I.A.S, Newsletter, August 1966 - 3 - 
1966-67 AUDUBON WILDLIFE FILMS 
As a continuation of its educational programming, the Illinois Audubon Society 
offers another free series of outstanding films and lectures at the James Simpson 
Theatre in the Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore 
Drive, Chicago. Each program is held on a Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. 
Members should arrive early as these programs are open to the public free and are 
considered an important part of the "educational role” that the I.A.S. must 
continue to play. Several other communities in Illinois also have contracted with 
the National Audubon Society to show a series of films usually on a season ticket 
basis, The program for Chicago is; 
October 30, 1966 --- "Inherit the Wild" D. J. Nelson 
November 20, 1966 ~—— "Island Treasure" W. J. Breckenridge 
December 11, 1966 ---~ "The Vanishing Sea" Robert W. Davison 
January 15, 1967 --- ‘Gone with the Wilderness" Karl Maslowski 
March 12, 1967 -—-~ "Northwest to Alaska" Walter H. Berlet 

SLIDE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH I.A.S, 
The I.A.S, now has slides on birds and plants, These are available to 
members and organized groups on a rental basis, Slides will rent for 5¢ each 
or 25 for $1.00 plus 20¢ postage, There is a sufficient selection for three 
different bird programs and tw different flower programs, Certain birds and 
flowers may mt as yet be represented in the collection. The slides are identified 
but there is no commentary, It was felt that each user would show the slides to 
illustrate a different point, 
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This is a new program I.A.S, has set up for your education and enjoyment. If 
you feel this is a worthy effort, you may wish to make additional donations of 
slides or funds to add to the collection and aid in the purchase of slide mounts 
and storage cabinets, Slide donated should be in good focus and accurately exposed, 
with identification information, Plants, animals, scenic, conservation, and 
education shots will be welcomed, 
-- Peter Dring 
I.A.S. Bookstore 
P.O. Box 92 
Willow Springs, Illinois 60480 
(Editor's Note: Organizations wishing to conduct slide programs will be interested 
in obtaining the American Nature Study Society's "KIT FOR PRESENTING A SLIDE- 
SHOWING." The Kit can be obtained for $1.00, postpaid, from The Broadbrook Press, 
933 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201. Some organizations have used a slide 
program as Suggested in the Kit as a device for earning money for a project and for 
involving many helpers, including an array of local amateur and professional 
photographers willing to participate, ) 

OPEN SPACE ACTION IS A TOP PRIORITY ACTION TODAY 
EE EE ALUN QUAL 
To aid people in disposing of valuable private lands which could be included in 
permanently preserved open space -— "the land needed for recreation, the preservation 
of natural processes, ani sheer visual amenity," a new publication has recently been 
issued by the Open Space Action Committee of the New York Metropolitan Region, 
"STEWARTSHIP" is its title, Although it was prepared primarily for the New York area, 
it has great application elsewhere in the United States, Since the quality of any 
given area will depend upon how land is used and how naturalness is maintained, the 

