52,000,000 goal is attainable. He approves the notion that public involvement in the parks, exemplified by this campaign, is an important objective. Speaking of his personal concerns for the National Parks generally, Mott indicated a desire to see entrance and camping fees made directly available to the parks instead of having them go into a General Fund for disbursement to various government agencies. The revenue would support better maintenance and would expand research and interpretive programs. Interpretive programs need to be broadened so that as each visitor is welcomed, he or she is educated to his or her responsibility for caring for the parks. Following other remarks, the Director closed by observing that continued on page ll

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The Remarkable Summer of '85 The summer of1985 was a remarkhas suffered damage from rocksldes On August 26, the hydroelecable one in Yosemite. Running over the years; the worst in recent tric plant and penstock in Yosemthe gamut from historic to tragic, years occurred in 1980. Three hikers ite Valley were permanently shut the events of the past season are were killed, several injured, and the down for philosophical reasons. outstanding in their number and subsequent trail repair was a drawn Good news—we understand that the variety. We asked the park inforout, sometimes dramatic and dangerdam across the Merced will be mation officer for a recap of the ous task that took 24 months.) removed, and the little stone powermajor events occurring in YoseOn July 27 1985 two people house kept to serve some future mite during the summer months. were killed and three injured as a interpretive function.) The list, compiled as of Sepresult of being struck by lightning September tember 24, follows (the comments on Half Dome. are ours). During September 13 and 14, August Director William Penn Mott May The Governor of California vistoured the park with the SuperinProposed auto restrictions for ited Yosemite on August 16 and tendent and other park manageYosemite Valley during peak 17 to view a project being comment staff; he than joined the weekends were announced. (The pleted by the California ConserYosemite Association members' restrictions applied to the number of vation Corps. meeting to speak on decisions cars to be allowed into the park at On August 18, a man and made for the park as a result of periods ofheavy travel such as woman were observed falling or that tour. (Mr. Mott made a fine talk,Llemoral Day. Park people were jumping from Glacier Point. Cirand impressed the members with his well-prepared for the experiment; forcumstances of the fatalaties are philosophy and his vigorous attitude to ately, the "too many" lights didn't still unknown. for improvements in all the places in flash and all went just fine.) Combined dedications of his trust.) Teamster employees of the Mount Ansel Adams and of On September 21, a tree limb Yosemite Park and Curry CornYosemite as a World Heritage Site fell on an open air tour tram, pany went on strike against the took place on August 24 in killing two and injuring 12. company. The strike was settled Tuolumne Meadows. Dignitaries Summing up the events as on May 26. Teamsters reported in attendance included Secretary tragic or otherwise, it's about a back to work on May 28. (There of Interior Donald Hodel, Direcdraw Despite the untoward was a strike back in the early 1940's for of the National Park Service happenings, most days in when the Yosemite Park and Curry William Penn Mott, the family of Yosemite are free of mishap Company laundry workers walked Ansel Adams, Senator Alan and it continues to offer peace, out. The strike was solved by shutting Cranston, Wallace Stegner, David rejuvenation and happiness to a down the laundry.) Brower, Ambassador Richard great many people. Benedick, and Robert Redford. June (It was a grand affair befitting the On June 18, Suzanne Rathbum man for whom the mountain was was stabbed while camping at named and the park that is definitely the top of Yosemite Falls. The susworld class.) pects were apprehended and Rathbum was taken to a Modesto hospital in stable condition. On June 25, Dan Howard was reported missing in the Ten Lakes area of the park after becoming separated from his hiking companions. He was subsequently found dead from injuries suffered in a 200-foot fall. During the Howard search, a major fire broke out in the Pate Valley area, east of Hetch Hetchy. The fire reached 1600 acres before it was contained on July 7.

A rockslide closed the Yosemite Falls trail. Approximately fifty feet of trail were damaged. (The trail Harwell Remembered Douglas S. Harwell, a long-time member of YNHA, passed away in October of 1984, at the age of 35. He was a grandson of the late C.A. (Bert) Harwell, Yosemite's Chief Naturalist in the 1930s. Bert can be remembered for his bird call imitations, nature walks, and his interests in the Yosemite Field School, Nature Notes, and this Association. Doug, a teacher in Fresno, was coordinator of the Le Conte Memorial's programs in the Valley in 1981. Contributions may be made to his memorial fund with the Association, established by his parents, Helen and Everett, of Fresno. Remembrances will be used to help refurbish the John Muir Trail in Yosemite, part of the Yosemite Fund. Seventy donations totalling over $2,300 have been received to date. August: Robert Redford stands beside the plaque designating Yosemite National Park as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

FACE THREE

Hydro Proposal Threatens Merced River Gary Moon Incongruous as it may seem, a dam and a hydroelectric plant have been proposed for construction on the Merced River just outside Yosemite in El Portal. Approval by several agencies is inching closer. The project is the private venture of Placerville engineer Joseph Keating. The "El Portal Project" would be a diversion system, beginning with a dam blocking the Merced barely 100 yards outside the park boundary in El Portal. Though only a small reservoir would be produced, the river would disappear into a 12 foot tunnel, bypassing five miles of riverbed. After spinning the turbines, the water would return to the river. So much water would be removed that the Merced would be reduced to a trickle most of the year. Only during spring runoff would the river appear to flow. The diversion would violate the ecological balance, hamper the local economy, and virtually Canyon Committee, a local citieliminate recreational use of this zen's action group, as well as section of the Merced. Many of major environmental organizathe exciting views of the turbutions. The Mariposa County lent stream would be eliminated, Board of Supervisors, Congressand the best of sheltered swimman Tony Coelho, and the State ming places would disappear. Attorney General's Office, among Fishing in particular would suffer, others, also have filed official proas this section of the river has tests with the federal licensing been found to support a wild agency. MCC and the Sierra Club trout fishery, to the degree that it are seeking permanent protection has been proposed for designafor the Merced by advocating its tion as a "wild trout stream " (by inclusion in the federal wild and the California Fish and Game scenic river system. Congressman Commission). Waters for kayakCoelho may introduce such legising and rafting sports, growing in lation in the next session. popularity yearly, would be seriFor information on how you ously depleted. can help, please write to the In return for the lost recreaMerced Canyon Committee, tional opportunities, the ecologiP. O. Box 152, El Portal, CA 95318. cal disturbances, plus other negative consequences, the project would produce electricity. But PG&E, the local utility, anticipates no problems meeting demands without it. Even so, federal law requires the utility to buy the power, and at a comparatively high price. Strong opposition already has been raised by the Merced The stretch of the Merced River that lies just above the proposed location of the dam project. `Yosemite Association' Adopted as New Name Shakespeare asked, "What's in a name?," but in the case of our demise of natural history as a organization, "What's no longer popular discipline. Many indiin a name?" is a more apt quesviduals have mistaken the organition. At its July meeting, the zation for a historical society or a Board of Trustees.voted unanimuseum support group. mously to change our operating Second, a name with more name to the "Yosemite Associageneral appeal was felt necessary tion " by dropping the words "natfor use with the fundraising camural history" from our former paign. Doubts had arisen that the title. The change signals the public would contribute to an broadened and expanded role organization with a limited functhat the association has recently tion and mandate in Yosemite. As assumed in Yosemite primarily well, an increased membership is through its fundraising efforts. more likely to result from the Interestingly, this is not the change of orientation to that of first time that the association has general support for the park, not altered its title. Formed originally simply support for the interpreas the Yosemite Museum Associative division. tion in 1920, the organization Of critical significance is the made the transition to the fact that the new name will be Yosemite Natural History Associaccompanied by no changes in ation name five years later. the traditional activities of the Motivating the change were association. Publications, sales, at least two factors. First, the "natseminars, and the variety of other ural history " aspect of the name programs of the Yosemite Associhas proven confusing in recent ation will be continued and, in years given the unfortunate some cases, expanded.

