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Please visit Yosemite Online Library for a complete set of Yosemite Nature Notes
(Vols. 1-47, 1922-1985 and Special Issues). Also of interest:


Finding Aid: Yosemite Nature Notes Collection 1922-1988 (Claire Tolan, 2012)

A General Index to Yosemite Nature Notes 1922-1936 (Hazel Hunt Voth, comp., 1937)

Below is simply a small selection of issues (mostly special issues).


1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | Special Issues


1934
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Vol. XIII No. 3
March 1934

Yosemite Nature Notes

Around the Year in Yosemite (Harold E. Perry)

Annual Yosemite Bird Census (M.E. Beatty)

Yosemite School of Field Natural History 1934 Session Announced (C.A. Harwell)

Yosemite's Past: Pioneer Shrines in Yosemite (Grace Nichols)

1937
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Vol. XVI No. 10
October 1937

Yosemite Nature Notes Children's Number

The Diary of a Robin Family (Elizabeth H. Godfrey)

Bears Vocabulary (Lon Garrison)

Destinctive Behavior of Many Yosemite Birds

1938
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Vol. XVII No. 1
January 1938, 5th edition September 1948

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Birds of Yosemite (M.E. Beatty and C.A. Harwell)

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Vol. XVII No. 3
March 1938

Yosemite Nature Notes

Report on the Corpse-wax in the Mountain Sheep Found in the Ice of the Lyell Glacier (Erich Wasmund)

Some Problems of Glacier Measuring (C.A. Harwell)

Further Observation on the Mummified Mountain Sheep (Carl Sharsmith)

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Vol. XVII No. 6
June 1938, reprint June 1948

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

101 Wildflowers of Yosemite (M.E. Beaty, C.A. Harwell and J.E. Cole)

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Vol. XVII No. 6
June 1938, reprint January 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Common Wildflowers of Yosemite (M.E. Beaty, C.A. Harwell and J.E. Cole)

1939
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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

The Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park (James E. Cole)

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1948

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park (James E. Cole)

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1958

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park (James E. Cole)

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1963

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park (James E. Cole)

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1963

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park (James E. Cole)

1940
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Vol. XXIX No. 9
September 1940

Yosemite Nature Notes

Centenary of the Glacier Theory (Carl W. Sharsmith)

Biledo Meadow Flower Garden (Arthur Carthew)

The Voyage of a Dry-Land Submarine (A. Lee Haines)

Yosemite Animals: Fawn Observed Above Treeline (George A. Petrides)

Yosemite Animals: Observations on a Pair of Fawns (Vincent Mowbray)

Yosemite Animals: Sierra Marmot (Russel L. Lewis)

Yosemite Animals: Mountain Lion in Yosemite Valley (Robert Fitzgerald)

Yosemite Animals: My Friend the Mariposa Chipmunk (Charles W. Michael)

Yosemite Animals: Ground Squirrel Kills Chipmunk (Russel S. Miller)

1941
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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941\

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Yosemite Indians: Yesterday and Today (Elizabeth H. Godfrey)

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, reprint 1947

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians: Yesterday and Today (Elizabeth H. Godfrey)

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, reprint 1973

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians (Elizabeth Godfrey)

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, revised 1977

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians (Elizabeth Godfrey)

1942
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Vol. XXI No. 1
January 1942, reprint 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Self-Guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite Valley (M.E. Beatty and C.A. Harwell)

1943
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Vol. XXII No. 1
January 1943

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Bears of Yosemite (M.E. Beatty)

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Vol. XXII No. 1
January 1943, reprint 1946

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Bears of Yosemite (M.E. Beatty)

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, reprint 1947

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley (M.E. Beatty)

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, reprint 1948

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley (M.E. Beatty)

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, revised May 1953

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley (M.E. Beatty)

1944
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Vol. XXIII No. 1
January 1944, 2nd printing 1946

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Fishes of Yosemite National Park (Willis A. Evans and Orthello L. Wallis)

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Vol. XXIII No. 1
January 1944, 2nd edition, 2nd printing 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Fishes of Yosemite National Park (Willis A. Evans and Orthello L. Wallis)

