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a wonderful area worthy of being saved before it is too late. An easy 
place to get lost in because of its rough topography’ ) 
Organized "advisory committees" in DuPage and Lake Counties have been 
set up by citizens who are urging speedier acquisition of Forest 
Preserve District lands in the two counties, Here is a device which 
has merit. Such committees can focus on a job that needs doing at 
the moment. The facts become clearer and the needs mre sharply 
defined whenever a group earnestly tackles a problem, The effective- 
ness of this "advisory-committee" effort should be closely followed and 
reported mre fully in either the Newsletter or the Bulletin. 
(Someone in DuPage or Lake County, please take note. 

An injured female Snowy Qwl was captured by a farmer on April 26, 1965, 
near Gardner, Ill. (Grundy County) and recovered by Conservation 
Inspector James Carkhuff of the Dept. of Conservation, Morris, Ill. 
The bird was treated at the Yorkville State Game Farm and at last word 
recuperating nicely. 
Life Member Eleanor McCurley, 1127 Parrott Drive, San Mateo, Calif., 
sent President Mostek some disturbing remarks about what she sees 
happening on the West coast. Here are some excerpts from her letter: 
"Ags soon aS I arrived out here I joined the Sequoia Audubon 
weee I'm quite interested in the conservation angle, and 
believe me, in California it's a crisis every second, 
Developers and land speculators are mre abundant than 
starlings (and about as desirable!!). They are busy 
filling in marsh land around oan Francisco Bay. One can 
see only a remnant of the ducks, egrets, marsh hawks, etc, 
that up to a few years ago abounded in the area. If the 
filling continues, the Bay, even though it is a large body 
of water, cannot fail to be hurt very badly. Earth fill 
comes from a leveling of the rolling hills around the Bay 
and on the leveled hills quickly appear the worst kinds of 
tract housing. The entire natural environment is changed. 
Then there are the highway people who seem to have it in 
for the magnificent redwoods, and the ranchers who have it 
in for Golden and Bald Eagles .... I could go on and on 
describing these crises, Having seen a fair bit of 
America, and loving it all, California's natural beauty 
just astounded me, Every bit of this beauty, from coast to 
Sierras is going to be a thing of the past, if something 
isn't done." 
One of the mre active affiliates of I.A.5. is the Sierra Club, Great 
Lakes Chapter, The parent Sierra Club, with natimal headquarters in 
San Francisco, is one of the leading conservation action groups in 
America. For more information write Kenneth Anglemire, 1614 Sherwin 
Avenue, Chicago, Ill, 60626. 
Attendance at the Spring 1965 meeting of I.A.5. 
Towa was tallied at 126 (Illinois), 107 (lowa 
Further reports will appear in the Bulletin. 
held jointly with 
, and £O (at large). 


