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Yosemite Nature Notes 26 (1947)

Maggie Howard, Tabuce; photo by Julius T. Boysen, from a biography by Ralph Anderson (July)

Galen Clark shortly before his death; photo by Mode Wineman, from a biography by C. Frank Brockman (March and April)

• YNN 26(1) (January 1947)
  • “Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park,” 26(1):1-40 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 26(2) (February 1947) [PDF]
  • Black Oak in Yosemite Valley during winter, 26(2):cover photo
  • “Dr. Willis Linn Jepson,” 26(2):41 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “The Pacific Dogwood” [Cornus nuttalli], 26(2):42-44 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Museum Notes” [rubber snake, Charina bottae bottae], 26(2):44 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Yosemite Has New Park Naturalist” [Donald Edward McHenry], 26(2):45-46 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Disease on Western Azalea Identified” [fungus disease Exobasidium decolorans on Rhododendron occidentale], 26(2):47 by Robert J. Rodin
  • “Nature Notelets” [California great blue heron, Ardea herodias hyperonca by Margery Kennedy; eared grebe, Colymbus nigricollis californicus by Harry C. Parker], 26(2):48
• YNN 26(3) (March 1947) [PDF]
  • “Galen Clark: March 28, 1814 - March 24, 1910,” 26(3):cover photo by Mode Wineman
  • “When We Climbed the Unicorn” [Unicorn Peak], 26(3):49-52 by Bob W. Prudhomme
  • “Principal Administrative Officers of Yosemite: Galen Clark” part 1, 26(3):53-54 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Spring and Fall Migration of Sierra Newts” [Triturus sierra], 26(3):55-56 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Museum Notes” [Maggie Howard, Tabuce died], 26(3):56 by Ralph H. Anderson
• YNN 26(4) (April 1947) [PDF]
  • “Skiing down from Horse Ridge,” 26(4):cover photo
  • “Snow Survey Forecasts Water Shortage,” 26(4):57-58 by Homer W. Robinson
  • “A Ski Trip to Ostrander Lake,” 26(4):59-62 by Robert J. Rodin
  • “Principal Administrative Officers of Yosemite: Galen Clark” part 2, 26(4):63-64 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 26(5) (May 1947) [PDF]
  • American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, 26(5):cover photo
  • “The First Postmaster” [in Yosemite], 26(5):65 by Emil Ernst
  • “Wildlife Management in the National Park System” [presented to a meeting of NPS Chief Park Rangers], 26(5):66-70 by Victor H. Cahalane
  • “M. V. Walker Transfers to Zion National Park, Utah” [Myrl V. Walker], 26(5):70-71 by Frank A. Kittredge
  • “New Bird Record” [blue-winged teal, Anas discors; cinnamon teal, Anas cyanoptera], 26(5):71 by Harry C. Parker
  • Coins tossed into the fish hatchery pool and from Sentinel Bridge, 26(5):71
  • “Robinson Becomes New Assistant Park Naturalist” [Harry B. Robinson], 26(5):72 by Donald Edward McHenry
• YNN 26(6) (June 1947) [PDF]
  • “June is Fawn Time,” 26(6):cover photo by C. A. Harwell
  • “A Symphony of Spring in Yosemite” [observations], 26(6):73 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “When Early Spring Comes to Tuolumne,” 26(6):74-76 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “New Bird Record” [Baldpates, Mareca americana], 26(6):76 by Harry C. Parker
  • “White Pine Blister Rust Control in Yosemite National Park” [Cronartium ribicola control by removing gooseberry, Ribes roezli], 26(6):77-79 by Emil Ernst
  • “Nature Notelet” [young giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove partly stripped of bark by unknown animals (perhaps Douglas squirrel (Sierra chickaree)) by Ralph H. Anderson; California gray squirrel, Sciurus griseus griseus recovered; Sierra chickaree, Sciurus douglassii albolimbatus which previously filled the void now less common by Harry C. Parker], 26(6):80
  • “White Pine Blister Rust Control in Yosemite National Park,” 26(6):77-79 by Emil Ernst
• YNN 26(7) (July 1947) [PDF]
  • “Ta-bu-ce (Maggie Howard)” [Tabuce], 26(7):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Currant Grows High on Grizzly Giant” [Ribes nevadense grows on giant Sequoia], 26(7):81-82 by Eugene A. Down