1945
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Vol. XXIV No. 1
January 1945, reprint 1946

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Principal Waterfalls of the World And Their Relation to Those in Yosemite National Park
Principal Waterfalls of the World (C. Frank Brockman)

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Vol. XXIV No. 1
January 1945, reprint 1953

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Famous Waterfalls of the World and their relation to those in Yosemite National Park
The Falls of Yosemite and Famous Waterfalls of the World (C. Frank Brockman)

1946
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Vol. XXV No. 1
January 1946
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Reptiles and Amphibians of Yosemite National Park (M.V. Walker)

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XXV No. 11
November 1946

Yosemite Nature Notes

Water Ouzel (Elizabeth H. Godfrey)

A Visit with Ta-bu-ce (Carl W. Sharsmith)

Yosemite Animals: Playful Tuolumne Weasel (Robert W. Prudhomme)

Book Notes

1947
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Vol. XXVI No. 1
January 1947

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park (C. Frank Brockman)

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Vol. XXVI No. 1
January 1947, reprint 1952

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park (C. Frank Brockman)

1948
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Vol. XXVII No. 1
January 1948

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Guide to the Mother Lode Country (C. Frank Brockman)

1949
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Vol. XXVIII No. 6
June 1949

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park
A Guide to the Yosemite Sequoias (James W. McFarland)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 9 (8?)
August 1949

Yosemite Nature Notes

Roster of the 1949 Yosemite School of Field Natural History

The First Crossing of the Sierra Nevada (Peter Snook Grimes)

Two Flatlanders in the High Country (Geo. L. Downing)

Shy Guys (Simon Simonian)

Nature—So What? An Insight into Interpretation (Robert D. Hakala)

Nature Notelet

Exotic Grasses in Yosemite National Park (Robert S. Naramore)

The Clown of Yosemite (Duane Corbin)

Yosemite Fields Afar (Charles J. Migliazzo)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 9
September 1949

Yosemite Nature Notes

Jean (John) Baptiste Lembert—Personal Memories (William E. Colby)

Book Review (Richard G. Lillard)

Belding Ground Squirrels and Chipmunks at Lunch (Allen W. Waldo)

The Death of Two Grizzly Bears (Edward C. Crabtree)

Young Flicker Has a Mishap (Harry C. Parker)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 10
October 1949

Yosemite Nature Notes

A Moonlight Hike to Half Dome (Kathleen Barnes)

Mountain Sheep Incident (C.E. Crabtree)

Lightning Strikes a Tree (Allen W. Waldo)

Fallen Monarchs of 1949 (James W. McFarland)

Animal Signs (George C. Turner, Jr.)

The Oyster Shell Epidemic (Richard G. Lillard)

Animal Signs (George C. Turner, Jr.)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 12
December 1949

Yosemite Nature Notes

How Far Does It Fall? (John F. Nolan and Charles G. Danforth)

Sequoia Museum Furniture (James W. McFarland)

Rock Slide of the Year (Donald Edward McHenry)

New Bird Record

A Crinoid From the Parker Peak Area of the Sierra Nevada (Allen W. Waldo)

Aerial Torpedos (Duane D. Jacobs)

How Do They Learn? (Charles G. Danforth)

1950
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Vol. XXIX No. 7
July 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes

The C. M. Goethes and Nature Protection (Carl P. Russell)

Tuolumne Meadows Wildflowers (Carl W. Sharsmith)

When Does a Marmot Go to Bed? (Mary V. Hood)

Sense or Nonsense (Kenneth R. Ashley)

The Old Big Oak Flat Road or Yosemite's Famous Control Road (Shirley Sargent)

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Vol. XXIX No. 8
August 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes

Indian Canyon, Trailway of the Past and Future (Richard G. Lillard)

Poorwills Near Mather Ranger Station (B.C. "Bugs" Cain)

Yosemite's Alpine Gardens—1950 (Carl W. Sharsmith)

Notes on the Western Pileated Woodpecker (Walter N. Powell)

A King Snake Incident (Wayne W. Bryant)

