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Yosemite Nature Notes 24 (1945)

Forest fire, from “Forest Fire Prevention“ (May)

Black bear skull, from “Food Habits of Yosemite Mammals as Indicated by Their Teeth” by Lt.(jg) Richard G. Miller (February-May)

• YNN 24(1) (January 1945)
  • “Principal Waterfalls of the World,” 24(1) by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(2) (February 1945) [PDF]
  • “Badger Pass Ski House,” 24(2):cover photo
  • “Food Habits of Yosemite Mammals as Indicated by Their Teeth. Part I: Introduction,” 24(2):33-36 by Richard G. Miller
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Gunnar Mauritz Widforss,” 24(2):37-39 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Survival of the Fittest” [Western red-tailed hawk and California ground squirrel], 24(2):40 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(3) (March 1945) [PDF]
  • Half Dome in Winter from Glacier Point, 24(3):cover photo
  • “Park Album” [poem], 24(3):41 by John S. Spears
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Harry Cassie Best,” 24(3):42-44 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Spike Bucks Stage a Battle,” 24(3):45 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Food Habits of Yosemite Mammals as Indicated by Their Teeth. Part II: Flesh Eating Mammals (Carnivora),” 24(3):46-48 by Richard G. Miller
• YNN 24(4) (April 1945) [PDF]
  • Skiing down from Horse Ridge, 24(4):cover photo
  • “An Ascent of Mount Hoffmann,” 24(4):49-51 by Helen K. Sharsmith
  • “This Month’s Cover Illustration” [snow survey results for 1945], 24(4):51
  • “Yosemite Animals: Yosemite—Type Locality for Recent Mammals,” 24(4):52 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “New Acquaintance” [varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius], 24(4):53 by Grace V. Sharritt
  • “Food Habits of Yosemite Mammals as Indicated by Their Teeth. Part III: Moles and Shrews (Insectivora),” 24(4):54-56 by Richard G. Miller
• YNN 24(5) (May 1945) [PDF]
  • “Henness Ridge Fire Lookout,” 24(5):cover photo
  • “Forest Fire Prevention,” 24(5):57-61 by L. F. Cook
  • “Food Habits of Yosemite Mammals as Indicated by Their Teeth. Part IV: Even-toed Hoofed Mammals (Artiodactylla). Hares, Rabbits and Pikas (Lagomorpha)” [Artiodactylla are deer and sheep], 24(5):62-64 by Richard G. Miller
• YNN 24(6) (June 1945) [PDF]
  • “Vernal Fall,” 24(6):cover photo
  • “Following the Foot Steps of the Snow” [along Tioga Road in early spring], 24(6):65-69 by Enid R. Michael
  • “Notes on the Varied Thrush” [Ixoreus naevius], 24(6):70-72 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Nature Notelets” [bird count; bear tracks in late winter], 24(6):72
  • “New Exhibit in Museum” [Protecting forests from fire, insects, and fungus], 24(6):72 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(7) (July 1945) [PDF]
  • “Cathedral Peak,” 24(7):cover photo
  • “Sonnet to an Evening Primrose” [poem], 24(7):73 by June Alexander (reprinted from Annual Anthology of College Poetry)
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Ferdinand Burgdorff,” 24(7):74-76 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Into the High Sierra” [Merced Lake], 24(7):77-79 by Bob W. Prudhomme
  • “Complete Volumes of Nature Notes Available,” 24(7):80
  • “Yosemite Field School” [hope to resume when conditions permit], 24(7):80 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(8) (August 1945) [PDF]
  • Doe and fawns, 24(8):cover photo by C. A. Harwell
  • “Oyster Shell Scale in Yosemite National Park [a scale insect on trees introduced by pioneers],” 24(8):81-85 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “The Artist’s Yosemite—An Appreciation,” 24(8):86-87 by Marion William Batchelor
  • “An Interesting Butterfly Migration” [California tortoise-shell butterflies, Nymphalis californica], 24(8):88 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(9) (September 1945) [PDF]
  • Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine, 24(9):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Evening in September” [poem], 24(9):89 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Off the Beaten Trail: Friendly Places in the High Mountains” [along Tioga Road in August], 24(9):90-93 by Enid Michael
  • “Kingsnake Visits Museum” [California king snake, Lampropeltis getulus californiae], 24(9):94-95 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Deer Does High Dive” [lept off Stoneman Bridge], 24(9):95-96 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 24(10) (October 1945) [PDF]
  • “California Ringtail,” 24(10):cover sketch
  • “Elizabeth H. Godfrey, Transferred” [Museum secretary and author transferred from Yosemite to San Francisco office], 24(10):97 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Slow Freight to Tuolumne” [hiking to Tuolumne during World War II gas rationing], 24(10):98-101 by Elisabeth C. Crenshaw
  • “Two is Company—Three is a Crowd” [doe has fawn triplets], 24(10):102-104 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “An Inquisitive Weasel” [examining blacksmith shop], 24(10):103 by D. A. Miller
  • Weasels common in Yosemite Valley, 24(10):103-104 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Skunks Evicted Again” [from Ranger Paul Easterbrook’s tent], 24(10):104 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Books for Christmas” [World War II paper rationing makes it difficult to keep books and YNN in stock], 24(10):104 by Myrl V. Walker
• YNN 24(11) (November 1945) [PDF]
  • Golden eagle and sparrow hawk in aerial contest, 24(11):cover drawing
  • “Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter” [from leaf stems], 24(11):105-108 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Notes from a Ranger’s Diary” [Merced Lake observations], 24(11):109-111 by Clyde E. Quick
  • “‘Pinto’ Ground Squirrels” [white and dark gray colored Sierra ground squirrels, Citellus beecheyi sierrae], 24(11):111-112 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Books for Christmas” [World War II paper rationing makes it difficult to keep books and YNN in stock], 24(11):112 by Myrl V. Walker
• YNN 24(12) (December 1945) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Oaks in Winter,” 24(12):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Gifts from Yosemite” [poem], 24(12):113 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Brief History of the Village Chapel” [Yosemite Chapel], 24(12):114-118 by Alfred Glass
  • “Little Chapel in the Valley” [poem], 24(12):118 by James M. Malloch
  • “Notes on the Sharp-tailed Snake” [Contia tenuis], 24(12):119 by Myrl V. Walker
  • “Park Ranger ‘Billy’ Nelson Retires” [William H. Nelson], 24(12):120 by Frank A. Kittredge
  • “Birthday for Nature Notes” [21st year of publication as a monthly], 24(12):120

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 24 (1945) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1945). 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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