Will Neely: The Living Legend Lives On Yosemite ASSOCIATION, FALL 1985 an ability to meet change, survive and thrive. I am not so impressed by the unchanging calm of nature that one reads about all the time, but rather by the constant mutability of nature, and for the elasticity with which wild things face the extremes. Last year it was cold and wet; this year parched and dry. We all talk about it, but the coyote goes about his business. If the streams dry up, all the more stranded fish to fatten him. And yet the plants and animals are not always responsible mirrors to reflect daily events or normal climate. The knobcone pine is a reflection of a fire-climax. It waits patiently to seed itself, bearing cones that can only be opened in the heat of a fire. That fire may be rare or never come, but it has made that adaptation terday's mistakes. He is forever to an extreme and not the norin the present. One finds this mal. Yet, on the other hand, the healthy attitude all through trout in this dry summer will die nature. When the hawk is near, by the thousands in dried-up the birds set up an agitated racket. streams. He is fitted for streams He swoops down and carries off and not for extreams. a sparrow When he is gone there Even the destructive needleis some fluttering about, but soon miner that's raging through the from some tree a song is heard Tuolumne forest... in its depenagain and business resumes. dence upon the the lodgepole The coyote faces the day... pine, will it completely destroy he never yearns for the "good old its host and in so doing destroy days." I think the great ones are its own self? We ask these quesnot those who bring about great tions. The coyote doesn 't. I see changes, but those who can meet him in the meadow. He is scratchand adjust to the change that has ing his ear and looking down a been made. The coyote 's survival, ground-squirrel hole. I envy like that of the crow and those his complete immersion in his exasperating aphids, testifies to environment. July 24, 1923—August 7 1985 eternal rebel against the tyranny of facts." Will Neely was a familiar figure If rebellion was a trademark, among the domes and forests of creativity and sensitivity were the Tuolumne for many years; Will essence of Will Neely. He'll be died in his sleep early this August. missed by many. We learned that shortly before his death, Will asked that he be Notes from My remembered to all the members of the Yosemite Natural History Journal Association. He is reported to have added that, "The living legend still lives on." William L. Neely, Ranger-Naturalist At the recent members' meeting at Tuolumne, Carl Sharsmith

read an essay Will had written Vol. XXXIX—1960 years ago; it reminded us that he I write of a certain rebellious was a perceptive and sensitive spirit in Nature. The sentimental writer. Several of us fondly often speak of the calm and peace remember Will stooping over to of the mountains and the neverlisten to Carl off to the side during changing tranquility of life up the wine and cheese get together here, "away from our rapidlyat last year's meeting—two changing civilization." Tuolumne men comparing notes and sharing their thoughts. Will became known as a "character," temperamental, artistic and eccentric. He put a wonderful amount of enthusiasm and energy into everything he did. His writing reflected both his energy and sensitivity. Will was assigned to Tuolumne Meadows as rangernaturalist in 1952—he said because he proved himself incapable of standing behind the information desk all day long. In 1977 Neely wrote: "I was supposed to give the geology talk at the Valley Museum twice a day, all of us grouped around the plaster relief models of the Valley. I took the group out to see the real thing instead of the plaster. Chief Park Naturalist Donald McHenry caught me returning with my 75 visitors and called me into his office. "Will," he said, "it looks like you are an incorrigible field man. The next summer I was sent to Tuolumne." Another favorite Will NeelyCarl Sharsmith story was related by Will in the 1977 NATURE NOTES After a campfire tall< where Will thought he had performed quite well. Sharsmith made the following pronouncement : "Will, you'll never be a scientist. You are the They are lulled. If you are alert you will find that Nature is always redoing her hair and shifting the furniture around. She is never satisfied with the course of a stream through the meadows and is forever washing down the granites with floods and freshets, and ringing up a howling good thunderstorm when things get too dull. I admire the coyote. Unlike introspective man, he never analyzes his actions or worries about his conflicts with the world, nor nurses regrets for yesWill Neely, 1950, and two of his sketches in the 1950 Yearbook of the Yosemite Field School of Natural History;

The Plight of Yosemite's Neighbor: Mono Lake

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Even the remarkable vistas seen from the Tioga Road through Yosemite may not prepare visitors for the startling sight of Mono Lake at the foot of the steep Eastern slopes of the park. Mono Lake, North America's oldest body of water, is an inseparable extension of the Yosemite landscape. Visible from many of the park's loftiest peaks, this mysterious indigo expanse, with its improbable black and white islands and rim of young volcanoes, lies in dramatic contrast to Yosemite's granite heights. Closer exploration reveals that the lake teems with life—shrimp thrive in its briny waters, nourishing thousands of nesting gulls and millions of migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. But Mono Lake may soon become a silent alkali wasteland. Since the Los Angeles Departwith DWP potential solutions In 1979, the receding lake waters The resurrected Rush Creek in the ment cf Water and Power (DWP) that could lead to a viable lake landbridged Negit, exposing the fall of 1984, temporarily protected began diverting four out of five of level and an acceptable cornground-nesting gulls to raiding as a public trust resource. the lake's tributary streams in romise with Los Angeles. coyotes. 1941, Mono Lake has fallen 40 verp California Trout, Inc. have mantical feet and doubled in salinity. The wet winters of 1982 and aged through court action to keep conTrout fisheries in streams have The State of the Lake 1983 restored Negit to island con DWP from drying up the stream. been eliminated. Caustic dust, The Department of Water and dition, but coyotes remained A preliminary injunction remains swept by the wind from thouPower continues to divert eve marooned until last spring. A in effect, keeping 19 cfs of water sands of acres of exposed lake drop of water from the Mono handful of gulls resumed nesting flowing down the stream and bottom, is polluting the eastern Basin that it legally can. A court on Negit this season, hopefully into Mono Lake. Sierra air. ordered flow of 19 cubic feet per indicating their return in greater The Mono Lake Committee numbers next year. Unless diversions are curtailed, second (cfs) of water in Rush However if dry weather conand the National Audubon Sociincreasing salinity will destroy Creek has not been sufficient to ety also have rallied to the tinues, Negit could be landMono Lake 's unique ecosystem. offset evaporation. At 6,378.5' elestream 's defense, joining the bridged again by the end of 1986. In place of birds and magnificent vation, the lake is now two feet fishing groups as plaintiffs. scenery, Mono 's neighbor, Yosebelow its April 1984 level; over a This would not give scientists On August 23, Mono County mite, may inherit dismal views foot of elevation was lost this enough time to conduct studies Superior Court Judge David E. of dust clouds. summer. Unless DWP shares to determine the importance of Otis found in favor of the Negit Island to the gull populaThe Mono Lake Committee some water, there could be a tions ' long-term survival. stream's defenders, ruling that recurrence of landbridged islands, lower Rush Creek is a public trust The non-profit Mono Lake Cornabandoned gull colonies, inresource that must be protected if mittee, formed in 1978, has grown creased salinity declining brine Rush Creek Flows! feasible. This is an encouraging from a handful of biologists to a shrimp and brine fly populations One of the most encouraging extension of the California worldwide organization of more and thousands more acres of recent developments, and one Supreme Court's 1983 Mono than 7,000 members. Major conexposed alkali. that already has brought several Lake decision that obligates the servation groups have joined with On a positive note—Mono 's thousand acre feet of water into State "to protect the people 's the Committee in efforts to save islet-nesting California gull popuMono Lake, is the legal battle common heritage of streams, the lake. Through legislation, lawlation did relatively well this sumover Rush Creek. Dessicated by lakes, marshlands and tidelands suits and educational programs, mer. Perhaps three times as many DWP 's diversions since 1941,... as far as feasible, " even if it the tide is turning. The recent chicks fledged this year than in Mono 's largest tributary stream means reconsidering past water establishment of the Mono Basin 1984, when only 6,000 survived. was resurrected by the wet winallocations. National Forest Scenic Area has This is still below the 35,000 ters of 1982 and 1983, and a thrivIn spite of all its licenses, perbrought increasing recognition of counted in 1976, when Negit ing wild brown trout fishery was mits and agreements, DWP does the lake's plight. For a year, the Island supported the largest colreborn. Since last November, the not have the right to destroy Committee has been discussing ony of this species in California. local Mammoth Fly Rodders and continued on page ll

