Show N L A R w a ft nam IIII 1111 am s rj AA 0 paa 2 S rwjr A P fix ryk ROCKY U L I 1 V ive L IT 0 CAN N Add alons N C alari boom dary A I 1 A city N ir proposed bo adar mil alfr t 1 11 wy r V ON sitivi N N t P A M fas A bu r aro sro ya P 0 LO AKA d h I 1 Z al GEN rIAT IONAL PARI 31 J V LA ONAL I 1 NAV I 1 t 0 NI T L tit al U i Z T 17 21 I 1 4 1 7 74 t Z e man 0 2 eg 10 0 g PROPOSED CHANGES j IN 1 BOUNDARY linea by JO JOHN HN DICKINSON SHERMAN 1113 visitors to five or of the lie national parks the coal coming 11 T season keason will 1111 probably 11 lliel id enlarged boundaries tills this in genera means new scell ery to exclaim over new mountains to climb lie new IN canyons cannons to exploit cs pluie e ne new vv trout streams iq to fish new forests to camp callip in new automobile trips ne n e v lone librize and foot trails so go this announcement should anier est every nook and cranny of tin ill united states visitors to the ii parks and monuments last season nuin bared up to september 30 an increase of 41 per cent in III two years the five national parks which ore are stated elated for enlargement had 7 visitors rocky mount mountain aln in colorado mount rainier in washington yellowstone yellow stone in wyoming grand winvon in arizona sequoia in ili please note giat the foregoing says that tills this enlargement of these f ane ive national it a parks Is probable it Is probable because the hie changes in boundary bound nr lines are tho the result of compromise brought about by between warring interests because they will mill be presented to congress with popular I 1 ar and governmental approval and because ei congress lias has no consistent national notional park policy Is likely to enact the necessary legislation playing placing politics tills this nina amazing zIng probability 1 Is one or of the first fruits of the new N national conference on outdoor recreation organized in 1021 1924 this Is a reorganization of the national park paric army originally organized to protect tile the national parks q bioni congress president Pies ident coolidge cooledge called the conference or sent delegates to washington A permanent anent organization was formed with officers executive committee and council all civilians the federal government functions through the presidents coin commit fult tee of cabinet members the conference among other oilier things promptly tackled the niconar ni Conal onal parks boundary war var in which were vere engaged the national park service tile lie foiest service water power interests and livestock ahe owners the presidents committee organized a special commission composed of representative glenry IV temple of pennsylvania chairman charles sheldon Sli eldon washington D C maj W A welch superintendent of the interstate palisades park director stephn stephen T slather of the national park service and col IV B greeley head of tilt the forest foiest service this committee studied the situation by per conall inspection and filed its reports with the presidents committee congress will have to pass a separate bill for each of tile the five parks to make the proposed changes effective rocky mountain was established january Jil nuary 20 1915 congress its natural matui ail boundaries by running arbitrary lines february 14 1017 1517 con gres grebs to secure fire protection service fl from adjacent residents avi without phout cost to lo tle federal government passed till an oct adding 39 square miles of which 1 about four fifths anulis was waa private land now it Is proposed to cut out in ili bowle anle or ir in ili part these pi private avate innas liali lie in ili the vicinities of horseshoe park it nd adraine park mid and in ili tahosa valley at al the eastern foot of longs peak the other eliminations are grazing anil ili forested areas of comani comparatively aith ely small s scenic beauty move more valuable to tit alie forest forert service than to the nat national lonal park service the proposed auditions additions hark back to those suggested by the original promoters aers of whom the writer was one tile the addition to the south is both charmingly and majestically scenic fill and d includes the hie great arapaho gla aln cler the largest in colorado and a number ber of high peaks the propped prop oed add addition nt at the northwest st corner will take in both the valley of tile Color river and the medicine row bow mountains beyond tile the fall river remd a after crossing the continental divide at an attitude altitude of feet drops 1101 down into the valley and in then runs long along the river to grand lake tl alie 10 indians called the medicine row bow winge range the never mountains licca se the