The Book of the National Parks

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Robert Sterling Yard. The Book of the National Parks

The Book of the National Parks

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ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS AND DIAGRAMS

THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKS

The Book of the National Parks

ON THE APPRECIATION OF SCENERY

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THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES

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THE GRANITE NATIONAL PARKS

GRANITE'S PART IN SCENERY

II

YOSEMITE, THE INCOMPARABLE

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THE PROPOSED ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK

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IV

THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES

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McKINLEY, GIANT OF GIANTS

VI

LAFAYETTE AND THE EAST

THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARKS

ON THE VOLCANO IN SCENERY

VII

LASSEN PEAK AND MOUNT KATMAI

The Building of the Cascades

Lassen Peak National Park

The Katmai National Monument

VIII

MOUNT RAINIER, ICY OCTOPUS

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CRATER LAKE'S BOWL OF INDIGO

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YELLOWSTONE, A VOLCANIC INTERLUDE

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XI

THREE MONSTERS OF HAWAII

Haleakala

Mauna Loa

Kilauea

THE SEDIMENTARY NATIONAL PARKS

XII

ON SEDIMENTARY ROCK IN SCENERY

XIII

GLACIERED PEAKS AND PAINTED SHALES

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The Two Medicine Country

The Spectacle of St. Mary

The Scenic Climax of the Swiftcurrent

The Scenic Circle

Iceberg Lake Typical of All

The Climax at Granite Park

Over Gunsight Pass

Destiny of the West Side

The Coming Splendors of the North

The Belly River Valleys

The Avenue of the Giants

The Climax of Bowman and Kintla

XIV

ROCK RECORDS OF A VANISHED RACE

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THE HEALING WATERS

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II

THE GRAND CANYON AND OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS

ON THE SCENERY OF THE SOUTHWEST

XVI

A PAGEANT OF CREATION

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XVII

THE RAINBOW OF THE DESERT

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HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST

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Gran Quivira National Monument

El Morro National Monument

Casa Grande National Monument

Tumacacori National Monument

Navajo National Monument

II

The Bandelier National Monument

Chaco Canyon National Monument

Montezuma Castle National Monument

Tonto National Monument

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Gila Cliffs National Monument

XIX

DESERT SPECTACLES

The Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument

Petrified Forest National Monument

Papago Saguaro National Monument

Colorado National Monument

Capulin Mountain National Monument

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THE MUIR WOODS AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Muir Woods National Monument

Devil's Postpile National Monument

Devil's Tower National Monument

Pinnacles National Monument

Shoshone Cavern National Monument

Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument

Wind Cave National Park

Jewel Cave National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

Mount Olympus National Monument

Wheeler National Monument

Verendrye National Monument

Sully's Hill National Park

Sitka National Monument

Old Kasaan National Monument

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Robert Sterling Yard

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The distinction between the national forests and the national parks is essential to understanding. The national forests constitute an enormous domain administered for the economic commercialization of the nation's wealth of lumber. Its forests are handled scientifically with the object of securing the largest annual lumber output consistent with the proper conservation of the future. Its spirit is commercial. The spirit of national park conservation is exactly opposite. It seeks no great territory—only those few spots which are supreme. It aims to preserve nature's handiwork exactly as nature made it. No tree is cut except to make way for road, trail or hotel to enable the visitor to penetrate and live among nature's secrets. Hunting is excellent in some of our national forests, but there is no game in the national parks; in these, wild animals are a part of nature's exhibits; they are protected as friends.

It follows that forests and parks, so different in spirit and purpose, must be handled wholly separately. Even the rangers and scientific experts have objects so opposite and different that the same individual cannot efficiently serve both purposes. High specialization in both services is essential to success.

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