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Yosemite Nature Notes 28 (1949)

Yosemite Valley from Columbia Point in 1890s and 1943 showing meadows overtaken by forest, from “Vanishing Meadows in Yosemite Valley” by Emil F. Ernst (May). A rebuttal article written by Harry C. Parker, “Has Protection Worked Destruction?” was published in the July issue.

Jean (John) Baptiste Lembert of Tuolumne Meadows (photograph by George Fiske), from an article on Lembert by William Colby (September issue)

• YNN 28(1) (January 1949) [PDF]
  • Half Dome in winter, 28(1):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Gold Discovery in California,” 28(1):1-2 by Ralph Anderson
  • “Death Comes to a Giant Sequoia” [from a lightning strike in Mariposa Grove], 28(1):2-4 by James W. McFarland
  • “Indian Paint and Quinine Fungus Collected” [Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium, Quinine fungus, Fomes laricis], 28(1):4-6 by Robert N. McIntyre
  • “So You Think That Half Dome is Barren,” 28(1):6-7 by Earl L. Hubbs
  • “Book Review” [Ansel Adams, photographer, Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, reviewed by Ralph H. Anderson], 28(1):7
  • “Jay Gets a ‘Hotfoot’” [after perching on a stove pipe], 28(1):8 by Robert J. Rodin
  • “Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley,” 28(1):8 by Bona May McHenry
• YNN 28(2) (February 1949) [PDF]
  • “Arctic Three-towed Woodpeckers,” 28(2):cover sketch by R. Bruce Horsfall
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 1 [beginnings of Yosemite Museum and interpretation], 28(2):9-13 by Carl P. Russell
  • “One Winter Night” [big snow storm], 28(2):13-16 by Ralph H. Anderson
  • “A New Rabbit for Yosemite National Park” [Mariposa brush rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani mariposae], 28(2) by Emil Ernst
  • “An Overlooked Facet of Yosemite History,”28(2) by Emil Ernst
• YNN 28(3) (March 1949) [PDF]
  • Half Dome from Glacier Point, 28(2):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Squirrel Antics” [California grey squirrel, Sciurus g. griseus chewing holes in roofs], 28(3):17-19 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 2 [beginnings of Yosemite Nature Notes], 28(3):19-20, by Carl P. Russell
  • “Further Observations on the Hungry Squirrels [California grey squirrel, Sciurus g. griseus chewing holes in roofs to get at acorn caches], 28(3):20 by Oscar A. Sedergren
  • “The Yosemite Natural History Association, Inc. a Report for the Calendar Year of 1948,” 28(3):21-22 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Ensemble for Strings?” [guide lines used in digging out gooseberry and currant bushes for sugar pine blister rust control], 28(3):22-24 by Richard G. Beidleman
  • “Fastidious Beavers” [dislike of golf balls at Wawona Meadows], 28(3):24 by Emil F. Ernst
• YNN 28(4) (April 1949) [PDF]
  • “Dogwood near Pohono Bridge,” 28(4):cover photo by Ralph H. Anderson
  • “An Overlooked Facet of Yosemite History” [A. W. Von Schmidt survey of 1855], 28(4):25-28 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “A Note on the Squirrels of Yosemite” [overview of Yosemite squirrel species], 28(4):28-30 by Fraser Poole
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 3 [Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial grant for Yosemite Museum], 28(4):30-32, by Carl P. Russell
  • “The Snow Plant,” 28(4):32 by Willis Linn Jepson
• YNN 28(5) (May 1949) [PDF]
  • “Woodland Mosaic,” 28(5):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 4 [Joseph Grinnell, George M. Wright, and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology], 28(5):33-34, by Carl P. Russell
  • “Vanishing Meadows in Yosemite Valley” [Ahwahneechee use of fire and effects of fire suppression. Disappearing meadows since then], 28(5):34-41 by Emil F. Ernst
• YNN 28(6) (June 1949)
  • “A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park,” by James W. McFarland, 28(6)
• YNN 28(7) (July 1949) [PDF]
  • “View down Yosemite Valley from Taft Point—El Capitan in Distance,” 28(5):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Has Protection Worked Destruction?” [rebuttal article to Ernst article in May], 28(7):93-96 by Harry C. Parker
  • “Glacier Point in Winter” [by a Winter caretaker of Glacier Point Hotel], 28(5):96-98 by Dorothy R. Mayer
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 5 [design of Yosemite Museum by Hermon C. Bumpus of American Association of Museums and architect Herbert Maier], 28(5):98-101 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Inconsiderate Baby” [baby Betsy Parker scares away a black bear], 28(5):100 by Harry C. Parker
• YNN 28(8) (August 1949). August issue is misidentified as no. 9 instead of no. 8 [PDF]
