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AUDUBON WILDLIFE FILMS 
The Illinois Audubon Society sponsors Audubon Wildlife Lectures at the Chicago 
Natural History Museum, Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Each program 
begins at 22:30 pem. on Sunday. The full-color motion pictures are narrated by well- 
known naturalists. No admission is charged. Try to sees 
Dec. 9, 1962-- EDGAR T. JONES -- "Alberta Outdoors" 
The mountains, prairies, and vast wildernesses of the Province of Alberta provide 
homes for many wild birds and animals, The stars of this film include the Cenada 
lynx, moose, elk, great gray owl, ruffed grouse, and the goshawk. 
Jan. 6, 1963-- EMERSON SCOTT -- "Pika Country® 
High in the rugged mountains of the northwest lives the rabbit-like pika, central 
character of this colorful story of nature discovery. Mr. Scott clambered over 
_ rocky passes and ridges to bring us his pictures of trumpeter swans and pine 
squirrels, ptarmigan and magpies, black bear and majestic elk, 
Mar. 10, 1963 -- ROY BE, COY -- "laters and Wildlife" 
We cast off for a memorable trip down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the 
Gulf of Mexico and over to the Florida Keys with a veteran photographer. The action 
centers around gallinules, otters, coots, hcrons, and spoonbills., A climax of this 
inspiringwildlife film is a visit to Everglades National Park, 
ILLINOIS PESTICIDE CONTROL COMMITTEE NEEDS HELP 
The committee has been extremely busy lining up support and funds in an attempt to 
get a pesticide control law passed in Illinois, Mombers have worked on suggestions 
for legislation to regulate use of chemical insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides 
in Illinois. The committee has available a sheet which presents the plan in detail, 
It may be obtained by writing to Mr. Flton Fawks, R.Re#l, Box 112, East Moline, Ill. 
The Illinois Pesticide Control Committee is seeking funds for literature, postage, 
etc. The group is organized as a full lobbying organization. Mr. Fawks will be 
happy to send receipts for your contributions toward this important work. 
MASSACHUSETTS PASSES PESTICIDE CONTROL act 

This summer the Massachusetts legislature passed a law creating a Pesticide Board 
in the Department of Public Health. The Board is authorized to license aerial 
Sprayers and commercial sprayers. It can promulgate rules and regulations. Copies 
of the new law may be obtained free from the Editor, Audubon Conservation Leader's 
Guide, c/o National Audubon Society, 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York 28, New York. 
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Coming Soon: A dedication dinner at Newton, Illinois, on Nov. 12, 1962, at 6:00pm. 
Take this opportunity to visit our new Sanctuary in the afternoon, to meet those who 
have worked to establish our first Prairie Chicken Reserve, and to hear a talk by 
Mr. Durward Allen, outstanding wildlife authority from Purdue University. Partake 
of delicious food prepared by Southern Illinois cooks and enjoy some of our southern 
hospitality. Tickets are available at $2.50 each. Send your reservations NOW to 
Mr. J. W. Galbreath, 9405 Richfield Road, East St. Louis, Illinois. Checks should 
be made payable to the Prairie Chicken Foundation of Tllinois, 
SPRING BOOMING GROUND TRIP SCHEDULED 
It's not too early to make reservations also for a Booming Grounds Trip to the new 
Sanctuary in March or April, 1963. Sce one of nature's most colorful spectacles-- 
the male Prairie Chicken booming and strutting before the hen, Get up a party and 






