I.A.S. Newsletter, April 1967 - 3 - 
BIRDS OF PREY POSTAL CARDS NOW AVAILABLE 
The Beard of Directors have ekayed the printing of several theusand pest- 
cards which will be use@ as part of the educational campaign in an effert te 
Save our Hawks, Eagles and Owls from illegal and useless mirder, Eagles have 
been protected by federal law since 1940. The Illinois auduben Seciety in 1957 
and 1959 persuaded the State Censervation Dept, to Support efforts to give birds 
ef prey greater pretection, recegnizing their value in redent contre] and as 
creatures of great beauty, 
These postcards contain useful facts and informatien, One side of the 
card may be used for correspondence, They are available free from the Seciety 
in lets of ten, Simply address: Birds ef Prey, Illinois Audubon Seciety, 
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicage, Ill, 60605, Be sure te enclose a 
STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, and cards will be sent to you, 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RECENT IAS BOARD MEETINGS 
A new series of bird slides with a script has been made available for a rental 
fee ef $3.00. The script was written by fermer directer, Frank McVey, They make 
an excellent program......The federal Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs has made 
one million dellars available to the city of Olney to construct a water reserveir, 
It would fleod mst of Bird Haven, the heme ef the great ornithelegist, Rebert 
Ridgway. The land is owned by the University of Chicage which has net pretested 
the project. Back in the 1920's, the Illinois Auduben Seciety raised almest 
$1,000.00 toward the maintenance fund for Bird Haven. Lecal citizens. are seeking 
the recall of Olney's Mayor Frank Bewer......The Beard appreved the design of 
Several hundred new large pesters fer Eagles and Hawks which will be placed aleng 
the Mississippi River and elsewhere in the state, Some of them will be pested in 
State parks and censervation areas with the coeperation of the Illinois State 
Conservation Dept......The Minutes of the Advisory Beard of the Conservation Dept, 
ef Illinois may be viewed at the office of the Dept, in Springfield, An advance 
request must be made in writing,.....President Mostek has appeinted Mrs, Wayne Cele 
of Deerfield as the new Chairman of the State Affairs Cemmittee te replace Mrs, Nina 
Stutzman of Springfield, who has resigned, Mrs. Stutzman continues her interest 
in the Prairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois,.....The Beard approved a reselution 
last year is new available from the Nerth Central Audubon Council. They may be 
obtained free by writing te: Mrs, Paul Romig, NCAC, 210 West Whitney Read, Green Bay, 
Wis. 54301, Terry Ingram, of the IAS Hawk and Owl Pretection Cemmittee, says 
that we need te get semeone in the field for four te six weeks te Study Osprey 
nesting sites and reasons for decline, The cost for a summer survey would be 
about $1,200 te $2,000. Saad RM. 
NEWS ITEMS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT SPRINGFIELD 
A move is under way to impese a ene-cent state cigarette tax to finance 
expanded recreational facilities in Illinois, Gov. Otte Kerner vetoed a similar 
bill in 1965, ebjecting te ear-marking tax money for special purpeses, The tax 
would increase the tax to eight cents a pack; it would be used te retire 
$100,000,000 in bend issues to be submitted to voters in November, 1968. The 
tax would raise about $14,500,000 annually, The funds would be used to buy new 
park land, expand present state parks and construct buildings, lakes and marinas. 
State Senater Richard Larsen is Chairman of the Senate Conservation Cemmittee; 
Sen. Donald Carpentier is Chairman of the State Senate Committee en Highways, -- R.M. 