1950 Wildlife Census of Yosemite Valley (Wayne W. Bryant)

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Vol. XXIX No. 9
September 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes

Roster of the 1950 Yosemite Field School

Some Unscientific Notes (Phyllis Lytle)

Jay Talk (Don Wustenberg)

Wilderness Woodcutter (L.D. Moore)

New Find of the Fairy Shrimp (Claude Flock)

Cooking and Camp Routine for Large Groups in the Mountains (Sam W. Elkins)

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Vol. XXIX No. 10
October 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes

John Burroughs and John Muir in Yosemite (Fred Payne Clatworthy)

Scorpions in the Mariposa Grove (George C. Turner, Jr.)

What's in a Name—"Cedar" (Lee Haines)

Nature Notelet (Robert Sharp)

Pocket Mouse Found in the Park (O.L. Wallis)

Hay Storage and Tunneling Activities of Belding Ground Squirrels (Mary V. Hood)

Snow Fleas? (Carl W. Sharsmith)

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Vol. XXIX No. 12
December 1950

Yosemite Nature Notes

Hiking Mount Dana (Shirley Sargent)

Glacier Point in Winter—The Skunks in the Kitchen (Dorothy R. Mayer)

A New Bird Record—Raven Observed Near Mariposa Grove (O.L. Wallis)

Notes on Bryophytes Seen Along Yosemite Trails (Sol A. Karlin)

Privately Owned Lands Within National Parks and Monuments (Arthur Nelson)

1951
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Vol. XXX No. 1
January 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes

Yosemite Travel and Transportation in the Gay Nineties (Homer W. Wood)

Yosemite Beaver as of Today (Orthello L. Wallis)

A Porcupine Eats Greens (Richard G. Lillard)

1950 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley (W.J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

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Vol. XXX No. 2
February 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes

Mrs. H. J. Taylor, 1863-1951 (Carl P. Russell)

Poisonous Plants Used for Fishing (James W. McFarland)

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Vol. XXX No. 3
March 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes — Yosemite Centennial Issue

The Yosemite Centennial (Carl P. Russell)

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Vol. XXX No. 6
June 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes

The Geography of the Mariposa Indian War (No. 3) (Carl P. Russell)

Bird's-Nest Fungi (O.L. Wallis)

Renovation of the Yosemite Museum Oil Paintings (Norman B. Herkenham)

Family Life (George C. Turner)

Fresh Fish Delivery (Frank A. Patty)

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Vol. XXX No. 9
October 1951

Yosemite Nature Notes

Yosemite's Pioneer Museum (O.L. Wallis)

Death of a Scorpion (Anne M. Belisle)

The Coulterville Road (Shirley Sargent)

1952
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Vol. XXXI No. 6
June 1952

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Mammals of Yosemite National Park
Mammals of Yosemite (Harry C. Parker)

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Vol. XXXI No. 6
June 1952, reprint c1970

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Mammals of Yosemite National Park (Harry C. Parker)

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Vol. XXXI No. 8
August 1952

Yosemite Nature Notes

Roster of the 1952 Yosemite Field School

An Era Gone (Raymond W. Kleinknecht)

The Fall of a Famous Tree (Woodrow W. Smith)

Let's Get Down to Fundamentals—The Soil (Donald E. Hoffmaster)

A Badger Secures His Meal (David C. Ochsner)

Rediscovery of the Leidig Well (Harold A. Stanley)

Fishing Experiences of the 1952 Field School (Richard R. Jackson)

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Vol. XXXI No. 10
October 1952

Yosemite Nature Notes

Yosemite Administers Devil Postpile Again (Richard J. Hartesveldt)

The Geologic Story of the Devil Postpile (Richard J. Hartesveldt)

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Vol. XXXI No. 12
December 1952

Yosemite Nature Notes

Yesteryear's Stagecoaching Into Yosemite (C.M. Goethe)

Birdland's Happiest Marriage (Henry G. Weston, Jr.)