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A Yosemite Search All's Well That Ends Well Garret DeBell were assigned various responthe Incident Commander diThe conclusion of the successful sibilities—logistics, investigation, rected some teams flown out; rescue of Joshua and Greg from the liaison with the family, etc. For others were instructed to bivouac. South Fork of the Merced. On August 7, Joshua Gross, ll, the rest of the day, the search was The odds of a happy ending were and Greg Meyer, 13, became sepaconcentrated in the South Fork becoming slim. to all who had helped find Josh, rated from their group as they area. Ranger Dave Norris headed At 7 pm, Norris' team found not just the one team of three hiked out of Yosemite's Chain a team working downstream; fresh tracks and, in the waning who were in the right place at the Lakes area. A search was initiated Ranger Gary Colliver worked light, moved rapidly downstream. right time. and attention focused on the area upstream from a point five miles At 7:50 they thought they heard a What lessons can be learned outside the park concentrating below the location of the pack. voice and directed the noisy helifrom a successful search? The on the trailhead and the "point The search continued well into copter away from the area. best course of action, according last seen." Meyer was found, the night, but Josh was not found. Minutes later, Scott Shrewbridge to search and rescue experts is: uninjured, at two o'clock in the He was alone, somewhere in the of ESAR heard another sound and Tell someone where you're going morning. wilderness on Yosemite 's southshouted, "Josh, is that you? " The and when you expect to return. Yosemite rangers entered the ern edge. answer: "Yeah, who are you?" If you think you're lost, don't hunt early on the 8th when Mike By the morning of the 9th, The Incident Commander panic. "Hug a tree" and stay Dun, then on horse patrol nearby, some 50 people including NPS reported the good news. The heliput—someone is looking for you. was directed to search trails in the personnel, volunteers from mouncopter crew assessed the possibilIf you do move, try to leave a area. By 9:30 am, the park helitain rescue associations, Explorer ity of getting Josh out that night, clear trail. Carry a whistle and a copter was called into the search, Search and Rescue, helicopters but with the rough terrain and signal mirror; three whistle blasts its crew concentrating on the rugfrom the California Highway Papoor light this appeared impossior mirror flashes are universal disged South Fork area of the trol and Lemoore Naval Air Stable, so Josh and the rescue team tress signals. Merced River. At 3:30 am, a backtion, and six search dogs were bivouacked. The next morning pack was sighted in the river near involved in the hunt. The effort Josh was flown to Wawona to his Swamp Lake. Ranger Dave Moron the South Fork had expanded relieved family and friends. row was landed near the scene; to an area of fifteen square miles. Members of the search teams he determined the pack to be While the helicopters searched later stressed that a successful Josh's. A team led by Backcountry from the air, trackers—some rescue was the result of team Ranger Laurel Munson was flown with dogs—worked up and effort: Shrewbridge, who had parin to search the area downstream downstream, as well as tributary ticipated in twenty searches said, from the pack. streams and nearby trails. The "This is the first time I've been To manage the rapidly exonly signs found were occasional there first." When Dave Norris, panding search operation, shoe prints which matched the team leader, was asked to pose National Park Service established pattern of Josh's Nikes; these with Josh, he called everyone an Incident Command Center. headed downstream. who had been involved to join in. Eleven Park Service staff people With darkness approaching, He felt that recognition should go

YOSEMITE ASSOCIATION. FALL 1985

Park Celebration for Ansel Adams

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On a sunny August afternoon, three or four hundred people gathered at Tuolumne Meadows to pay tribute to Ansel Adams. A mighty Sierra peak was officially named in his honor that day. Present at the ceremony were conser. vation activists, government representatives, cohorts of Adams' and others whose lives he had touched one way or another. The sky was blue and clear, the Golden Gate Brass Quintet played appropriate music, the lunch was hearty and simple, old friends greeted old friends. The eulogies were delivered in sincerely praiseful words, neither overlong nor sentimental. On the dais, with a backdrop of Unicorn and Coxcomb Peaks, were Adams ' widow, Virginia, daughter Ann and son Michael and his wife Jeanne. Also there were Yosemite Superintendent Bob Binnewies, N.P.S. Director Wm. Penn Mott, N.P.S. Regional Director Howard Chapman, Interior Secretary Donald Hodel, Senator Alan Cranston, David Brower, Dr. Wallace Stegner, Richard Benedick of the U.S. State Department, Robert Redford and Sandra Dentinger representing Senator Pete Wilson. It was a star-studded and David Brower praises Adams' tireless efforts to preserve the scenic and the natural. effective group. than all the speeches made before Wallace Stegner addresses the crowd Mike Adams began the cerethe Senate." assembled to honor Ansel Adams. mony by recounting that his Brower, founder of Friends of father made the first ascent of the the Earth and, outside the family the Sierra peak in Adams' honor, towering ll,700' peak in 1932 probably closest to Adams, said Yosemite National Park was with two or three Sierra Club that his greatness was not just in designated a World Heritage Site cronies. That evening, around the his photographs but in his agenda by UNESCO that afternoon. Of campfire, they named it Mount for the preservation of the Earth 's the 188 sites worldwide, the Ansel Adams, a name so noted most scenic and natural areas. selection of Yosemite brought to in Sierra Club hiking guides, Author Wallace Stegner spoke 14 the number within the U.S. but unofficial over the subsequent simply and elegantly saying, Richard Burdick of the State 53 years. "Ansel Adams had thousands of Department unveiled a plaque Each speaker addressed two friends and admirers but he had designating this. fundamentals in Adams' life: that only one true love, and that was The spirit of the day's events, he was foremost among photogthe earth." all properly decorous, were raphers of nature's beauty and Mott, who had been apwarm, friendly, and upbeat. mood, and that he was an unsinkpointed director of the N.P.S. Some of those fortunate able conservationist. in May, commented that his serenough to have known Adams, Sen. Cranston, who had vice would never compromise ended the day with a feeling that worked with Adams on preserthe ideals and goals that Adams Ansel just might have been somevation efforts remarked that, had worked for with unswerving where nearby and that he would 'Adams' photos did more to dedication. have approved of what went on. protect this beautiful America In addition to the naming of