peals fire high find and antich of the time surmounted by clouds roth both additions are naturally natu rIlY it part of rocky mountain and will add to the attractions of tills this most popular ular of the lie scenic parks yellowstone oldest and largest of our national parks borks was established li in 1872 with square miles ind and Us its boundaries have never been changed three eliminations aro are proposed to portions of the eastern slope of tilt lie bm adoka range end and an irregular alece 1 of I f territory lying between the present so south il tit boundary and the snake mier 1 additions are proposed 1 ilist I hat it life northwest corner la Is the lie AN at er billed of the upper yellowstone rifi alch Ill illicit icil includes thoroughfare dain lia in ind baldger lake proviso Is madr made that tills this wilder wilderness Dess shall ho bo kept hept intact as a protection for big game anki and free front from roads and resort development I 1 the additions on the east carry the lie line to the crest of of the Ab range it linge which Is the natural park boundary d if ry it Is in tills this Ahsaruk a region th that t the wild herd of yellowstone buffalo range the addition to the south will have to be administered us as a separate separ lie unit as it la Is cut off from tile the park by a ton ten mile section of the teton national forest administered by the forest service this large addition will ive the yellowstone the kind of scenery it now lacks the yellowstone Is a hilgh agi plateau and its comparatively low lo 10 mountain peals are aie therefore not impressive tile ure are lin ampies pres shely lofty till and scenically cully tile grand gland teton lias has been a landmark since tit lie days a iya of tile the flit fin trade of a century ligo ago this suggested separate palate unit to tit alio south mis ends by compromise comi nonuse it bitter MI which liali hns ills bevia bo n biked waged for sever 11 years ie ns oner oer the question or of the extension n aion of the south ane flu file lial lOnal park paik service noted wanted to lidd add jackson liole and jackson luli us as 11 ell ll in the tito live stock and ml abetted by the forest fought the plan it Is in tills this jackson liole hole that the walton league of america ins has purchased 1750 acres and ic elised absei a thousand acres with tile pm pill poso of feeding starving elk driven dilea down clown from the peak by winter snows tile the addition to sequoia national park paik also Is ig a compromise the project of a greater Se sequoia quola lius has beon beell teoforo congress without 8 success u cacs s for senell or eight olf clit mars tito water power POI interests aviv lii wanted oll nn tile the eter lj line of the propos td addition aln in the sip gap of about square mlle q s to tilt hie north of the present north line have hae bilged aked a successful light fight and the lie national nation 1 park sen service ice nul nd tiie lie fore forest st service lime have been at t logger loggerheads heads ll mever the new park paik it if tile change ch inge Is wade made will ile be abom pen evell its present size of ag quare nilles miles and jt at least three rc regions of tit the addition are arc in magnificently fc elile valle its sa ily will inake V vicey look to its laurels the ibe kings itter clin can yon on region ind kern ither canyon on are big biff ar ari 1 bold md and impassive kern inver is the lie original lionie home of 0 tile f fa ous golden trout on it the lie eastern easl rn line li 1 alie lit crest of mount whittley hitney feet the he highest peal peak in ill onti mentill Illi 1 cited ted 8 slate t a I 1 ea Dingo diagonally nally across tilt lita addition from tile north west bt comor ans rial 4 tile fil 1013 john jolt n aluir arol df froll to the crest of IIii int biard rand canyons Ci nuns most imi bitant fd al lei ulion lh Is tile lie of if lw exten sic ive ti tracts ids on tile tb to to lie 11 taken from tile lie Kilbi ib nut Nn nul tonal for est elit this will all serve herc ta it vill give gie opp opportune ty to ole national park serice to extend n lod ad to to 11 grandly scenic point of vuew it will also gle give protect lOll to a considerable number of the deer whose bose pitiable plight through lias has attracted nationwide nation wide amli ambition tion the small q additions to the bollt I 1 I 1 line inc are made to facilitate road development in the case of mount blount rainier the adjustments are small and provide that certain streams lit at the corners become natural boundaries the alter atlon in connection with the Nl Ni squally iziver at the southwest corner puts en within the park an important road leading to paradise valley |