Mineral Curiosities on Ragged Peak (William L. Neely)

"Puddling"—In Yosemite and Elsewhere (Alice E. Snow)

1953
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Vol. XXXII No. 1
January 1953

Yosemite Nature Notes

Snow Surveying (Duane D. Jacobs)

Nature's Dare-Devils (Vaughn Critchlow)

A Layman Looks at the Naturalist (Mary R. Hunt)

1952 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley (Walter J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

1954
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Vol. XXXIII No. 2
February 1954

Yosemite Nature Notes

The Drama of the National Parks (Carl P. Russell)

The Folsom Bridge (Homer W. Robinson)

The Formation of a Glacier (Richard E. Shurbert)

Unscheduled Campfire Event (Sol A. Karlin)

An Outpost in the Wilderness (Mary K. Ronsheim)

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Vol. XXXIII No. 7
July 1954

Yosemite Nature Notes

The Great American Park of the Yo Semite (Frederick Law Olmsted)

Additional Facts on the Giant Sequoias (Gayle S. Alden)

Hiking in Tuolumne's Wonderland (Merrie Jo Warne)

Late-Blooming Snowplants (Richard J. Hartesveldt)

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Vol. XXXIII No. 8
August 1954
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Birds of Yosemite National Park
(Birds of Yosemite)
Cyril A. Stebbins and Robert C. Stebbins

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Vol. XXXIII No. 11
November 1954

Yosemite Nature Notes

Herzog's Painting of the Cosmopolitan Saloon (Laurence V. Degnan)

Who's That? (Charles G. Danforth)

Lyell Glacier's Mysterious "Ice Worms" (Fran Hubbard)

1955
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Vol. XXXIV No. 1
January 1955, 2nd printing July 1957

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Valley Place Names
Place Names of Yosemite Valley Richard J. Hartesveldt)

1956
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Vol. XXXV No. 6
1956, reprint 1959

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Self-Guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park (Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry)

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Vol. XXXV No. 6
1956, reprint 1965

Self-guiding Auto Tours in Yosemite National Park (Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry)

1957
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Vol. XXXVI No. 2
February 1957

Yosemite Nature Notes

1956 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite (W.J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

A Ranger-Naturalist Returns (Howard H. Cofer)

The Sierra (George E. Heinsohn)

A New Museum Exhibit (Elbert M. Brock)

High Altitude Black Oaks (Richard L. Lehman)

Take-Home Pay (Dick Wason)

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Vol. XXXVI No. 6
June 1957

Yosemite Nature Notes

Four Exotic Plants and Their Control in Yosemite (Merrie Jo Warne)

Goliath of the Fungi (Neil R. Bassett)

Old Ice House (Robert J. Rodin)

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Vol. XXXVI No. 9
September 1957

Yosemite Nature Notes

Some Aspects of Mission 66: Part I (Roland Steinmetz)

Music Hath Charms (Carl Sharsmith)

Last Trip of John Muir to Yosemite (1912) (William E. Colby)

Drama at Dusk (David O. Ochsner)

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Vol. XXXVI No. 11
November 1957

Yosemite Nature Notes

Saving the Wawona Covered Bridge (Jack Fry)

Sad Sack the Bear (Carl Powell)

1958
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Vol. XXXVII No. 2
February 1958

Yosemite Nature Notes

The Discovery of Yosemite and the Mariposa Indian War, 1850-1851: The Diaries of Robert Eccleston (C. Gregory Crampton)

A Visit to the Center of the Park (Robert W. Carpenter)

For Our Younger Readers (Ralph Frazier)

Poems From The Mountains: The Great Horned Owl (Allan Shields)

Classmate of the Sequoia (David Essel)

Out of Yosemite's Past: A One Picture Story (J.T. Boysen)

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Vol. 37 No. 3
March 1958

Yosemite Nature Notes

Guide to the Mariposa Grove Nature Trail (Richard Wason)

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Vol. XXXVII No. 5
May 1958

Yosemite Nature Notes

Inspiration Point Self-Guiding Nature Trail (Robert W. Carpenter)

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Vol. 37 No. 6
1958

Yosemite Nature Notes

Wild Flowers of the Sierra (Douglass Hubbard)

