DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

REPORT

OF THE

DIRECTOR OF

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

TO THE

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1924
AND THE TRAVEL SEASON, 1924

Travel increases despite adverse conditions....

The one Federal agency promoting travel.

Foreign competition for travel aggressive.

Travel at home and abroad----

The demand for new national parks.

Present system wisely developed.

Further possibilities considered_.

A study of the Southern Appalachians-

Isle Royale a meritorious project-----

Principle of complete conservation governs parks--

Small areas more valuable for economic use eliminated_

Adverse report on Yellowstone dam bill.

Educational opportunities advanced

Museum expansion.

Assistance of Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial.

Park library important detail of museums_

Nature guide service..

Our park wild life and its protection_

Wild life protection in McKinley Park still a problem.

Restocking with native species favored__

Attractiveness of wild life a stimulation to conservation_

Park road plans--.

Work can be handled by our engineering forces_

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A modest budget

Some park approach roads entitled to larger Federal aid.

Roads will open undeveloped parks---

Important that road program be pushed_

Craters of the Moon, Idaho___.

Changes in boundary of existing national monuments.

The national conference on State parks____

Accomplishments since the third conference

The park-to-park highway convention._.

Brooklyn Eagle national park development tour

Director of park service now connected with national capital park de-

velopment_

Working conditions of park employees greatly improved.

Field accounting necessary in the control of park utilities.

Grazing raid on California parks defeated__

The parks in winter_.

Archeological explorations and restoration of ruins_

Gifts to the national park and monument system..

Preservation of park forests___

Canadian parks have highly efficient fire-fighting equipment_

Serious insect infestations must be combated____

Cleaning up dead and down timber an important protective measure_

Flood damage to roads and trails.