Along the edge of yonder swampy place,
The frosty night has left a fringe of lace
To frame the image of the Queen, clad in
A wrap of ermine, new and sparkling clean.
A wind-blown veil of snow reveals her brow,
Gift of the boisterous Winter King, e'en now
Returning on the pinions of the wind
From out the frozen North. And lest he find
Them unprepared, all Nature's children haste,
So sleak and summer-slow, to be not last.
The somber fir-clad slopes and swales flame fresh
As tribes of pigmy maples don their dress
Of orange, scarlet, gold. Anemones
A billion shaggy bonnets toss the breeze,
Drum-majors on parade. Upon his throne
Of stone, a marmot, blinking in the sun,
Sprawls, loath to leave the smiling, grass-filled glade,
And thus, defiant, shows he's not afraid
Of winter. Sniffing up the wind, and still,
A mountain goat stands, white against the hill,
And gazes out across a silent sea
Of haze-drowned valleys, to eternity.

--Natt Dodge,
Ranger-naturalist,
Season 1934

How YOU Can Help The
Naturalist Work in Mt. Rainier
National Park.

Dedicated to public service and the development of a greater appreciation of the National Parks by the people of the nation, the naturalist department has been materially aided by thoughtful donations from those whom it has served in the past. Books on natural history, on human history of the Pacific Northwest, on Indian lore, interesting historical photographs or news clippings relative to the park, and magazines (such as) NATURE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AMERICAN FORESTS, NATURAL HISTORY, BIRD LORE, and the like have swelled our library and have facilitated a better presentation of the interesting features of this park to our visiting public through the various mediums at our command.