  • “Ta-bu-ce” [Maggie Howard, Tabuce], 26(7):82-86 by Ralph Anderson
  • “Notes on Behavior of Mount Lyell Salamanders,” 26(7):87 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Book Reviews” [Door G. Yeager Your Western National Parks review by Kit Johnson Parker; Carl P. Russell One Hundred Years in Yosemite review by Donald Edward McHenry], 26(7): 88
• YNN 26(8) (August 1947) [PDF]
  • “Ranger Naturalists at Work” [photomontage], 26(8):cover
  • “The Interpretive Program in Yosemite—Today and Tomorrow,” part 1 26(8):89-90 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “A Dramatic Footnote to Yosemite’s History” [state prisoners built the All-year Highway from Briceburg to Yosemite during 1923-1928], 26(8):91-95 by Frank Purcell
  • “Chickaree Harvests Giant Sequoia Cones” [Sierra Nevada chickaree, Tamiasciurus douglasii albolimbatus], 26(8):96 by James W. McFarland
  • “Crane Flat Triplets” [bear cubs], 26(8):96 by Eugene A. Drown
• YNN 26(9) (September 1947) [PDF]
  • “Craneflat Fire Lookout” [Crane Flat], 26(9):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “A Stranger Visitor in Yosemite Heavens” [flying saucer UFOs or perhaps the Perseids meteoric shower], 26(9):97-98 by Harold E. Perry
  • “The Interpretive Program in Yosemite—Today and Tomorrow,” part 2 26(9):98-101 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Dana Glacier’s Ice Cave Reappears,” 26(9):101-103 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “Further Notes on Mount Lyell Salamanders,” 26(9):103 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Book Review” [Charles McDermand Yosemite and Kings Canyon Trout], review by Louis W. Hallock
• YNN 26(10) (October 1947) [PDF]
  • “Mt. Lyell (13,095 ft.) and the Lyell Glacier,” 26(10):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Glacier Survey Renewed” [Dana, Macclure, Conness, and Lyell glaciers], 26(10):105-107 by Harry B. Robinson
  • “Green Snow in the Yosemite Region” [Rhaphodema nivale in snow bank below Koip Glacier moraine], 26(10):107 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “A Perspective Report on the Program of Interpretation” [given before the American Planning and Civic Association meeting], part 1, 26(10):108-110 by Raymond Gregg
  • “Weasel Observed at Swinging Bridge” [long-tailed weasel], 26(10):110 by Lloyd Mason Smith
  • “Book Review” [Hermon Carey Bumpus, Jr. Hermon Carey Bumpus, Yankee Naturalist review by L. B. P.], 26(10):112
• YNN 26(11) (November 1947) [PDF]
  • Yosemite Valley, 26(11):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Ta-bu-ce” [poem about Maggie Howard, Tabuce], 26(11):113 by Elizabeth Godfrey
  • “Three Nights” [feeding and observing black bears], 26(11):114-115 by Ruth Kennedy
  • “The Yosemite Mails—Before the Railroad” [post office], 26(11):115-117 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “A Perspective Report on the Program of Interpretation” [given before the American Planning and Civic Association meeting], part 2, 26(11):117-120 by Raymond Gregg
  • “A Hard Nut to Crack” [blue-fronted jay (Steller’s jay), Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis cracking an acorn], 26(11):120 by George Ross
• YNN 26(12) (December 1947) [PDF]
  • “Stagecoach Holdup—Raymond-Wawona Road 1905,” [robbery], 26(12):cover photo by Agnes Wilkinson
  • “The Last Yosemite Highway Robbery,” [stage coach] 26(12):121-123 by Francois E. Matthes
  • “New Bird Record” [American pintail, Dafila acuta tzitzihoa, and cinnamon teal, Querquedula cyanoptera], 26(12):123 by Harry C. Parker
  • “Yosemite Gets Two More National Tree Champions” [white fir, Abies concolor, and California black oak, Quercus kellogii], 26(12):124-126 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “Frank A. Kittredge Appointed to New Position” [Yosemite Superintendent appointed NPS Chief Engineer], 26(12):127-128 by Ralph Anderson

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 26 (1947) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1947). 24 cm. Ill. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, July 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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