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ANTI-LITTER AND PICK IT UP 
A recent TV film on Mt. Everest showed certain areas where supplies and equip- 
ment had been left behind by previous parties. A New Zealand biologist claims that 
the Antarctica is quickly becoming a vast junk heap due to litter left by polar 
expeditions, He also points out that native birds are needlessly being shot by 
expedition members, This summer, a family from Illinois undertook a canoe trip 
into the Superior National Forest Canoe Country in northern Minnesota. They re- 
ported: "We were appalled by the terrible condition of many campsites and 
realized that, in view of the increasing numbers of tyro campers who are turning 
to more challenging vacationlands, there is great need of widespread educational 
programs directed toward how to camp decently. Because we were unable to camp 
where others had messed up a place, we spent extra time seeking out less desecrated 
spots. The nightmare of what a host of ill-mannered litter depositors can do in 
wild country we shall probably never be able to shake. Slums in cities are depress- 
ing, but in wild country they are triply depressing." 
The desire for a clean America can be contagious, Let's help expand the anti- 
litter campaign. Talk it up! Compliment the cooperators} Encourage! Teach the 
children -- and the adults} 
But let's take that further step. Pick up that beer can or napkin someone 
dropped. If all of us conservationists picked up only one item of debris each 
time we are on an outing, think of how this would help. This is especially 
important where a good cleanup job has been done amd a few pieces of litter intrude 
like a sore thumb on the scene. Pick it up! 
Burn all cans before burying them on your wilderness trip. These rust rapidly. 
Better yet, carry out your debris. Leave a camp site better than you found it, but 
if the place is really "sorry," report it to nearest officials. Encourage park and 
forest officials to employ more cleanup crews to get on top of the worst areas, 
I.A.9. Conservation Committee will be sending letters to beer and soft drink 
companies and paper-good manufacturers to imprint their containers with Anti-litter 
slogans and to incorporate decent outdoor manner in their advertisements, 
~-W. L. Vogl, Conservation Committee. 
TALES FROM A BIRD FEEDER 
The DuPage County Forest Preserve District has purchased 205 acres of land 
for $302,500. The land is near West Chicago. ...Fairfax County, Virginia bird 
watchers discovered the nest of two Bald Eagles near Mount Vernon,the home of 
George Washington. The Bald Eagle is the national emblem of the USA. ...The Audubon 
Society of Greater East St. Louis and the Metro East Journal conducted a "refer- 
endum" this spring on the Cardinal and Purple Martin battle, with the Redbird win- 
ning easily. ...Colorado and Nevada state legislatures recently removed bounty pay- 
ments on the Mountain Lion and classified it as a game animal. The Fish and Wildlife 
Service of the Dept. of Interior does not favor the use of the bounty system for 
managing wildlife species, ...The birthplace of soldier-poet, Joyce Kilmer, may be 
destroyed unless sufficient funds are raised soon. Kilmer is famous for his poem, 
"Trees," Funds may be sent to National Trust for Historic Preservation, 815 - 17th 
St., Washington 6, D.C. The Kilmer birthplace is located in New Brunswick, N.J. 
e+eForty Prairie Chickens have been released in the Crab Tree Lake and Spring 
Creek preserves of the Cook County Forest Preserve District, It has been illegal 
to kill Prairie Chickens since 1933. ...Five members of the Mount Greylock 
Protective Assn. (Massachusetts) have gone to court to prevent a 40-year lease of 
over 4,000 acres of public land to the Tramway Authority. Under this proposed 
lease, a bar, restaurant, motel, shopping center, dance terrace and other develop- 
ments would be placed on this public reservation, It has been in public domain 
since 1897, The move is vigorously opposed by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. 
-~Ravmond Mostek 