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Vol. 37 No. 7
July 1958

Yosemite Nature Notes

The World's Largest Summer Camp (C.M. Goethe)

The Old Village Church in Yosemite (M.C. Fitzgerald)

From the Past (Roy Christian)

Out of Yosemite's Past: A One Picture Story

1959
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Vol. XXVIII No. 1
January 1959

Yosemite

Dwarfs of the Plant World (Ralph Frazier)

The Jumping Mouse of Lyell Fork (Lorraine Miles)

Some Impressions of a Mount Lyell Climb (Lloyd Brubaker)

Babe Out of the Woods (Charles Vollmer)

Protective Instinct (Vick Williams)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 2
February 1959

Yosemite

Presidential Visits to Yosemite (Part I) (Marvin R. Koller)

Manzanita—A Native Californian (Robert W. Crippin)

Mountain and Forests Speak (Alfred E. Brighton)

1958 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite (W.J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

Yosemite's King Snakes (John D. Cunningham)

Remember When?>

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Vol. XXVIII No. 3
March 1959

Yosemite

Presidential Visits to Yosemite (Part II) (Marvin R. Koller)

Lightning at Glacier Point and Half Dome (Lawrence P. Richards)

A Little Bit of Home in Yosemite (John D. Cunningham)

Repose (Alfred E. Brighton)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 4
April 1959

Yosemite

To Tueeulala and Wapama (Howard H. Cofer)

Presidential Visits to Yosemite (Conclusion) (Marvin R. Koller)

Recent Observations of the Pine Marten in Yosemite (John D. Cunningham)

A New Series of Historical Comparison Pictures: Yosemite's First Bridge

Trees Change Slowly at High Altitudes (Neva Snell and Frances Carter)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 5
1959, reprint 1975

Yosemite

Guide to the Pioneer Cemetery (Lloyd W. Brubaker, Laurence V. Degnan and Richard R. Jackson)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 9
September 1959

Yosemite

Children's Day (Gerald Reckin)

A Nature Walk to the Top (William E. Steinkraus)

And We Declare (Alfred E. Brighton)

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Vol. XXVIII No. 10
October 1959

Yosemite

Soda Springs (Mary E. Whittenburg)

Digger Pines at 5200 Feet (Jack F. Fry and Rolf W. Benseler)

Conservation Quotes (William Howard Taft)

A New Series of Historical Comparison Pictures: A Cedar Grows Beside a Bridge (Mary V. Hood)

1960
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Vol. XXXIX No. 2
February 1960

Yosemite

Giant Sequoias and England (Richard G. Beidleman)

Marching Shadows (Alfred E. Brighton)

Invasion of a Meadow by Lodgepole Pine (Neva Snell)

Personal Names in the Vernacular Nomenclature of Yosemite's Birds (C.O. Harris)

Book Review: Clarence King, A Biography (Allan Shields)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 3
March 1960

Yosemite

The Pacific Dogwood (Robert W. Crippin)

The Original Helicopter (Charles B. Vollmer)

Additions to the Vertebrate Fauna of Yosemite (John D. Cunningham)

The Other Half of Half Dome (William E. Steinkraus)

Yosemite Falls in the Moonlight (Ted R. McVey)

Notes From My Journal (William L. Neely)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 4
April 1960

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Ferns of the Sierra (Robert J. Rodin)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 5
May 1960

Yosemite

The Sierra Yellow Legged Frog (Carl L. Heller)

Lower Yosemite Falls (Ted R. McVey)

Observations on Some Mammals of the Yosemite Region (John D. Cunningham)

The Influence of Jointing at Illilouette Falls (Franklin C. Potter)

Poison Oak (Howard H. Cofer)

Iron Bacteria (David Essel)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 6
June 1960

Yosemite

The Case of the Crippled Deer (Lloyd W. Brubaker)

Cloudy Day (Ted R. McVey)

Elderberries of Yosemite (Robert W. Crippin)

The Evening Grosbeak (Homer Crider)

Observations of the Tahoe Chipmunk (Howard H. Cofer

Patience (Alfred E. Brighton)

Four Our Younger Readers (Ralph Frazier)