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Seasons Billy Fouts, linter, 1985 But there's a job to do and no one will say of you That before it was done he quit It's time to go to follow the snow August, the crew's tempers are wearin' thin Hear the mountains call It's man to man and you ain't givin' in Go chase your star to the mountains far Then a special trip comes up and you pull the packs And the trail you rode last fall Get a little sack time and your mind back on the track Then roll your bed—you already said In September it's rainin' like hell and welcome That you haven't time to stall Put on that slicker and pull your hat down some Spring in the foothills, the Sierra's not far behind Goddamn, there's snow on the peaks, must be tumin' fall Gather'n times here feller, git back to the thin air grind Mighty proud of that string, set your horse straight and tall It's April and it 's early, there 's shoein' to be done Then comes the time you're puffin' camps in the snow of October Watch the snow along the creeks as it melts beneath the sun Feelin ' low 'cause you're cold and the season 's almost over You fit a few saddles and teach some Rangers to ride Ship a few unneeded mules and count the wages in your poke You start to grow callouses as you toughen your hide Clean up your gear and turn your horse in as broke That string 's so fat and lazy, they lather in a trice You're cold and tired and the last of the crew Order hay for summer and agonize at the price In 'bout two weeks, you'll be down the road too The whole crew's here in May and we really start to swing Afoot now at last and you hate bein' that way Go pack in them trail camps and hear that leather sing Your joints are achy towards the end of the day Some camps are disasters, others just a breeze The boss calls you in, he's lettin' you go Saw crews work the country clearin' trails of trees You shake a few hands as it starts to snow By June we 're going steady, runnin ' to beat hell The boss hints around as you load up your gear The trail starts to crowd as the tourist numbers swell That he'd like havin' you work for him the next year Some boys are packin' groceries, others packin' dirt So you follow snow and it's time to go One 's as important as the other in this line of work Hear the mountains call On July 4 we blow out, the next day is a haze You chase your star to the mountains far For the boys to tie a diamond is to see a gruesome maze And the trail you rode last fall The bridge crew fin'ly rides out, a trail crew needs a team Then roll your bed, you've already said You fall asleep so quick at night you haven 't time to dream That you haven't time to stall Half a season is done and you're wore and run The packers is hard and fit Cowboy and packer Billy Fouts works for the National Park Ser vice m 'i. :-serest In the valley it's hot and the string's about shot driving teams and packing just about anything imaginable by mule for So dusty and dry you can 't spit backcountry trail crews.

A Pair of More Recent Place Names

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Jim Snyder Place names in the High Sierra weren't much different in the nineteenth century than the names of early gold rush towns. They celebrated events, honored people, and described geography, often with a touch of humor. After Yosemite National Park was established, and, as place names were formalized on maps at the tun of the century, place names were changed in many cases to recognize individuals associated with the national park. Places still are given names in the older, informal way and many are in common use. Two widely recognized informal names, Mansfield Domes and Sinai or Ararat. During several his initial experience there. Raisin Lake, originated with trail loud discussions around the camp Jimmy hiked to the lake but crews working in those areas. jungle fire, Barr was shouted had forgotten most of his tackle. Mansfield Domes are two down by the crews who insisted When he couldn't find grubs for prominent granite mounds on Mansfield Domes. That name bait, he used the raisins he had between Sunrise High Sierra has come into general local usage. brought for lunch. "Why not? " he Camp and Cathedral Creek. Recent attempts to rename the thought, and quickly caught a They resemble nothing so much domes in favor of Dolly Parton limit of big trout. as two huge breasts smoothed by have not gained the momentum From that event came the the glaciers and warmed by the nor created the enthusiasm of the name. Jimmy talked about his summer sun. They had no name original name given by Barr's "raisin lake" but tried to keep its until the Sunrise High Sierra trail crew location a secret. Camp was completed in 1960, North of Highway 120 from The old trail from May Lake and the trail constructed from the Sunrise and the Mansfield to Glen Aulin was more direct in camp to Merced Lake via CatheDomes, just below May Lake, lies those days, passing over a spur of dral and Echo Creeks. a small lake commonly called Tuolumne Peak, while Raisin Bob Barr came to Yosemite in Raisin Lake. Without knowing Lake was cross country from the 1946 after a pretty tough life in the story of Raisin Lake, one old road. In 1957, the old trail was the midwest; he stayed to work might assume at first that the closed and a new trail built alongtrails for 22 seasons. His trail crew name was a reflection of the side Raisin Lake and around to camped at Sunrise to build the lake's shape. It is a small elonthe Tenaya junction at the head of upper end of the new trail to gated lake, on the trail between Murphy Creek. That put the lake Merced Lake. The crew spent May Lake and Glen Aulin, about on the High Sierra Loop. Raisin considerable time on the switchhalf way between May Lake and Lake gained a wider audience and backs and rocky stretches of trail the Tenaya junction. the name spread from trail crews at the foot of what were to be Jimmy Jones was a Chukinto general local usage. called Mansfield Domes. After a chansi Indian who first worked Though informal, these long summer the all-male trail in Yosemite in 1910 on the old names have come into common crews quickly saw the resemWawona Road, later as a logger usage in locating well-known blance of the domes to human in the '30s, and finally as a cook geographic features. They may anatomy and dubbed them and trail crew foreman between never achieve formal status, but, Mansfield Domes—or Monroe 1953 and 1963, often in the as theyhave become important in Domes—depending on which Tuolumne Meadows area. Jimmy locating the lake and the domes actress, Jayne or Marilyn, seemed loved to fish and would slip away for new visitors, the names have the closer match for the geology. with his pole to some favorite taken on more formal meanings. Barr objected strenuously to place. He liked those small lakes, The origins of the names have the name, feeling that it was not far from the road, that few slipped into the smoke of the junimproper in Yosemite. He proppeople knew about. He could get gle fire, to be sustained there if osed instead to name the domes to Raisin Lake from the old Tioga nowhere else. after biblical mountains such as Road, which he did often—after A Warm Winter, Says Ferdinand Ranger Ferdinand Castillo, who has manned the Tioga Pass Entrance to Yosemite for the past 32 years, predicts a milder than normal winter for the park this year. As reported in the Mariposa Gazette on September 12, Ferdinand has identified a series of weather signs upon which he relies for his predictions. A beautiful and mild winter (welcome to some, less exciting to others) is assured based on the following indicators. First, the water in the high country ponds is low Further, temperatures at Tioga Pass dropped only into the 40s until September 1, when the mercury hit the low 30s. Snow, during the week of September 10, was preceded by less than a day of frost; usually two days of frost occur before the first snow Such storms usually happen two weeks before or two weeks after the autumnal equinox. This year, the snow was a week early (or late, as you choose). Indian summer has yet to come to the high country; autumn colors are beginning to change the Sierran mountain hues. (This, despite the fact that you always thought that "Indian Summer" and "autumn colors" happened at about the same time.) Ferdinand's classification of wind velocity is non-traditional but actually very understandable: he has one-rock winds, tworock winds, three-rock winds, and gale force winds are fourrock winds. (This measurement is based on how many rocks it takes to hold down the signs at his entrance station.)

