Beginning on June 14, 1920, Yellowstone National Park issued a brief report containing notes on flowers, geology, animals, and birds, with additional editions released monthly for the remainder of that summer, as well as succeeding summers. The first use of the name Nature Notes appeared on a similiar publication published by the Yosemite naturalist's office on July 10, 1922.

Soon, other national parks were publishing their own editions of Nature Notes:

• Acadia (1932)
• Crater Lake (1928)
• Glacier (1927)
• Grand Canyon (1926)
• Grand Teton (1935)
• Hawaii (1931)
• Hot Springs (1934)
• Lassen Volcanic (1932)
• Mesa Verde (1930)
• Mount Rainier (1923)
• North Cascades
• Rocky Mountain (1928)
• Shenandoah (1936)
• Yellowstone (1924)
• Yosemite (1922)
• Zion/Bryce (1929)

This month we highlight the artwork from the covers of selected issues of Nature Notes.

(cover from Nature Notes from Acadia, Vol. 2 No. 2, June 1933)

(cover from Nature Notes from Acadia, Vol. 3 No. 1, January-February 1934)

(cover from Nature Notes from Acadia, Vol. 3 No. 3, May-June 1934)

(cover from Nature Notes from Acadia, Vol. 3 No. 5, September-October 1934)

(cover from Nature Notes from Acadia, Vol. 3 No. 6, November-December 1934)

(cover from Nature Notes from Crater Lake, Vol. 1 No. 1, July 1, 1928)

(cover from Nature Notes from Crater Lake, Vol. IX No. 1, July 1936)

(cover from Nature Notes from Crater Lake, Vol. XIV No. 1, September 1948)

(cover from Nature Notes from Crater Lake, Vol. XVIII, 1942)

(cover from Nature Notes from Crater Lake, Vol. XXIII - 90th Anniversary Edition, 1992

(cover from Grand Canyon Nature Notes, Vol. 7 No. 6, September 1932)

(cover from Grand Canyon Nature Notes, Vol. 7 No. 10 - Special Archeological Number, January 1933)

(cover from Grand Canyon Nature Notes, Vol. 8 No. 5, August 1933)

(cover from Grand Canyon Nature Notes, Vol. 8 No. 8, November 1933)

(cover from Grand Canyon Nature Notes, Vol. 9 No. 4, July 1934)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. II No. 4, Autumn 1936)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. III No. 1, Winter 1937)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. III No. 4, Autumn 1937)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. V No. 1, Spring 1939)

(cover from Grand Teton Nature Notes, Vol. VII No. 1, Spring 1941)

(cover from Hawaii Nature Notes, Vol. IV No. 1, 1960)

(cover from Hawaii Nature Notes, Vol. IV No. 2, May 1951)

(cover from Hawaii Nature Notes, Vol. V No. 1, June 1952)

(cover from Hawaii Nature Notes, Vol. V No. 2, November 1953)

(cover from Hawaii Nature Notes, June 1959)

(cover from Mesa Verde Notes, Vol. II No. 1, July 1931)

(cover from Mesa Verde Notes, Vol. III No. 1, June 1932)

(cover from Mesa Verde Notes, Vol. III No. 2, August 1932)

(cover from Mesa Verde Notes, Vol. VI No. 2, September 1935)

(cover from Mesa Verde Notes, Vol. VIII No. 1, September 1938)

(cover from Nature News Notes, Vol. II No. 9, August 20, 1924)

(cover from Nature News Notes, Vol. VII No. 9, August 1929)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. IX No. 6, July 15, 1931)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. XIII No. 2, June 1935)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. II No. 4, June-July 1984)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. XIV Nos. 1-2, January-February 1937)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. XIV Nos. 3-4, March-April 1937)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. XV Nos. 1-2, January-February 1938)

(cover from Nature Notes, Vol. XVI Nos. 3-4, March-April 1939)

(cover from Yellowstone's Living Geology, Vol. XXXIII - Special Edition, June 1960)

(cover from Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. V No. 1, January 30, 1926)

(cover from Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. IX No. 1, January 1930)

(cover from Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. XV No. 5, May 1936)

(cover from Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. XX No. 12, December 1941)

(cover from Yosemite, Vol. XXXVIII No. 3, March 1959)