
I.A.S. Newsletter, February 1968 - 3. 


THE BALD EAGLE - ENDANGERED NATIONAL EMBLEM 
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Illinois is one of the great states in the nation for wintering Bald Eagles, They 
are seen in fairly large nunbers in the Tri-City area, along the Mississippi River, 
If you would like to keep our National Emblem flying, you can do at least 4 things: 
1- Send your used commemorative Postage Stamps to the Florida Audubon Society, 
Drawer Seven, Maitland, Fla, Funds raised thru the sale of these stamps 
to dealers help pay for wardens to guard eagle nests in Florida. Your club 
can make this stamp collection a local project, or you can do it as an 
individual, 
2- Sem one dollar for a lifetime membership in the Bald Eagle Club to Mrs, 
Vera Shaw, Illinois Audubon Society, Route two, Olney, Ill, 62450, You 
will receive a lifetime wallet card, and a leaflet on hawks and eagles, 
The funds are used for our educational campaign in Illinois, 
3- Bald Eagles, though protected by federal law since 1940, are still being 
Shot by ignorant and careless hunters, Report violations to local game 
warden, to the county sheriff and to the Illinois Audubon Society. We 
Should like to receive any news clippings from local papers regarding the 
illegal shooting of eagles and hawks, We take up the mtter with local 
authorities and help educate the local people, 

4— Order a set of the new "Birds of Prey" postal cards, Use them as enclosures 
when you pay your bills by mail, send them to friends and public officials, 
write a letter on the back to your local editor. You can get a free set of 
ten if you will send us a Stamped, self-addressed envelope marked Birds of 
Prey, Illinois Audubm Society, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 
Ill. 60605. Do something ~ it's better than nothing, 
SEND IN YOUR DUES FOR 1968 
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The IAS Membership Committee sent out its membership renewal forms early 
in January. We trust that you have received yours and that you have now 
returned it to Paul Schulze, Treasurer, 622 S, Wisconsin Ave.,, Villa Park, 
Ill, 60181. If you have not done So, please do it today. Delinquent members 
will no longer be carried for a long period of time as in the past. Inciden- 
tally, you can help the outdoor conservation cause if you would help obtain a 
new member and if you would upgrade your membership status, Help IAS doa 
more effective job, 

ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS HOT TOPICS 
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Audubon members who plan to attend the Annual Meeting in Decatur at the Orlando 
Hotel on May 4 and 5, will have an opportunity to visit the controversial Allerton 
Park area, Peter Petersen, Jr., Convention Chairman, has assured us of a field 
trip to the famed baronial park of the late Robert Allerton, The U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, is intent upon drowning half of the park to create the Oakley 
Reservoir, Prof, Larry Bliss of the Botany Dept. of the University of Illinois has 
been invited to be one of the Speakers at the May meeting on Saturday afternoon, 
He will also show slides of the park. 
We have also scheduled Dr, Robert Betz of Clarendon Hills, Ill, to Speak to us 
about the proposed 1200-acre Goose Lake Prairie State Park in Grundy County. Dr, 
Betz is very familiar with the area, Famous for his interest in preservation of 
prairie land, Dr, Betz will also show slides of the region. Conservationists have 
been suggesting that Goose Lake Prairie be set aside 45 2 park in 1968 to celebrate 
the 150th anniversary of the entrance of the "prairie state" of Illinois into the 
federal Union. 

