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as possible, even including small, narrow strips along road amd rail right-of-ways. 
Ecologists and horticulturists at the Morton Arboretum are also umertaking some 
prairie restoration and devising metiucas of culturing large numbers of prairie 
plants for transplanting. 
MONTGOMERY ARBORETUM STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP 
The 74-acre wooded tract on Northern Illinois University's campus, may sti 11 be 
saved intact, if the Illinois Board of Governors can determine alternate sites for 
the erection of two new buildings. As it is now, this somewhat natural area, which 
has served well over the years as an outdoor classroom, is slated to be sliced in 
half for building and parking space, There is no question that the University or 
any company of builders could ever erect an outdoor classroom of the quality of the 
Montgomery Arboretum, if they started from scratch, Man simply does mt as yet have 
the knowledge, the know-how, or the money to establish comparable outdoor areas, 
Therefore, in economic, as well as ecologic and educational terms, the Montgomery 
Arboretum must be considered priceless, The inter-actions of nature over several 
thousands of years have brought about the being of this tract of land. 
Members of IAS should write to Paul Stone, chairman of the Board of Governors, at 
Sullivan, Illinois, and urge him to anpoint a committee to seek alternate sites, An 
organization, The Friends of the Montgomery Arboretum, has pointed out alternate 
sites for the two buildings, one of which, incidentally, will house the biological 
sciences, Members are also invited to write to Governor Otto Kerner and ask him to 
intercede with the Board, NIU is a state university; through its actions it sets 
patterns and understandings which are far-reaching, not only throughout the state, 
but elsewhere, ...Ray Mostek, President. 
THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL 
A typical conservation-recreation versus industrial expansion conflict has been 
in progress for over a year at Wood River, Illinois, The issue: Should a suitable 
sized memorial park be established at the starting point of the Lewis and Clark 
Expedition, or should the land that is already owned by the Federal Government be 
utilized for an industrial marine harbor? 
The IAS has become one of the leading groups favoring a park of a thousand 
acres or mre, Several IAS members who have visited the area have been quick to 
recognize the potentials for recreation and conservation as well as the historical 
and scenic values, Our President, Mr. Mostek, has written many letters to Spring- 
field and Washington in an effort to gain better support for a suitable park, 
IAS members and members of our affiliated societies are urged to take action 
by letting Governor Kerner, Director of Conservation, William Lodge, and Director of 
Economic Development, Gene Graves, know of your interest in and support for a large 
park at the confluence of our two great rivers (and two leading flyways). 
It is our intention to have a more detailed article in the next Bulletin. Also, 
we are expecting that a "Factsheet" on this project will be ready for circulation in 
the near future, However, some action can, and should, be taken immediately. 
Letters to the editor of the Wood River Journal, Wood River, Ill. (this paper has 
been quite favorable) should let the local interests realize that there is an aware- 
ness of and interest in a Lewis and Clark Park for Illinois on the part of citizens 
from many areas of the state. 
It is already fairly certain that some kind of a "Lewis and Clark Missouri 
River Regional Parkway" will be established at the confluence on the Missouri side, 
We in Illinois mst see to it that the starting point for the Lewis and Clark Trail 
at Wood River becomes an important part of this regional parkway. 
..Clarence Sparks, 325 Putnam Ave., Woodstock, Illinois. 

