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VOUs 26.0 NOw 2 Bird Protection--News--Conservation October 1962 
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Mrs. M. G. Ericeon, NEWSLETTER Editor, 
Kadlec Gardon Park, 9300 N. Crawford Avenue, Skokie, Tl. 
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WILDLIFE SANCTUARY SIGNS NOW _ AVAILABLE 
The Board of Directors has approved a wildlife sanctuary sign for use by members of 
the Illinois Audubon Society. This project was first announced a year ago, but the 
Signs have becn unavailable wmtil now. Since the response has been encouraging, 
the Board has ordered a large supply. The signs are 7 3/4 by 10 inches, printed in 
black on a yellow background, with holes for hanging. They will sell for $1.00 
each, $4.50 for five, or $8.00 for ten signs, 
Mrs. C. F. Russell, one of our dowmstate directors, 
has agreed to serve as Registrar. The Illinois 
NO HUNTING | Audubon Society cannot assume any responsibility 
X for enforcement of game laws or protection of prop- 
No Trespassing erty. All complaints against trespassing would be 
protected by handled directly by your local enforcement officors. 
Federal -and State Laws 
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 
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The sanctuary signs are for the use of anyone who 
wishes to post any size area, from a back yard 
garden to a large farm. Each person posting the 
Signs will be asked to fill out a form giving the 
location and name and address of the ower as a 
means of registering privately-owned sanctuaries in 
the state. Mail your order, with check payable to 
the Illinois Audubon Society, to Mrs. C. F. Russell, ‘ildlife Sanctuary Registrar, 
P.O. Box 287, Decatur, Illinois. Signs will be mailed as soon as the shipment 
arrives; allow two to three weeks, 

Owner 
Registered with 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



TVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF PITTMAN=ROBERTSON ACT 
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August 3lst was the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration Act, but many Dlinois Sportsmen do not realize how important the Act 
is or what it has accomplished, The Act, better knowm as the Pittman-Robertson Act 
because it was sponsored by the late Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada and Rep. (now 
Senator) Willis Robertson, of Virginia, provides that an excise tax levied on sport- 
ing arms and ammunition by the federal government will be prorated back to the 
States and territories on the basis of the number of hunting licenses sold and the 
total land area of each state or territory. Up to 75% of federally approved proj- 
ects can be financed with Pittman-Robertson funds. The cooperating states must 
first spend their own moncy and then are reimbursed by the federal treasury. 
Illinois has received almost $6 million and ranks eleventh among the states with re- 
gard to the total amount of funds received, The Chain O'Lakes, Green River, Spring 
Branch, Marshall County, Union County, Mermet,, and portions of the Horsoshoe Lake, 
Burnham Island, and Anderson Lake Refuges -- about 35,000 acres of waterfowl refuges 
and public hunting areas -- were purchased with the help of Pittman-Robertson funis. 

