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njoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast: to publish authentic information concerning them: to
enlist the co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural illegible the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. Board of Directors --- 1907-1908 Mr. John Muir President . . . . Martinez Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President
. San Francisco Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer . . . Berkeley Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary . . . Berkeley Prof. Wm.
F. Bad . . . . . Berkley Prof. George Davidson . 2221 Washington St., S. F. Prof. W. R. Dudley . . . Stanford University
Mr. Warren Olney . . . . . San Francisco Mr. E. T. Parsons . University Club, San Francisco Outing Committee Mr. Wm. E.
Colby, Chairman Conte Mr. E. T. Parsons Honorary Vice-Presidents Prof. George Davidson . . . San Francisco Mr. R. U.
Johnson . . . The Century, New York Pres. David Starr Jordan . . Stanford University Mr. Gifford Pinchot . . . Washington,
D. C. Committee on Publications Mr. Elliot McAllister, Editor . . San Francisco Prof. Wm. F. Bad , Book Reviews . . Berkley
Prof. Wm. R. Dudley, Forestry Notes . Stanford Univ.Mr. Alex. G. Elles Prof. H. W. Roise Mr. E. T. Parsons Mr. Willoughby
Rodman SIERRA CLUB 2901 Channing Way Berkley, Cal. San Francisco, September 20, 1907. Report of the Sierra Club committee
appointed by the President at a meeting of the directors held in San Francisco August 31, 1907. Whereas, the Yosemite National
Park was created by act of Congress, October 8th, 1S90 in order that the unrivaled aggregation of scenic features of this
great natural wonderland should be preserved in pure wildness for all time for the benefit of the entire nation; and Whereas,
an application has been made to this Department by certain local interests to utilize Hetch Hetchy Valley as a reservoir site
for the purpose of obtaining a municipal water-supply for the City of San Francisco, and thus flooding the entire floor of
the Valley; Whereas, Hetch Hetchy Valley, far from being a common meadow , a minor feature as claimed by applicants, is a
counterpart of Yosemite and a great and wonderful feature of the Park next to Yosemite in beauty, grandeur and importance;
Whereas, the floor of Hetch Hetchy like that of Yosemite is a beautiful landscape park diversified by magnificent groves,
gardens and flowery meadows in charming combinations specially adapted for pleasure-camping; and Whereas, this wonderful
valley is the focus of pleasure travel in the large surrounding area of the Park, and all the trails from both the south and
the north lead into and through this magnificent camp-ground, and though now accessible only by trails, it is visited by large
numbers of campers and travelers every summer, and after a wagon-road has been made into it, and its