ations this season were confined largely to the more heavily fished waters accessible to motorists. This record plant will go far toward maintaining the reputation of Glacier Park as a fisherman's paradise.

GAME

An interesting reflex of the mild winter was the scattering of the big game throughout the park where its natural food was abundant. Because of this condition no game count could be made, and likewise little feeding of deer and sheep was found necessary. It is believed that the mild winter reacted favorably also upon breeding processes and so lessened the normal loss that an increase considerably above normal occurred among the big game of the park.

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OREG.

This has been an important year at Crater Lake National Park. The road projects have been consistently pushed by the Bureau of Public Roads which took over road construction in this park on January 1, 1926. Upon recommendations made jointly by the district engineer and the park superintendent the type of road was changed from a penetration-pavement to a crushed rock macadam, later treated with light road oil. This change was primarily in the interest of economy and results have proven its wisdom. Thanks to very early snow recessions in the Cascades the contractors were on the job by June 1 and were able to complete the surfacing of both the Medford and the Klamath Roads by August 10. Later force account crews were organized and the roads were treated with road oil and at the same time a thorough clean-up of the débris incidental to road construction was effected to a distance of 75 feet out from the ditch slopes, so that these two roads are now dustless and the entire right of way rid of all débris, giving grasses and wild flowers opportunity to bloom-a tremendous improvement over former conditions.

Construction of the new road from Government camp to the Rim on a 62 per cent maximum grade was practically completed, but it was not surfaced. The elimination of the former 11 per cent grade with its steep and hazardous turns means a great step forward. Another noteworthy improvement was the construction of a heavy rustic bridge across the gulch at the Anna Spring plaza, greatly improving alignment and decreasing the congestion at that crowded area. A large survey party has also been engaged this summer in a reconnaissance of the balance of the road system and will submit final report as to locations and estimates by November 1.

HEAVY PARK TRAVEL CARED FOR

The year saw another heavy increase in travel to Crater Lake, a total of 86,019 visitors as compared with 65,018 last year. It is especially pleasant to report that there were no accidents on the roads or elsewhere, and that this great throng of people was well taken care of. The little Community House was again the great rallying place for thousands of visitors; its crowded condition night after night bespeaks the need for enlargement.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZED

A much appreciated innovation at Crater Lake this summer was the initiation of our educational service, organized by Dr. Loye Miller of the University of California and three volunteer assistants who served without pay. As acting park naturalist Doctor Miller made personal contact with more than 6,000 visitors; there were talks every night at the hotel and at the Community House; every day there were walks along interesting trails that permitted informal discussions of park geology, flora, and fauna.

INSECT CONTROL CONTINUED

Under the direction of the Bureau of Entomology the insect control was continued at Crater Lake National Park this summer. The work among the lodgepole pine was emphasized with results satisfactory to the expert in charge. In the southeast area some very important work was also done resulting in the protection of a beautiful stand of yellow pine, one of the three finest forests in the park. Some experimental work is now being carried on through which investigators hope to discover a means of protecting individual trees against insect ravages.

There were a good many forest fires started by lightning and two by careless visitors, but all of these fires were promptly discovered and controlled with comparative ease.

GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS

Physical developments at Crater Lake are hardly in step with increased travel because of meager appropriations, but the park is making consistent progress. This summer the telephone system was greatly improved, and connections with the outside were much bettered by the building of a copper line across the Klamath Valley. Sanitation of the two principal camp grounds was further improved this year and a large water heater added to the bathhouse. A fire lookout station was constructed on Mount Scott by the Park Service, the wage of the lookout being paid jointly by the Indian and the Forest Services. A small warehouse was built at the utility site at Government camp, an attractive stone and rustic structure of the type decided upon for all future construction. The plan of development at Crater Lake is fortunately compact and simple and, as funds should become available soon, it is hoped that a five-year period will see development at this park completed except for camp ground developments, the limits of which can not be foreseen. The most pressing administrative needs now are for more warehouse capacity, camp grounds, and sanitation, housing of employees, two additional permanent employees, and a considerable increase of the temporary personnel employed during the three-month season. Mechanical equipment should be provided enabling us to publish with certainty the opening date of this park as June 20 instead of July 1.

FIELD INVESTIGATION OF ENLARGEMENT PROJECT

In August the Coordinating Commission on Parks and Forests studied the situation at Crater Lake, going over on the ground the

areas proposed for elimination and for addition. The commission made public only one decision, finding against the inclusion of Diamond Lake into the park. On this point I, as a member of the commission, was in entire accord, the Diamond Lake area having been developed too intensively for summer homes and other purposes to warrant our taking it over. Decision on other mooted questions will not be made until the commission meets in Washington next fall.

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, CALIF.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS

In the 36 years' history of the park no events equal in importance to park enlargement and the completion of the Generals' Highway have occurred. On July 3 the 252 square miles of the park became 604 miles by passage of the enlargement bill. Almost on the same day the new road was finished to Giant Forest, although travel had been permitted since early in May.

The park enlargement adds to the Big Tree region the River Valley and Kern Canyon, countless lakes and streams, and Mount Whitney. The new road has brought Giant Forest within two hours (54 miles) of Visalia and three hours (90 miles) of Fresno.

Travel, stimulated by the new road and publicity of park enlargement, leaped from 46,677 in 1925 to 89,404, bringing many added problems of sanitation and protection in its wake. On July 4 there were over 6,000 campers in public camps estimated to accommodate a maximum of 2,500.

LAYOUT FOR DEVELOPMENT

The old village site under the sequoias, which was a gradual development of the "horse and buggy" days, proved inadequate to handle the flood of motor travel, so a new site on more level ground has been chosen by the landscape engineer. It is hoped to transfer the post office, stores, studios, etc., to this site during the fall months.. The service station is already transferred and road changes are being made.

A new housekeeping unit will be placed on this site near Beetle Rock on the edge of the sequoia belt, and gradually there will be a clean-up of the buildings and camps in the scenic and congested sequoia area.

ROAD PROGRESS

The completion of the Generals' Highway to Giant Forest is the first step in the interpark road which should be continued on to General Grant Park, both to permit motor travel by a cool mountain route instead of through the heated valley and to open public auto camps to accommodate the increased numbers coming up the new road.

At present we have a bottle-neck condition at Giant Forest with a wide 22-foot entrance road narrowed to a one-way scenic road to such points as Moro Rock, Sherman Tree, Crescent Meadow, and Lodge Pole Camp. New roads should be built to these much-visited points and the old roads used as bridle trails.