Conservation Quotes (Newton B. Drury)

Notes From My Tuolumne Journal (William L. Neely)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 7
July 1960

Yosemite

NATURE GUIDE SERVICE 1920-1960

A 40th Anniversary (Carl Russell)

Nature Study in National Parks Interprettve Movement (C. M. Goethe)

The Nature Guide Movement in National Parks (Loye H. Miller)

The Beginning of Yosemite's Educational Program (Harold C. Bryant)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 7
July 1960, reprint 1974

Yosemite

NATURE GUIDE SERVICE 1920-1960

A 40th Anniversary (Carl Russell)

Nature Study in National Parks Interprettve Movement (C. M. Goethe)

The Nature Guide Movement in National Parks (Loye H. Miller)

The Beginning of Yosemite's Educational Program (Harold C. Bryant)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 8
1960

Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Guide to Tuolumne Meadows Trails (Allan Shields)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 9
September 1960

Yosemite

Experiment in Individualism: The National Parks as an Outdoor Laboratory (Paul J. Sage)

Notes From My Journal (William L. Neely)

Bird Courtship in Yosemite (Douglass H. Hubbard)

A Large Lodgepole Pine (Howard H. Cofer)

Full Moon in Yosemite (Ted R. McVey)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 10
October 1960

Yosemite

Junior Rangers—A Report (Lloyd W. Brubaker)

Junior Rangers at Happy Isles (Lorraine Miles)

Junior Rangers at White Wolf (David Essel)

Yosemites Back Country (Larry Bentchler)

Through the Open Tent Flap (Woodrow W. Smith)

Mirror Lake (Ted R. McVey)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 11
November 1960

Yosemite

Weasel vs. Squirrel (John P. Harville, Robert L. Hassur and George V. Pickwell)

The Little Bully (Lloyd D. Moore)

Beautiful Canvas (Alfred E. Brighton)

Out of Yosemite's Past (E.W. Blew)

Why Do Birds Scream (Douglass H. Hubbard)

A Swimming Mouse (Howard H. Cofer)

Note on the Yosemite Herbarium (Paul Sage)

Oaks (Allan E. Shields)

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Vol. XXXIX No. 12
December 1960

Yosemite

Deer Trails in the Mariposa Grove (Clare E. Britt)

The Nosiest Bird in Yosemite (R.E. Woodard)

Passing of the Landmarks (May Crocker)

El Capitan Hike (Woodrow W. Smith)

1961
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Vol. XXXX No. 1
March 31, 1961

Yosemite

Bear Trees and Trails (Vaughn Critchlow)

The Indian Circle (Leonard McKenzie)

Know Your Neighbors (Olga Reifschneider)

As Being "We" (Alfred E. Brighton)

Faust and Muir (Will Neely)

A Tug of War (David H. Essel)

1960 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite (W.J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

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Vol. XXXX No. 2
April 30, 1961

Yosemite

Ice Cones and Frazil Ice (Fran Hubbard and C. Frank Brockman)

An August Adventure (Howard E. Hobbs)

A Yosemite 'Old Timer' Passes Away (Carl P. Russell)

The Ring Tailed Cat (Robert W. Crippin)

Mountain Carpenter Bees (Mervin Giuntoli)

Trees in Rocky Environments (Part 1) (Neva Snell)

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Vol. 40 No. 3
June 24, 1961

Yosemite

The Tioga Road: A History 1883-1961 (Keith Trexler)

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Vol. 40 No. 3
June 1961, rev. 1975, 1980

The Tioga Road: A History 1883-1961 (Keith Trexler)

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Vol. 40 No. 4
November 30, 1961

Yosemite

Wawona's Yesterdays (Shirley Sargent)

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Vol. 40 No. 4
1961, revised, reprinted 1978

Wawona's Yesterdays (Shirley Sargent)

1962
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Vol. XXXX No. 5
January 30, 1962

Yosemite

Remnants of the Past (Gerald E. Reckin)

Meadows, Mosquitoes and Men (Will Neely)

Emil Ernst (Carl P. Russell)