YOSEMITE ASSOCIATION. FALL 1985 FACE TEN

New Books About Yosemite The following books should be difficult circumstances for spontaniety and freshness of of the nation's richest archaeologiof interest to our members as months of grueling travel." their own. Muir emerges as cal records. No other part of the they represent new and signifiThe Pinon Pine. humorous, instructive, infinitely Western Hemisphere supported cant works relevant to Yosemite A Natural and Cultural History.* tender. His many letters to the so many culturally and linguistiand the High Sierra. The titles Ronald M. Lanner. girls, and, more so, to his wife, cally distinct peoples, or contains coded with a star * are available University of Nevada Press, 1981 expressed a constant concern for sites for which such ancient ages for sale from the Yosemite Associ- ($8.50 paper) their welfare, and his wife, Louie have been claimed... little of the ation. Please use the order form "The Pinon pine is a small hardy knew that mountains were essenwriting about this legacy has on page 12 to place your order. tree that inhabits the semi and tial to his physical and emotional been intended for the general Man & Yosemite. mountains and mesas of the well-being. Wanda's daughter, reader. The authors provide a A Photographer's View o fthe Early Western U.S. and Mexico. Jean Hanna Clark, sifted, sorted comprehensive introduction, in Years.* Because they grow where few and began to edit the corresponnontechnical language, to what is Ted Orland. other trees can survive, and dente contained in Dear Papa, known of the human habitation Image Continuum Press, 1985. because they produce exception and believed this enterprise of what is now the State of would serve as an enduring porCalifornia—from the earliest ($9.95 paper, $19.95 hard cover). ally nutritious pine nuts, the trees trait of an engaging daughter, and known sites to the mining and "No trip to Yosemite in the have had a long relationship with of a man whose greatness as a logging camps of the nineteenth nineteenth century was complete man and animal in the Pinon public servant is well-known, but and twentieth centuries." juniper region. Lanner addresses without some photographic whose role as a family man had The Mother Lode. memories of its `Scenes of Won issues of the food value of various never been revealed." der and Curiosity' and the succes pine nuts, the role played by jays A Pictorial Guide to California's Gold slue images... can be viewed in propagating the tree, the pinon Walking Up and Down in Rush Country*. sequentially,... to reveal the in Indian myth and how man is the World : Kristin and Charles Moore. changing character of the Valley affecting its destiny. An appendix Memories ofa Mountain Rambler*. Chronicle Books, 1983. You watch as forests progessively discussesp the gathering of pine Smoke Blanchard. ($12.95 paper). nuts and provides thirty-two Sierra Club Books, 1985. "Covered are some of the small overrun meadows; roads widen recipes." ($15.95 hard cover). or move or disappear; and people details that convey the color of come, bearing rifles or frisbees, Trains of Discovery. "Smoke Blanchard—mountain the Mother Lode as well as historwagons or motorcycles... these Western Railroads and the National guide, trek leader, raconteur ical events that have played an pictures form a perspective of Parks*. extraordinary—recalls a lifetime important part in building Califorthings lost, of moments forgotAl Runte. of walking up and down peaks nia... silhouetted is today's ten, of changes that—like the Northland Press, 1984. and trails around the world. romantic Mother Lode against growth of a forest—pass too ($9.95 paper, $14.95 hard cover). Smoke is a living legend to glimpses of her full and glorious slowly for us to see." "The national park system younger mountaineers who past." stands as a found symbol of climb his routes in the Sierra Overland to California with pro ym Nevada and to innumerable trekThe Tourist. the Pioneer Line. America's dedication to natural Travel in Twentieth-Century North The Gold Rush Diary of beauty, and the railroads of the keys who have dogged his foot West have been a moving force in steps and heard his stories around America. Bernardi. Reid. g campfires in the Himalaya and John A. Jakle. Edited by Mary McDougall creating and developing these University of Nebraska Press, Gordon. breathtaking wilderness pre the Far East. Not least among the 1985. Stanford University Press, 1983. serves. Through promotional pleasures of this book are campaigns, construction of new Smoke's finely hewn portraits of "... a survey of the tourist indus- "Bernard J. Reid's diary, discovrail lines, and development of the people encountered on his try in the U.S. and Canada and its ered only a few years ago, is the visitor accommodations the ramblings... and of places... development in this century. account of his journey overland western railroads quenched a reminiscences of such friends as With the advent of the autoto California in 1849 on the nation's thirst for adventure and the famed Sierra mountaineer mobile, tourism was no longer Pioneer Line, the first commercial discovery" Norman Clyde. Here is a unique restricted to the railroads and wagon train to cross the plains. voice, a classic of American yarnsteamship lines of the elite. Jakle Mismanaged and plagued by Dear Papa. spinning by an easygoing advenexamines the American appetite cholera and scurvy... the jourLetters Between John Muir and His turer whose experience spans five for seeing and being someplace ney became, in Reid's words, `a Daughter Wanda* decades of mountaineering in the else, the growth of vacation long, dreadful dream,' Reid's Edited and documented by Jean American West and the developparks, the memorialization of diary is the richest account of this Hanna Clark and Shirley Sargent. ment of trekking in high Asia. " buildings and scenery, and the unique wagon train 's memorable Panorama West Books & Flying complex of businesses that journey and one of the best of all Spur Press, 1985. The Archaeology of California. emerged to accommodate the rise gold rush diaries. Young and intel- ($8.95 paper, $16.50 hard cover). Joseph L. Chartkoff and Kerry of tourism: hotels and motels, ligent, he was a keen observer... "... Muir penned letter after letter Kona Chartkoff. highway stops, restaurants and and his diary offers a fascinating to his beloved wife and `bairns,' Stanford University Press 1984. fast-food chains, bus and airline view of mid-nineteenth-century and the following Wanda-Muir "Beneath the urban sprawl and tours, campgrounds and souvenir Americans thrown together in exchanges possess an entity, golden hills of California lies one shops.

