Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 2, No. 2, August 1929
Crater Lake Museum Notes
By Miss Mable Hibbard, Ranger Naturalist
We are happy to announce the receipt of
several donations for the Natural History Library in the museum. As the
Government makes no appropriation for the purchase of books for library
use these expressions of generosity are very much appreciated.
The collection of rock specimens has
been increased with materials from many of the interesting lava flows
about the Lake.
Study skins of the Bushy-tailed Woodrat
and both adult and immature marmot have been added to the mammal case.
The only reptile heretofore collected
in the Park is the Mountain Garter Snake, found by Dr. Loye Miller in
July, 1926. Sections of the skin cast of two others have now been
brought in from Wizard Island, and the presence of a live garter snake
has been reported recently by one of the workmen.
A collection of insects injurious to
the forest trees of the Park is almost ready to install in the wall
cases which now contain the most representative specimens of the region.
One of the most popular features of the
museum is the cut wild flower exhibit which totals over one hundred
twenty-five specimens. Here visitors can identify at close range the
flowers which they have seen in the Park, whether along the roadside,
trail or in the numerous meadows.
The daily visitors to the museum
usually number over two hundred. This attendance is an encouraging
indication of increasing interest in museum exhibits.
