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LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS FIGHT FOR PRESERVE SITE 
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An ancient Pottawatomi Indian Encampment has been redesignated asa possible Forest 
Preserve, It consists of 198 acres with woods, meadows and sloughs, and is 
located on Waukegan Road in Deerfield, Organizations sponsoring the drive urge 
Lake County residents to contact their Township Supervisor and also their 
representative of the Forest Preserve Commission, 
T.A.S. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON CHEMICAL PESTICIDES 
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Treatment with a broad Spectrum, highly toxic chemical pesticide should only be 
done: 
1. When there is no adequate alternative. 
2. When the need for desired result is great enough to accept hazards, 
3. When there is scientific proof that the chemical will be highly effective, 
4. When the pesticide will be applied in the smallest possible amount and in 
the safest possible manner, with due regard for forms of life other than 
the pest. The chemical chosen should be the least toxic commensurate with 
control, 
Dd» No government control program should be undertaken, and no government advice 
on pesticides should be given, without agreement of the agriculture, health 
and conservation departments, whether at the state or federal level iain 
short, the policy of The Illinois Audubon Society is: "Treat with chemical 
pesticides as little as possible," 
MORE LAND FOR SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST 
Purchase of 125,000 additional acres of land in southern Illinois for the Shawnee 
National Forest was authorized by the National Forest Reservations Committee, The 
acreage will close the gap between the eastern and western sections of the Forest, 
The gap lies in Williamson and Johnson counties, Acquisition of an additional 
130,000 acres is also planned, Enlargement of the Forest is tied in with a proposed 
100-mile scenic road from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River, and other 
recreational developments, : 
BATTLE TO BAN BILLBOARDS LACKS PUBLIC SUPPORT 
According to a Washington dispatch in The Chicago Sun-Times, nature lovers are 
losing their war to rid roadside landscapes of billboards, The Bureau of Public 
Roads reports that only 20 states have agreed to limit use of billboards on inter- 
State highways in return for special federal grants, although the program is 
nearly 6 years old, Illinois has not taken action, but neighboring states, 
Kentucky and Wisconsin, have, 

A WORTHWHILE GIFT FOR THE GRADUATE THIS JUNE IS 
A MEMBERSHIP IN THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
SEND CHECK FOR $3.00 TO MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN, PAUL 
SCHULZE, 622 S, WISCONSIN AVE.,VILLA PARK, ILL, 


THE I. A. S, NEWSLETTER WELCOMES YOUR NEWS AND VIEWS 
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Your fellow members are interested in all outdoor activities in your part of the 
State...as well as comments pertaining to wildlife and conservation issues...50 
pass them on to NEWSLETTER Editor, Charles Lappen, 424 Green Bay Road, Highland 
Park, , Illinois, 