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} t sustain a healthy Rush Creek Harrison. Jim. Harward, Ladonna. Linda. Solarz, Susan. Sollenberger, David. William Penn Molt Harwell, Melvin B. Hays, Debra. Hazel, Sonderleiter, M J. Sonnenblick, Samuel. continued from page 1 fishery, undoubtedly BOWS Linda. Heiss, George. Henderson, Joan. Sorensen, Suzanne. Spohn, Steven. Staats, greater than 19 cfs. Otis also will Hennessy, Maureen. Henshall. Bill & Christine. Starr, Harrison. Styaner, Dean. consider other public trust values Nancy. Herman, Roseann. Herrell, Jim. Stepan, Stephanie. Stevens, Richard. the country's population is consuch as wildlife and recreation. Herriott, Mary E. Hines, Genevieve. Hohl, Stevenson, Beverly. Stone, Lawrence M. stantly moving and thus people Joan &Thomas. Holland, Leandra. Storlie, Jonathan G. Stratvert, Karen. Rush Creek's flow has rejuveare in a state of regular change. Houser, Lynn. Howard, Leonard. Howell Sullivan, Tim. Swanson, Linda. Swanson, For many, parks rstabilnated the habitat for lay e num $ & Ferrero. Howland, Ed. Howlitt, James Mary Ann. bers of birds and mammals, & Beth. Hurlbert, Margaret. Jackman, Joy. Taylor, June L. Thomas, Emily. Thomas, ity not found parks represent n daily lives including deer, ospreys and bald Jackson-Araya, Topsy Jain, Kathleen. Karen & Craig. Thompson, Paul. Thorpe, and environments. The National Jarrard, Mary Louise. Johnson, Martin. Linda. Thorup, Crayton. Tift, Kay eagles. These animals are guaranParkS will remain permanent Johnson, Richard L. Johnson, Signe. Toothaker, Judy. Tre-Lee. Tucker, Judith landmarks even though demo teed a flowing stream at least $ Johnson, Tracy. Johnston, Ted & Calvin. Turner, Melvin. Vail; Mr Sr Mrs and the face of the land through next summer! Marguerite. Jones, Flo J. Joyce, Kelly. Lewis M. Vicente, Elena. Vickers, Lira. graphics Juarez, Ben & Jan. Volwiler, Susan. Wakida, Debbie. Walker, and cities undergo continual Kalinski, Cass E. Katzman, Linda G. Sharron. Walter, Shari. Wammack, Karin. change, and in that quality Kelley, Thomas. Kelly, Darlene. Kelly, Wasel, Jim. Wasilewski, Debi. Watanabe, lies the importance of the park Memberships Troy. Keohane, Mary. Kerns, Michael. Nancy S. Waterhouse, Amy L. Waxman, Kim, Jaewook, Kincaid, Robert. King, Jacob. Webster, Marilyn. Weissenborn, system. Abramorivitch, Helen E. Acker & Jones. Kathryn. Kirkpatrick, Dorothy M. Larry. Whettam, Kim. White, Connie. The remainder of the MemAcosta, Emilio & Jill. Adelman, Phil. Knutzen, Helen. Koehler, Peter. White, Frank D. Wild, Robert. Wilkerson, bers ' Meeting featured other Alcorn, Glen. Alexrod & Allsman. La Rowe, Kenneth. Lach, Robert. Landrin, Laura. Wilkerson; Laura. Williams, Dr reports and business. Recently Anderson Family. Anderson, Barbara. Lori. Lane, Skyy. Lansing, Jean. Larsen, Louis. Williams, Lori. Williams, Mr & Mrs Anderson, Lois. Anderson, M Jean. Helen J. Lashinsky, Philip. Lauderdale, Nathan. Williams, Willie. Wilson, Del. retired Association General ManAnderson, Patty. Annoni, Irene. Arca. Larry. Lawrence, David. Lax, Albert. Le Winnacker, Martha K. Workizer, Mr & ager Henry Berrey was presented Patricia G. Armstrong, Dan. Aron, Neve, Carol. Le Veille, Mary Ann. Lee, Mrs R L. Wormack, Dennis. Worthington, a life membership in recognition Margaret. Arps, Ron. Attell, Stephen. Linda. Levine, Marty. Leydecker, Al. William. Wright. Carl & Sharon. of his service to the organization, Auzenne, Aletha. Avila, J M. Lilienthal, Frances. Lindholm, Colleen. Yano, Joyce K. Ybarra, Jesse R. Yee, Kathy. Baat, Peggy. Bach, John. Bailey, Steve & Lindsey, Jacqueline. Litzau. Jack Thomas. Youde, Gordon & Marsha. Zetterberg, and new Yosemite Association Stephanie. Baird, Donald. Baker & Lizzi, Bruno. Long, M E. Longley Paula. Britta. Zinck, Mr & Mrs Dale. President, Steve Medley, was Branstetter. Bardelson, Sam & Susanne. Lowe, Duane. Lowe, Howell. Lubfin, introduced to the membership. Barry, Robert J. Barsocchini, Jeanne. Gene. Lum, Fenton. Lustig, Joan. Lyon, Reports by various groups Bartholow, Les & Cora. Bastanchury Mary Lou. Life Members Maria. Batteen, Billee. Beard, Franklin. MacDonald, Florence. MacNaughton, involved with Yosemite were Beard, Susan. Beck, Sandra. Bedard, Gene. Ruth. Malcolm, Michael. Mallet, Syd. Baker, Gerard. Beatty, K Sue. Bedwell, given by Ron Stork of the Merced Bell, Gregory C. Bennett Landscape & Mann, Margaux. Marske, K K. Martin, Allan. Bernhard, Stanley J. Best, Otto. Canyon Committee, David Design. Berenson, Betty. Bernacchi, Dean. David & Jeanette. Martin, Kandy. Bothamley Robert. Botti. Steve & LawGaines of the Mono Lake ComBeyea, Patty. Beyrer, Bob. Bibby, Brian. Masterson, Julie C. Mathieson, Philip. son, Vicki. Britton, Carla. Brizendine, FarBlack, Adeline. Blair, Robin. Blanke, Clem Maury, Elizabeth. Maushardt, Mrs rel. Buranksky, William. Burket, Mr & Mrs mlttee Kay Pitts of the Yosemite & Marge. Boerum, Will. Bonham, Frank Bernard. McBride, J R & B H. McEuen, Stan. Burr, James Jr. Cady, Barbara. Casey, Renaissance art group, and Jack L. Borg. Len. Bosnos, Sylvia. Boulton, Jean. McGrath, David & Frances. Sally. Chapin, Lois B. Chase, Grayce G. Applegarth, who headed the 50th Barry. Bourassa, Virginia. Bowen & McMahon, Ann. McWherter, Mike. Cherin, Harold & Tam. Christensen, reunion of the Yosemite Field Hough. Branchard, Louise. Braun, Cherryl Medley, Hermie. Meyerson, Mr & Mrs A. Steve & Edie. Clemensen, Vahl & Carol. School, Class of 1935. L. Bright, Mark. Brown, James & Penny. Miller, Anne. Miller, Susan. Moore & Cleu, Eugene L Jr & Family. Cobb, Jeffrey Brown, Kathleen. Brown, Patricia. Leyfer. Moorhead, Jim & Virginia. Moran, & Karen. Cochrane, Steve & Frost, Lisa. Following a presentation on Bullinger, Karen. Burrow, Nurit. Ben. Morgan, Rita. Morrey, Crisy. Comins, Hal & Dot. Conlan, Joan & the activities of the Yosemite Buxton, Eva. Mueller, Lois. Murphy, Loretta. Warner, Holly Crosby, Dr Thomas. De Association for the past year Dr. Calhoune, Cornelia. Campbell, Gordon Murray, Judith. Bard, Dr Roger & Janet. Dillingham, Jean T. Carlson, Carole. Catalan, Stephan. Nachtwey & Hirsh. Nelson, Diane. H. Dinkelspiel, Frances. Dobesh, Lisa Carl Sharsmith, beloved naturalist Cavanaugh, Mary. Ceniceroz, Dr. Ray. Nelson, Frank. Nelson, Winnie. Newman, Beth. Duggan, James H. Dwelle, Sandra and premier botanist, spoke Christain, Roy & Jeanette. Cohen, Frank Mr & Mrs J K. Nisewonger, Susan. L. Eade, Linda & Osborne, Michael. Fazio, about an old comrade, Will Neely, & Peggy. Collier, Mr & Mrs Jack. Northcott, Margaret. Savina. Fong, Alfred. Fong, Mr & Mrs who died recently. Neely was a Compton, Hal. Cotton, Roger. Courtney. Odegard, Tawney. Olander, Nancy. Tom. Ford, Walter. Fournier, Robert. Mr & Mrs Jerry. Cox, Douglas. Coxey Oppenheimer, Edward. Ortega, Korinne Fritzke, Susan L. Fry, Nancy & Hunter, former Yosemite ranger naturalist Grace. Crawford, Marilyn. Crawford, & Family. Osgood, C E. Ouzounian, Craig. Green, Richard. Greene, Carolyn and longtime friend of the park. Ruth. Criswell, Susan. Cross, Susan. Craig. Overholser, Vyonne. & Ed. Haefele, Joan. Hartman, Harley A. Board Chairman Tom Culpovich, Mr & Mrs Phil. Curtis, Alice Palmieri, T G. Peterson, Larry & Beth. Hartman, John H. Harvey, Janet. Healy, Shephard next discussed the & Cooney, Tom. Cutshall, Robert. Phillips, Connie. Pilk, Robert. Pitman, Mr & Mrs John R. Hong, Ben. Hoopes, Davidson, Jayne. Davies, Derek & Marsh. Planin, Wayne M. Poertner, Mary-Stewart. Hopkins, Samuel. Hudson, recent association name change, Dorothy. Davis. Bud & Diana. Davis, Joe. Claudette. Pollaczek, Sharon & Peter. Richard L. Hungate, Dr Harriet. Jacobs, from Yosemite Natural History Dawson, Leslie. De Phillipo, John. De Powell, Linda. Quinn, Elizabeth A. Jennifer. Jahn, Larry. Janelli, Anthony. Association to Yosemite AssociaSantis, Carol. Denenberg, Mr & Mrs Rabinouitz & Lede. Ramos, Ursula. Recca, Johnston, Robert C. Jones, Paul A. Jossi, tion, and described the reasons Barry. Deutch, Ann J. Ditlove, Shari. Lee. Rector, Shelby D. Reedy, Eadie. Josh. Kilduff. Marshall. Kimiecik Kenneth for the action. He followed with Dixon, Thomas. Dodd, Pam & Tom. Reeves, Thomas. Regelson; Kenneth. Jr. Kirn, Laura Ann. Knodel, Debra. La FolDoerksen, Virginia. Dononvan, Dennis P. Reinhart, Mr & Mrs Bruce. Reisenauer, lette, Julie. Larson, Richard. Leedom, a description of procedures for Dononvan, Kathy. Dote, Larry. Drake, Ann. Richer, Mr & Mrs Gary. Riddell, Carol. Lindquist, Fran. Lytle, Mary. Maim, the upcoming election for the Margaret. Dwire, Mary Kate. Susan A. Riness, Susanne. Roberson, Dan. Margaret. Maloney, Andrew. Malott, Rex Board of Trustees. Dyer, Wayne. Roberts, Dr & Mrs Benjamin. Roberts. & Allman. Celeste. Maxwell, E M. Eastman, Carolyn E. Ebel & Wheat Eberly, Shirley. Roberts, Tony. Robertson, Shana. McLain, Lois M. Medley, Steve & Jane. Dara, Teresa & Christopher. Eisenhardt, Rodgers, Caroline. Rodriguez, Kathy. Merrill, Karlin A. Monroe, Russell H. Eric. Eissler, Margaret. Eizinger, Mr & Mrs Rodriguez, Mary. Roesch, Ernst. Rogers, Mount, M Annette. Nicholson, M L. Mono Lake Ben G. Emery, R C. Eng, Vivian. England, Dr & Mrs James. Rollin, Walter. Nyberg, Dr & Mrs Walter. O'Brien, Willcontinued from page 5 Kevin. Ericson, Deanna. Everett, John D. Ronaldson, Don. Rosa, Irwin. Roseland, iam & Catherine. Okui, Mr & Mrs Falk, John. Faner, Wendy L. Fedak, Janet. Karen. Roseland, Tom & Linda. Roseman, Michio. Otwell, Penny & Lundy. Overlaces such as Rush Creek or Fell, Joyce & Tom. Fenwick, Jerry. Few, Alan. Rosen, Liney. Roszkowski, mire, Mr & Mrs P L. Peterson, Stan. Platt, p Sue Ann Fite, Andrea Marshanoff. Maureen. Rouse, Lillian M. William C. Martha C. Portis, Alan. Prescott, Joseph. Mono Lake. Now Otis has Fitzpatrick, W A. Flanders, Pat. Rubin, Murray & Gloria. Radd. Barbara. Reeds, Bob. Reitnauer, ordered what the California Fleischman, Marilyn. Flemmings, Mrs & Sampson, Ellen. Sarkozy, Lawrence. Richard & Chris. Rompala, Patricia. Ross, Supreme Court called long overMrs Jack. Fuhrman. Meredith. Fujimoto, Savage, John. Schaefer, Mark. Scherba. Matthew. Ruggles, Roger. Ryan, William due—a reassessment of Los Glenn &Cindy. Gerald. Schlanger, Jack & Dottie. J. Scott, Donald M. Sergienko, Eric. Shelly, Gaston, Emily M. Crosbie. Gausman, Schmidt, Hugo. Schoon, Jo Anna. Jeanne S. Silva, Lawrence R. Sobke, Angeles' claims to Mono Basin William H. Jr. Gentry, Pat. Gilley, Janet. Schubert, Judy Kay. Schultz, Howard. Dorothy A. Souza, Wayne. Spangler. waters. Gladstone, Susan F. Godar, Karrie. Godar, Schultz, Robert & Patricia. Sciarani, Mary Michael. Spier, Carl. Stetson, Lee. Taipale, Judge Otis set the trial for Ronald. Goldman, Vicky. Gotz, Hal & Kay. Self, Dian. Setian, Ralph. Seymour Denis. Tasker, Jeannie. Turner, Harry. August 4 1986. This will afford Marilyn. Graff, Mr & Mrs Stephen. Graff, Robert. Sheaffi, Peter. Siegienski, Joan. Twohig, Kerry K. Vargo, Johanna. Steven, & Honig, Kim. Grant, The Family. Silver, Wendy & Marvin. Simpson, Walczak, Michael. Wight, Patricia & enough time to conduct studies Grossman & Gerber. Grumbine, Ed. William. Slaght, C. Sloane, Jeff. Slutksy Stephen. Yale. Kirby & Family. to determine the flows needed to Halley, Joyce. Harris, Mr & Mrs Elwyn. Marlene. Smith, William J. Snetsinger,

