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The deadline for the October Newsletter is Sept. 1. Please mail all 
single-spaced copy to Judith Joy, Box 3, Centralia, Ill. 62801. 
GLEANINGS FROM THE BOARD MEETINGS 
The Board voted to send a resolution to the Illinois Department of Conservation 
protesting the proposed ski slope in Pere Marquette State Park, north of Alton, 
which would destroy the nesting site of the Bald Eagle. 
Forty persons have formed the "Starved Rock Audubon Society"; and a new 
Audubon group has been organized in Centralia. 
Reprints from the Reader's Digest on the decline of the alligator will be 
mailed to specialty stores and fur shops. Leaflets on how to construct blue- 
_bird houses will be mailed to chapters and individuals; and 100 hawk charts 
_have been ordered from the National Audubon Society for Chapter distribution, 
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Bill Stroud reported that the Illinois Department of Conservation is consider- 
ing a State Scenic Rivers system. The Current River in Missouri was the first 
to be designated as a "Wild River" which can never be dammed. There are about 
135 rivers throughout the nation which are considered eligible for this status. 
Terry Ingram reports that "Eagle Country", a 22 minute film, is available from 
the Grant County Resource Development Committee for a $5 rental fee. Ingram 
would like to donate a set of slides on hawks and other birds of prey to area 
conservation departments. 
The IAS booth at the World Flower and Garden Show in Chicago was a hugh success. 
Alice Webster 
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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 
The CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY has donated $100 to the Goose Lake 
Prairie Fund and a similar amount to the Committee on Allerton Park. The 
group will again sponsor a series of five Audubon Wildlife films. 
The chapter now has 132 members, since 35 new members joined during the past 
season. In addition to the regular local bird walks, the group conducted a 
very successful outing to Beall Woods and New Harmony, Indiana. 
The members of the LINCOLN TRAIL CHAPTER in Marshall have had a monthly field 
_trip throughout the year. Among the places that they have visited are: 
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Allerton Park, the Nature Conservancy's Rocky Branch preserve, and Portland 
Arch Nature Preserve in Attica, Indiana. 
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The KANE COUNTY CHAPTER now has about 50 members, most of whom live in Elgin 
and Dundee. Members of the group help maintain the Illinois Prairie Path 
and have erected bluebird houses. Several members of the group have seen 
Golden and Bald eagles in the vicinity. 
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Want to do something to help your Audubon society? Lend a hand to Alpha 
| