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A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park (1949) by James W. McFarland

• Cover [image]
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Discovery
• The three giant sequoias groves
• Description of the giant sequoia
• Comparison with the coast redwood
• The fossil record and the “dawn redwood”
• The redwood family
• Distribution of the giant sequoia
• Size of the giant sequoias
• The age of the giant sequoias: How they grow
• Enemies of the giant sequoia
• Map of the Mariposa Grove
• Uses of the giant sequoia
• Self-guiding auto tour of the Mariposa Grove
• Hikes in the Mariposa Grove
• Picnicking among the big trees
• Chronological history of the Mariposa Grove
• Selected references
• Back cover

Bibliographical Information

James W. McFarland (1917-2006), Yosemite Nature Notes (Yosemite: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1949) First published in Yosemite Nature Notes 28(6) (June 1949), pp. 41 - 91 (51 pages). Reprinted June 1953. Illustrated. 24 cm. Paper wrapper with a color photograph. Saddle stitched. Photographs by Ralph Hopewell Anderson (NPS).

Digitized by Dan Anderson, March 2005, from a personal copy. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice is left intact.
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

About the Author

[click to enlarge] James McFarland near Wildcat Creek bridge, Yosemite, April 1947 (family photo)

McFarland was a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley, and started as a seasonal Ranger-Naturalist at Yosemite in June 1947. He worked with Carl Sharsmith to get the Yosemite School of Natural History started again after being shutdown during the war. McFarland also contributed articles to Yosemite Nature Notes and was a teacher outside of Yosemite. He died July 15, 2006 at Riverside, California.

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