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Yosemite 1986 Poster/Calendar is a new item produced by the Yosemite Association. We intend to issue a similar calendar each year in the future. The design allows the product to be used as a calendar, and following the years' end the calendar section can be cut off to form an attractive art poster. This year's art work, titled "Yosemite Renaissance " by Don Hukari, combines the breathtaking depth and natural monuments of Yosemite Valley in a unique image. Color, 17" x 37.". Item #G/$7.50

YOSEMITE

Order Form Quantity Price Ordered Item Description Each Total A Ansel Adams : An Autobiography $50.00 B Discovering Sierra Birds $9.95 C Easy Day Hikes in Yosemite $4.50 D-1 Man and Yosemite(Paper) $9.95 D-2 Man and Yosemite(Cloth) $19.95 D-3 Man and Yosemite $35.00

(Special Limited edition) E-1 Yosemite National Park : Nature's $16.95 Masterpiece In Stone(Paper) F.-2 Yosemite National Park : Nature 's $30.00 Masterpiece In Stone (Cloth) F Yosemite! 1986 Eighteen Month $7.95

Wall Calendar G Yosemite 1986 Poster/Calendar $7.50 H Poster : Half Dome—Jane Gyer $20.00 I Poster: Peregrine Falcon—Roger Folk $14.95 Subtotal: 15% Member's Discount: Subtotal A: Members' discounts are not applicable when purchasing the following items. J-1 Y.A. T-shirt Adult X-Lg. $8.00 J-2 Y.A. T-shirt Adult Lg. $8.00 J-3 Y.A. T-shirt Adult Med. $8.00 J-4 Y.A. T-shirt Adult Small $8.00 K-1 Y.A. T-shirt Childs Lg. $6.00 K-2 Y.A. T-shirt Childs Med. $6.00 Poster: Peregrine FalconK-3 Y.A. T-shirt Childs Small $6.00 Yosemite. Full color reproduc Allow up to six weeks for delivery of T-shirts. tion of a beautiful watercolor Subtotal B : YOSEh1 ITE• 1~ainting depicting the Merchandise Total (Subtotals A + B) endangered Peregrine Falcon over 6% Sales Tax (CA customers only)

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looking Tenaya Canyon. Painted Shipping charge $1.00 The Yosemite! 1986 Calendar, by Roger Folk, well known Total enclosed from Dream Garden Press, conSouthern California artist, and Ordered by : tains sixteen remarkably well-pro donated to the Yosemite Associa Name : duced full color photos, done by tion for the benefit of our Return Address: a number of photographers. Each of Light Campaign. State : Zip : has captured a good deal more of 22 x 32 ' Membership Number: the feeling of Yosemite than is Item #I/$14.95.