  • “On the Floor of Yosemite Valley,” 28(8):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Roster of the 1949 Yosemite School of Field Natural History,” 28(8):102
  • “The First Crossing of the Sierra Nevada” [by Jedediah Smith in 1927], 28(8):103-104 by Peter Snook Grimes
  • “Two Flatlanders in the High Country” [observations on Clouds Rest Trail], 28(8):104-106 by George L. Downing
  • “Shy Guys” [photographing porcupines], 28(8):106-107, 111
  • “Nature—So What?” [benefits of interpretation], 28(8):107-108 by Robert D. Hakala
  • “Nature Notelet” [white butterfly, Neophasis menapia, trapped in a showy milkweed, Asclepias apeciosa], 28(8):108 by R. D. V.
  • “Exotic Grasses in Yosemite National Park” [and further spread by using hay for feed], 28(8):109 by Robert S. Naramore
  • “The Clown of Yosemite” [red-shafted mother and nestlings], 28(8):109-110 by Duane Corbin
  • “Yosemite Fields Afar” [nature preservation has spread throughout the world], 28(8):110 by Charles J. Migliazzo
• YNN 28(9) (September 1949) [PDF]
  • “Grove of Lodgepole Pine, upper Merced Canyon,” 28(9):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Jean (John) Baptiste Lembert—Personal Memories,” 28(9):112-17 by William E. Colby
  • “Book Review” [Samuel Ward, Sam Ward in the Gold Rush], 28(9):117-118 reviewed Richard G. Lillard
  • “Belding Ground Squirrels and Chipmunks at Lunch” [Citellus b. beldingi], 28(9):118-119 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “The Death of Two Grizzly Bears” [in 1858 in the Sierra Nevada by John and Newton Crabtree], 28(9):119-121 by Edward C. Crabtree
  • “Young Flicker Has a Mishap” [red-shafted flicker, Colaptes cafer collanis injured], 28(9):121 by Harry C. Parker
• YNN 28(10) (October 1949) [PDF]
  • “Cathedral Rocks, Autumn Tree,” 28(10):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Ranger Naturalist serving the public at Yosemite Museum information desk,” 28(10):122 photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “A Moonlight Hike to Half Dome,” 28(10):123-124 by Kathleen Barnes
  • “Mountain Sheep Incident” [last Ovis canadensis sierrae killed around Crabtree Meadows in 1889], 28(10):125 by C. Edward Crabtree
  • “Lightning Strikes a Tree” [Jeffrey pine south of Sentinel Dome], 28(10):126-127 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “Fallen Monarchs of 1949” [two more giant Sequoias fall, one already dead and pulling up living tree], 28(10):127 by James W. McFarland
  • “Animal Signs” [left by animals], 28(10):128-129 by George C. Turner, Jr.
  • “The Oyster Shell Epidemic” [Oyster shell scale, Lepidosaphes ulmi killing trees], 28(10):130 by Richard G. Lillard
  • Grizzly Giant, 28(10):131 sketch by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
• YNN 28(11) (November 1949) [PDF]
  • “Unicorn and Echo Peaks, Tuolumne Meadows,” 28(11):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The late Ta-bu-ce (Maggie Howard) gathering acorns during Autumn,” 28(11):132 photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Report on the Dana Glacier,” 28(11):133-134 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “Twenty-Five Years Ago,” part 6 [expansion of museums and naturalist interpretation in Yosemite and beyond], 28(11):135-139, by Carl P. Russell
  • “The Acorn Shower of 1949” [abundant California Black Oak, Quercus kelloggii acorns], 28(11):139-140 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Yosemite Junior Nature School 1949,” 28(11):141 by Mary V. Hood
• YNN 28(12) (December 1949) [PDF]
  • “Sentinel Rock,” 28(12):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Old Village, Christmas, 1927” [photo of Sentinel hotel at night], 28(12):142
  • “How Far Does it Fall?” [height of Glacier Point Firefall], 28(12):143-144 by John F. Noland and Charles G. Danforth
  • “Sequoia Museum Furniture” [hand-hewn furniture at Mariposa Grove Museum made by Bill Kat in 1931], 28(12):144-145 by James W. McFarland
  • “Rock Slide of the Year” [south wall of Yosemite Valley near Sentinel Rock], 28(12):146-147 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “New Bird Record” [white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis], 28(12):147 by Harry C. Parker
  • “A Crinoid from the Parker Peak Area of the Sierra Nevada” [fossil], 28(12):148 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “Aerial Torpedos” [duck hawks dive bombing ducks at Lake Eleanor], 28(12):148-149 by Duane D. Jacobs
  • “How do they Learn?” [learning by young people and animals], 28(12):149-150 by Charles G. Danforth

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 28 (1949) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1949). 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, August 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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