The Forest Apartment — A Children's Story (Lloyd Brubaker)

Wind Danger (Allan Shields)

A Sacramento Squawfish (Jack Pell)

An Incense-Cedar at 4,000 Feet (Ray Draper)

"T.R." in Yosemite (William E. Colby)

Tuolumne Meadows Hikers, Where Do They Go? (Jim Fox)

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Vol. XXXX No. 6
February 6, 1962

Yosemite

The Final Issue (The Editor)

Fishing For Fun! (Earl M. Corder)

A New First for the Park (Benjamin B. Slater)

The Yosemite Museum Wildflower Garden (Enid M. Benson)

The Breathing of the Winds (David Essel)

Harry Parker 1906-1961 (Carl P. Russell)

Ceramic Glazes From Yosemite Rocks (Will Neely)

Stagecoach Days and Holdups (John Goodwin)

A Water-Striding Microtus (W.G. Bullinger)

Around the World in Thirty-One Days (Woody Smith)

Where's "Elmer"? (Lewis G Karcher)

The Mountain's Glad Tidings (Ray Draper)

Yosemite's 1961 Christmas Bird Count (W.J. and Erma Fitzpatrick)

Francois Matthes—the Master Interpreter: A Review (Keith A. Trexler)

Where Are You Going My Pretty Maids? (David Essel)

1977
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Vol. 46 No. 2
1977

Yosemite Nature Notes (Steven Medley and Henry Berrey, eds.)

Pine Trees, Barnacles and Everything (Will Neely)

George Anderson, First Up the Dome (Steve Harrison)

Long Live Lost Lake (Tina Hargis)

Who Ate That Cone? (Beth Huning and Linda Yemoto)

Astronomical Seeing Conditions at Glacier Point (Dave Balogh)

Reflections on an Unusually Cool First Week of August, 1976 (Beth and Jim Huning)

A World Within (Kristie L. Lewis)

Mirror Lake: A Tale of Fulfillment (Jeff Samco)

Enid Michael (Lisa Rhudy)

Lightning and the Landscape (William T. Wiley)

The Mystery of Hydromantes (Sandy Dengler)

The Washington Burn (Ginger Burley)

Where Water Flowed "Uphill" on Pothole Dome (Richard Balogh)

The Illuminated Valley (Larry Huggins)

Placing the Geologic and Human History of Yosemite in Perspective (Richard Balogh)

Lady Ranger? (Sharon Dequer)

Yosemite as a Process (Michael Sutton)

Reflections in Tuolumne Meadows (Jim Sano)

Rights for Natural Objects (Tom Panas)

"Say, Ranger, What's the Weather Going to Be?" (Ben H. Bailey)

"Marmot Point?" (Chris Russo)

Managing the Resources (Rich Tobin)

Corn Lily or False Hellebore (Robert W. Crippin)

The Effect of Introduced Fish on the Amphibian Life in Westfall Meadow (Douglas Yoon)

Drosera Rotundifolia: A Reflection on the Unexpected (Mark Gatewood)

The Influences of Shade on Yosemite's Forests (Steve Gold)

Value of Impromptu Interpretive Walks (Dick Ewart)

Dr. Carl W. "Zeke" Sharsmith (Will Neely)


Special Issues

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Vol. XVII No. 1
January 1938, 5th edition September 1948
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Birds of Yosemite
M.E. Beatty and C.A. Harwell

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Vol. XXXIII No. 8
August 1954
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Birds of Yosemite National Park
(Birds of Yosemite)
Cyril A. Stebbins and Robert C. Stebbins

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

The Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park James E. Cole

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1963
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park James E. Cole

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1963
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park James E. Cole

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Vol. XVIII No. 5
May 1939, revised 1963
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Cone-Bearing Trees of Yosemite National Park James E. Cole

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Yosemite Indians: Yesterday and Today Elizabeth H. Godfrey

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, reprint 1947
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians: Yesterday and Today Elizabeth H. Godfrey

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, reprint 1973
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians
Elizabeth Godfrey

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Vol. XX No. 7
July 1941, revised 1977
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Indians
Elizabeth Godfrey

