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CAN WE STOP THE LAND - HOGGERS? 

When construction companies want sand to fill in a civic project, they use huge 
dredges called sand-hoggers to suck up a lake bottom and deposit it on land. Now 
we are afflicted by a two-state combination of Land-Hoggers. Northwestern Uni- 
versity, of Evanston, Illinois, has contracted with a dredging company to obtain 
sand from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation property in the heart of the proposed 
Indiana Dunes Seashore Reserve (see below). The University necds fill to expand 
its lakefront campus--but taking sand from the Dunes would ruin the park before 
it can be established. Senator Paul Douglas has condemned this action as a wanton 
disregard of the recreational needs of the people and a senseless destruction of 
a unique natural resource, 
Illinois citizens are urged to write at once to President Roscoe Miller, 
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. Remind him to consider the scholastic 
needs of his own students for a nature laboratory, as well as unfavorable public 
opinion. If you're an alumnus of Northwestern, so much the better. Also write 
Mr, Edmund F, Martin, President, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 25 Broadway, New York, 
N.Y. Remind him that the public image of the steel companies has been tarnished 
enough in recent weeks. Let's get the Land-Hoggers to change their diet! They can 
get their fill from some other area--not from a future public park! 


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REMEMBER THE 1962 I. A. S. CAMP-OUT! 

While you are making plans to attend the Annual Meeting, remember to 
Save the week-end efter Labor Day--September 8th and 9th--for our 
Annual Camp-Out. You can see for yourself the area that has been 
involved in the recent controversy--the nature area of Illinois Beach 
State Park and the State Lodge, on the lake near Zion, Tll., where we 
will have our banquet. 
LEGISLATIVE CONSERVATION CALENDAR 
The following important outdoor conservetion bills are now before Congress. Ina 
democracy, expressions of opinion are not only welcome, they are needed, Senators 
Paul H. Douglas and Everett M. Dirksen may be addressed in care of the U. $. Senate 
Office Bldg., Washington, D. C. Letters to Congressmen may be sent to the House 
Office Bldg., Washington, D. C. aA list of Illinois Congressmen was printed in the 
February issue of the NEVSLETTER. 
S.174._The Wilderness Bill, This bill has already passed the Senate by a 
large margin but faces difficulty in the House. It would provide for Congressional 
protection of the wild areas of our National Parks, National Forests and National 
Wildlife Refuges. The bill has been studied for 5 years and has been amended care- 
fully. It is considered the most important sonservation bill in the last decade. 
S.1797. Indiana Dunes Seashore Bill. Hearings have recently been held before 
the Senate Interior Sub-Committee, of which Sen. Alan Bible is the Chairman. A 
close committee vote is expected. This bill woulda provide federal status for over 
9,200 acres of dunes and shore land of northern Indiana. The area was rirst consid- 
ered for a National Park over 46 years ago. Only 2,500 acres of dunesland has been 
saved as part of the Indiana Dunes State Park. The Save the Dunes Council urges 
strong support from Illinois residents, 


