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others, Mrs, Jens will attend a national meeting in Washington, D.C. in February 
on pesticides, ...The March Bulletin will have a write-up on the McHenry County 
Chapter of IAS (representative to the board is Mrs. James P, Hecht of Woodstock), 
e+e In October, a questionnaire was sent to all affiliated sroups by Mrs. Fiske; 
She is pleased with responses although some groups have not as yet responded. 
If your organization has not yet turned in the uestionnaire, please ask that 
this be done early and completely, WITH AN UP-TO-DATE LISTING OF OFFICERS AND 
ADDRESSES.) ... There was much discussion on increasing membership in IAS, and 
special mailings will be made, Starting early in January, to members --each member 
obtaining a new member, 
December: 135 Illinois Public Libraries were asked to Subscribe to IAS publica- 
tions. ... IAS envelopes now have imprint, "KEEP THEM BOOMING, HELP SAVE THE 
PRAIRIE GROUSE." ... It was noted that conservation clubs (sportsmen) in Illinois 
have about 49,000 members, but only 493 persons contributed to the Prairie Chicken 
Fund in 1965; Champaign Audubon Club donated $100. ... Children attending banquet 
at annual meeting will be charged one-half price. ... Audubon Society of Park 
Rid ge will sell bird houses and feeders at Wildlife Films programs, probably 
Starting in February; proceeds will be given to a conservation project. ... 
CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IS ARRANGING TO SEND IAS APPEAL FORMS TO THEIR 
10,000 MEMBERS. ... IAS donated $50 to the Illinois Pesticide Control Committee to 
help further its work. ... Harlan Walley is working on an accumulative index of 
Audubon Bulletins, Nos. 1 through 99, 
January: Notices concerning Hawk and Owl Law will be sent to State's Attorneys, 
eee Mr, Mostek reported that U.S. Steel, through legislative act, has obtained for 
$100 an acre Submerged land off 79th St. in Chicago, Illinois Supreme Court de- 
clared this unconstitutional, but U.S. Steel seeking a reversal of decision, Mr, 
Al Droste brought this case to Supreme Vqirt and won. ... By end of December all 
except 17 affiliated groups had replied to Mrs. Fiske's questionnaire. ... Chapters 
will have access to limited quantities free of IAS publications, such as FOOD AND 
SHELTER FOR BIRDS, ... The Forest Park Foundation of Peoria has obtained 1,000 
acres near Pekin, with understanding the State Department of Conservation will 
eventually take over and develop the area; asking support from IAS in urging that 
Department keep landina natural state. ... IAS will work closely with an organi- 
zation which will be devoted to a better Chicago park system; a start on this organ- 
ization arose froma high-level Hyde Park~Kenwood Community Conference held 
December 11, 1965. ... Board voted to undertake another series of the Wildlife Films 
for the 1966-67 season, to be held in Chicago and open free to the public. ... 
Bumper stickers advertising the IAS have been ordered ami should be available at the 
annual meeting. ... Lake-Cook Chapter reports that Deerfield High School site will 
have an outdoor botanical "lab" for the preservation of wild plantlife and that 
efforts are being continued to save the Peacock Prairie near Glenview. .., 
(Editor's Note: The amount of business and communications in any board 
meeting of IAS is large; the telegraphic-in-style abstracts show mly a 
part of the picture.) 
AN OPINION EXPRESSED 
Criticism is healthy, especially when it reveals a concern for a need. Kim R, 
Eckert, IAS member and a student at St. John's University in Minnesota, recently 
asked for more field notes in IAS publications, He cited evidence that neighboring 
States to Illinois offered much coverage of bird observations in journals comparable 
to IAS' Bulletin, 
His letter raises mny questions which the IAS members and board should seek to 
answer, Is IAS encouraging its members to report observations along many lines of 
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