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Vol. XXI No. 1
January 1942, reprint 1950
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Self-Guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite Valley
M.E. Beatty and C.A. Harwell

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Vol. XXXIV No. 1
January 1955, 2nd printing July 1957
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Yosemite Valley Place Names
(Place Names of Yosemite Valley)
Richard J. Hartesveldt

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Vol. XXII No. 1
January 1943
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Bears of Yosemite
M.E. Beatty

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Vol. XXII No. 1
January 1943, reprint 1946
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Bears of Yosemite
M.E. Beatty

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, reprint 1947
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley
M.E. Beatty

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, reprint 1948
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley
M.E. Beatty

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Vol. XXII No. 4
April 1943, reprint 1953
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley
M.E. Beatty



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Vol. XXIII No. 1
January 1944, 2nd printing 1946
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Fishes of Yosemite National Park
Willis A. Evans and Orthello L. Wallis

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Vol. XXIII No. 1
January 1944, 2nd edition, 2nd printing 1951
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Fishes of Yosemite National Park
Willis A. Evans and Orthello L. Wallis

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Vol. XXIV No. 1
January 1945, reprint 1946
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Principal Waterfalls of the World And Their Relation to Those in Yosemite National Park
(Principal Waterfalls of the World)
C. Frank Brockman

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Vol. XXIV No. 1
January 1945, reprint 1953
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Famous Waterfalls of the World and their relation to those in Yosemite National Park
(The Falls of Yosemite and Famous Waterfalls of the World)
C. Frank Brockman

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Vol. XXV No. 1
January 1946
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Reptiles and Amphibians of Yosemite National Park
M.V. Walker

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Vol. XXVI No. 1
January 1947
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park
C. Frank Brockman

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Vol. XXVII No. 1
January 1948
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Guide to the Mother Lode Country
C. Frank Brockman

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Vol. XXVIII No. 6
June 1949
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park
(A Guide to the Yosemite Sequoias)
James W. McFarland

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Vol. XXXI No. 6
June 1952
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Mammals of Yosemite National Park
(Mammals of Yosemite)
Harry C. Parker

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Vol. XXXI No. 6
June 1952, reprint c1970
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Mammals of Yosemite National Park
Harry C. Parker

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Vol. XXXIV No. 1
January 1955, 2nd printing July 1957
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Self-Guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park
Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry

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1965

Self-guiding Auto Tours in Yosemite National Park
Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry

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Vol. XXVIII No. 5
1959, reprint 1975
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

Guide to the Pioneer Cemetery
Lloyd W. Brubaker, Laurence V. Degnan and Richard R. Jackson



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Vol. 40 No. 3
June 24, 1961
Yosemite

The Tioga Road: A History 1883-1961
Keith Trexler

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Vol. 40 No. 3
June 1961, rev. 1975, 1980

The Tioga Road: A History 1883-1961
Keith Trexler

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Vol. XXXIX No. 4
April 1960
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Ferns of the Sierra
Robert J. Rodin

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Vol. XXXIX No. 8
1960
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Issue

Guide to Tuolumne Meadows Trails
Allan Shields

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Vol. 40 No. 4
November 30, 1961
Yosemite

Wawona's Yesterdays
Shirley Sargent

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Vol. 40 No. 4
1961, revised reprinted 1978

Wawona's Yesterdays
Shirley Sargent

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Vol. XVII No. 6
June 1938, reprint June 1948
Yosemite Nature Notes Special Number

101 Wildflowers of Yosemite
M.E. Beaty, C.A. Harwell and J.E. Cole

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Vol. 37 No. 6
June 1938, reprint January 1951
Yosemite Nature Notes

Common Wildflowers of the Sierra
Douglass Hubbard

of related interest...
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1976

Domes, Cliffs and Waterfalls: A Brief Geology of Yosemite Valley
William R. Jones

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1985

Domes, Cliffs and Waterfalls: A Brief Geology of Yosemite Valley
William R. Jones

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1991

Domes, Cliffs and Waterfalls: A Brief Geology of Yosemite Valley
William R. Jones




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