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AFFILIATES TO NOMINATE LEADING CONSERVATIONISTS 
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Letters have gone out to all PSAs eehelsiates requesting that they send in their 
nominations for the annual "Conservationist of the Year" award, This award has 
been a feature of the Annual Banquet for many years, It has been given to many 
conservationists, but only upon the written nomination of an Affiliate, The 
nominee is chosen in secret ballot by the I.A.S, Board of Directors, 
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CLEAN STRE\MS CHAIRMAN PASSES 
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Mr, Robert Buzard of Sterling, Illinois, the founder and 
Chairman of the Illinois Clean Streams Committee, died of a 
heart attack at the age of 70 last December , Enthusiastic, 
dedicated, evangelistic, he spent hundreds of his own dollars 
and thousands of hours traveling the state, attending meetings 
and organizing them, Clean streams and Clean water, so 
| important to all of us, were a passion with him, As President 
Kennedy said of Dag Hammarskjold- "The problem is not the death 
| of one man- the problem is the life of this organization, Were 
| we to let it die (the Illinois Clean Streams Committee), we would 
| condemn our future," We are certsin Mr, Buzard would like us to 
carry on the conservation fight for clean Streams, 
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NOTES ON "OPEN SPACE" MBETING RECENTLY HELD IN SPRINGFIELD 
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The entrance of the Federal Government into the Open Space picture, through the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, will bring into focus legislative problems that 
have been avoided up to now, This Fund will start to build up on Jan, 1, 1965, 
it is estimated that it will reach 200,000,000 within 5 years, If matching 
State and local funds can be provided, Illinois will get about 4,500,000. In our 
State, the Department of Conservation will administer the program and funds. The 
Board of Economic Development will do the planning, 
Mrs, Nina Stutzman, Chairman, I.A.S, State ‘ffairs Committee. 
BUY A TIF AND HELP SAVE THE _ PRAIRIE GROUSE 
The Illinois Audubon Society is helping to raise funds for the new Number 4 
Prairie Chicken Sanctuary near Bogota, Your purchase of a new tie at $2.50 also 
brings a modest contribution to the cause, The tie shows two Prairie Chickens in 
flight and below a male bird strutting through the grass, Please advise your 
color, with an alternate choice, Make out your check to the Illinois Audubon 
Society and send your order to; Mrs. Vera Shaw, PCFI Ties, Route Ss Cincy, Jthe 
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