

I.A.S. Newsletter, April 1967 - 5 - 
TALES FROM A BIRD-FEEDER 
The DuPage Audubon Society publishes one of the better newsletters of IAS 
affiliates, It is packed with information on future meetings, new members, 
conservation items, humor, and legislation worth writing about, For a sample 
copy, write to them in care of Box 142, Wheaton, Ill......The New York Port 
Authority is feasting its eyes on the Great Swamp Nat'l] wildlife Refuge at 
Passaic, New Jersey, as the site for a new Jet-Port. Those hoping to protect 
this unique area plan to place 2,400 acres of the Great Swamp in Wilderness 
Status, Letters are needed to U.S. Senators Clifford Case, and Harrison Williams, 
and also to Sec, of Interior Stewart Udall (all in Washington, D.C.), urging them 
to resist any effort to place this magnificent marsh area under an airport concrete. 
oeseeeeThe Illinois Conservation Dept, is seeking to obtain more land for the 
Illinois Beach State Park and Chain O'Lakes State Park areas and to enlarge 
Starved Rock State Park, All three parks are plagued by private parcels (in 
holdings) within the park boundaries,..... 
The Izaak Walton League of America has begun a vast program to restore the 
Giant Canada Goose, once believed extinct, to former population heights, Thru 
propagation ef captive breeders, it hopes to release pairs of breeders to public 
and private lake owners in the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley regions, 
The IWLA is seeking funds to carry out the project, Dr. Harold Hanson of the 
Illinois Natural History Survey is author of the new beck, "The Giant Canada 
Goose," 
The Sierra Club is taking on a new area of attack in its efforts to restore 
its tax exempt status. Several Congressmen were aghast when the Internal Revenue 
Service axed the Sierra Club but failed te move against the Central Arizona 
Preject Assn., still tax-exempt, which spent over $74,065 in efforts to have dams 
built in the Grand Canyon, When the Sierra Club took out an adv. in the New York 
Times and the Washington Post which cost over $10,000, the IRS moved with the 
speed of Mercury, They would have done better if they had moved with the 
deliberateness of Minerva, instead, The Save the Dunes Ceuncil, still $30,000 
in debt, has also lost its tax-exempt status. (The American conservation public 
is at a loss as to how to interpret these IRS meves and to find out who is behind 
them, -Ed.) 
The National Park Service has just issued a new Yearbook entitled, "The 
Third Wave." It sells for $2.00. It describes the new attitudes of Americans 
concerning the preservation of the quality of their environment, It was just 
released in March, contains 128 pages, and pays tribute to the first 50 years of 
the National Park Service. The Third Wave is our "Period of Pollution,” air-water- 
and asphalt, Over 150,000 copies of two previous yearbooks have been sold, 
The federal government spent 23 million dollars in Wisconsin on the Bong 
Airforce Base, then the military decided it was not needed in 1959. The 5,547 
acres are in Kenosha and Racine counties, The Wisconsin Conservation Dept. has now 
obtained 1,986 acres without cost from the federal gov't. The state has also ar- 
ranged to obtain a 977-acre tract and a 1,59l-acre tract, In addition, 360 acres 
were bought by Kenosha county for recreation for $22,500, in a recent sale, 
~ Raymond Mostek, President. 
BIRD DAY - ARBOR DAY TO BE OBSERVED ON FRIDAY, April 28 
According to inois law, the last Friday in April is celebrated as Arber 
Day and Bird Day. The Old Chinese say, "If you would be happy for a week, get 
married, If you would be happy for a month, kill your pig. But to be happy 
for a lifetime - plant a garden." New is a good time to put out some bird houses; 
plant some trees and shrubs for wildlife. Get up a community project or do it 
yourself, If you live in an apartment, send a contribution to the IAS Education 
Fund or the IAS Sanctuary Fund, IAS will do the work for you, -- R.M. 












