SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT The Department of the Interior successfully combatted strenuous efforts to erect a commercial television broadcasting tower on this conspicuous historic landmark of pioneer days, and a suitable location elsewhere for the tower was found. (Photograph by George A. Grant.)

HETCH HETCHY VALLEY BEFORE DAMMING, Yosemite National Park. Had not lovely Hetch Hetchy Valley been dammed, it could today relieve Yosemite Valley of much of its congestion. And many engineers today agree that the waters were not needed—that other sources were available. The Hetch Hetchy was spoiled before the National Park Service was established.