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Show I NATURE SERVICE, ZIOX PARK A letter recently sent to President of Dixie College by R. T. Evans, act ing superientendent, of Zion National Nation-al Park, informs the college that a "Nature" service was being instituted institut-ed in the Park, Angus M. Woodbury, (of this city), park naturalist. The object: To furnish park visitors authoritative scientific information in-formation about the natural objects of the park; to help preserve and protect the fauna and flora in its native na-tive habitat; to collect specimens of the fauna and flora and develop a museum for both scientific and popular purposes. This service takes tak-es the form of evening lectures in the park, nature trips, and the collection collec-tion and preservation of specimens and relics. Suggestion is made that the school cooperate in the following paragraphs: para-graphs: We suggest that wherever any of your teaching staff who are interested interest-ed in geology, archaeology or the fauna or flora of the region, visit the Park, that they get in touch with the "Nature"' service and we will be very glad to do all we can to help them in making collections or guiding guid-ing them on trips or furnishing information in-formation available. In return, we will expect to use your experts to help us in getting more information along their lines, in helping to identify ident-ify speciments if need be, and probably prob-ably for lectures in their particular lines. We have already made a good start in the collection of insects, reptiles, rep-tiles, amphibians and flowers, and wherever it can be arranged to advantage ad-vantage an exchange of speciments might be provided for. We appreciate very much the very real and friendly coperation that you have already given us in. making your equipment and lifrary available for beginning this work. In return, we assure you that any help we can give you will be cheerfully rendered. |