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Among the potential adverse factors associated with this project are (l) 
people, (2) transmission lines, and (3) air pollution. Many of the 1,000 
construction workers will be driving through the sanctuary area daily. 
Trespassing and poaching on the sanctuary area may increase to significant 
levels. Also, recreational and real estate developments around the lake could, 
depending on their nature and location, have detrimental effects on efforts to 
preserve prairie chickens. Although the high-capacity transmission lines on 
steel pylons pose no threat to flying chickens as the lines are now proposed, 
these obstructions would be a real hazard and would add an objectionable 
unaesthetic character if they were to cross the sanctuary area in the future. 
Air pollution from burning 2,000,000 tons of high-sulfur Illinois coal annually 
will probably not be a problem if, as anticipated, strict antipo11ution measures 
are taken. 
Representatives from CIPS, the Illinois Department of Conservation, and 
the Illinois Natural History Survey have met and discussed the many ramifications 
of the Jasper County project. It is entirely feasible that, with cooperation, 
lilinoians and Illinois prairie chickens could all benefit from this project. 