Poster: Half Dome. Fine art poster reproduction of a strikingly brilliant scratch board scene by Yosemite artist Jane Gyer. Mrs. Gyer executed the work and donated the piece to Y.A. to be used specifically in conjunction with our Return of Light Campaign. 18" x 24". Item #H/$20.00. ordinarily found in `calendar' art. Quotes from early-day Yosemite chroniclers appear on each page. Item #F/$7.95. '1 t) is Al

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PAGE THIRTEEN ANSEL ADAMS

An Am i,h(thTra~h~ Just published, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography is certain to become a classic. Here, in his prodigiously illustrated work, completed just prior to his death in 1984, is Adams ' testament of a life of dedication, adventure, achievement, remarkable friendships, plain spoken wisdom, and a concern for man and nature. 400pp. Item #A/Cloth $50.00.

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A I hoh gt npher'. View.,f the Each Years Photographer Ted Orland, in his Man and Yosemite, A Photographer's View of the Early Years, has assembled 83 plates made from the works of artists and photographers, commencing with Ayer's 1855 sketches and working through the years to Boysen at about the turn of the century. Two of the author's photos from the 1970's are included. As Orland points out, Yosemite Valley was never visited by white man until after the invention of photography, thus a continuous record of man's presence exists. There are representative photos of Fiske, Watkins, Muybridge, Weed, Boysen, et al. The samples of the 1870 's work of the lesser known Gustav Fagersteen appear in some number and are of considerable interest. Orland's text is readable, sensitive and contains sufficient "Don't go bare Wear a Y.A. tee-shirt." Everybody Needs a Yosemite Association T-Shirt Comfortable, heavy quality, 100% cotton Hanes "Beefy T" tee shirts with Yosemite Association's handsome Half Dome logo are brand new this year. Make sure you and all your family and friends have one. Color: beige with brown emblem. Adult 's sizes: extra large, large, medium and small. Item #J/$8.00 Children's sizes : large, medium and small. Item #K/$6.00 Allow up to six weeks delivery for this item. (Note: Taxidermic bear cub mount is from the Happy Isles Nature Center collection, donated to the National Park Service by the Yosemite Association. Child model is Jessica Wight, daughter of Y.A.'s assistant sales manager, Pat Wight. She really does know better than to get this close to live bears!) technical data to explain the advances in photography. Printed in Japan in pleasant sepia tones, the book is published by the Image Continuum Press of Santa Cruz. 96pp. Item #D-1/Paper $9.95. Item #D-2/Cloth (trade edition) $19.95. Item #D-3/Special limited cloth edition (250 numbered, autographed copies, each containing an original silver print from an early Yosemite negative) $35.00. A beautiful new picture book, wrote the Association's West of Yosemite National Park— Eden has done a creditable job in Nature's Masterpiece in Stone, his introduction and the chapters joined the ranks of Yosemite's dealing with the Valley, Wawona, finer picture books earlier this and the Big Trees, Glacier Point year. This one, published by the and Tuolumne Meadows. A big Woodlands Press, Del Mar book, 12 1/2" by 12½", it contains California, contains photography 68 fine color reproductions. 72pp. predominantly by Pat O'Hara Item #E-1/Paper $16.95. Item #Eand the writings of David 2/Cloth $30.00 Robertson, in a design by Don McQuiston and his daughter, Outstanding among the new pubDebra. There's a pleasing variety lications of the Association is of the moody and the traditional, Discovering Sierra Birds, made in the Valley and the Yoseco-published with the Sequoia mite High Sierra. Robertson, who Natural History Association. Authors Ted Beedy and Steve Granholm, both PhD's in ornithology, have done a remarkable job of identifying 180 species of birdlife in their book which contains 41 original full color plates. In addition to detailed descriptions of the appearance and behavior of each species, information on their habitats is identified. A foreword has been provided by Les Line, editor of Audubon Magazine. 230pp. Item #B/Paper $9.95 Author Deborah Durkee and illustrator Michael Elsohn Ross have collaborated on Easy Day Hikes in Yosemite with pleasant results. Ms. Durkee's carefully written text about how to find one's way on twenty moderate hikes in the park is gleefully illuminated by Ross's whimsical sketches. Though ostensibly a book for parents to have along when hiking with their youngsters, it will serve anyone content to enjoy simple strolls rather than taxing hikes. 40pp. Item #C/Paper $4.50 See page 12 for Order form

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Permit No. 1 Join the Yosemite you join us in our effort to make A Yosemite Association decal; Yosemite an even better placez and Association Member Benefits Special membership gifts as follows: You can help support the work As a member of the Yosemite of the Yosemite Association by Association, you will enjoy the Supporting Members: Matted print becoming a member. Revenues following benefits: from an illustration by Jane Gyer generated by the Association's ie Yosemite, the Association bullein Discovering Sierra Trees, activities are used to fund a varitin, published on a quarterly Contributing Members: Full color ety of National Park Service probasis; poster of Yosemite's wildflowers grams in Yosemite. Not only does A 15% discount on all books, by Walter Sydoriak; the Yosemite Association publish maps, posters, calendars and pubSustaining Members : Matted color and sell literature and maps, it lications stocked for sale by the photograph of a wildflower by sponsors field seminars, the Association; Dana Morgenson; park's Art Activity Center, and the Ostrander Lake Ski Hut. A 10%° discount on most of the Life Member: Matted color photoA critical element in the sucfield seminars conducted by the graph ph by Howard Weamer of a cess of the Association is its memAssociation in Yosemite National Yosemite scene; and bership. Individuals and families Park; Participating Life Member: Ansel throughout the country have long -The opportunity to participate Adams Special edition print, achisupported the Yosemite Associain the annual Members ' Meeting vally mounted. tion through their dues and their held in the park each fall, along Membership dues are tax-deductii personal commitments. Won't with other Association activities; ble as provided by law Please enroll me in the Yosemite Association as a... q Regular Member $20.00 q Contributing Member q Life Member q Supporting Member $35.00 $50.00 $500.00 q Sustaining Member q Participating Life Member q Spouse add $5.00 $100.00 $1,000.00 Name (please print) : Phone Number: Address State/Zip: Enclosed is my check or money order for $, or charge to my credit card Bankamericard/VISA: Number Expiration Date MasterCard : Number Expiration Date Mail to:

For Office Use Paid : Card # Exp. Date : Gift: File : Comp : New Membership Rates Following a recent staff analysis of membership revenues and expenses, we discovered that the annual costs of member mailings, bulletins, benefits and discounts were exceeding the dues we receive. In light of this development, the Yosemite Association Board of Trustees voted to increase membership rates at its July meeting. By taking this action, the Board hopes to generate additional revenue so that the Association can continue to strongly support the National Park Service as well as maintain a high standard of service to our members. The new membership rates (left) became effective September 1, 1985. Board of Trustees Fundraising Thomas J Shephard, Coordinator Chairman Karen Cobb Harvey Rhodes, Seminar Vice-Chairman Coordinator Barbara DeWitt J Foster Fleutsch Penny Otwell Carlo S Fowler Bookkeeper/ Robert E Griffin Office Manager Edward C Hardy Claire Haley Richard Martyr E H McLaughlin Membership Lennie Roberts Coordinator Phyllis Weber Molli Holser Robert O Binnewies, Ex officio Administrative Leonard W McKenzie, Secretary Ex officio Linda Abbott President Consultant Steven P Medley Henry Berrey Sales Richard Reitnauer, Manager Patricia Wight, Assistant

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