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VOL. 2, NO. 3 Bird Protection--News--Conservation April 1963 
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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THR ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Mrs. M, G. Ericson, NEWSLETTER Editor, 
Kadlec GardensPark, 9300 N. Crawford Avenue, Skokie, Illinois 
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CONSERVATION VICTORY APPARENT AT ILLINOTS BEACH STATE PARK 
The conservation forces in our state have won e hard-earned victory at Tllinois 
po Beach State Park. Two years ago the city of Waukegan was demanding part of the 
7 nature area at the south end of the park. City officials sought 160 acres for a 
™“~ golf course, swimming pool, and boat marina. Led by the Illinois Dunesland Preser- 
ecvation Society, conservationists persuaded the State Conservation Department to re- 
fuse to surrender state land to a city which had done a miserable job of protecting 
ts own lakefront. Governor Otto Kerner, in a speech before a national group at 
he lodge, later admitted to the tremendous number of protests received by his 
office. 
With a new management for the park lodge, many changes have taken place. An 
enclosed swimming pool has been built with a direct entrance from the lodge; a new 
shack bar has been installed in the basement; a new game room has been added; a 
toboggan slide has been erected near the lodge; a new ballroom has been built which 
utilizes empty architectural space; elso, a nature exhibit has been sect up in the 
main lobby. It appears that a nature trail or two will be laid out in the south end 
of the park, and perhaps the vexing problem of the gravel road will be solved, 
Conservation Department officials are finally giving more consideration to this 
heavily used state park, the only one in Illincis which borders on Lake Michigan, 
The lodge is now being used by many convention groups. Conservationists who spoke 
out fiercely against surrendering the park land or allowing the lodge to be con- 
verted into a hospital for retarded children can be commended on their successful 
efforts, 
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The February IAS NEWSLETTER contained a questionnaire 
for those members who are seeking a more active role in the 
Illinois Audubon Society. The response so far has been 
gratifying. If you have overlooked sending in the survey 
form, do it now, Your help is needed, --Ray Mostek 


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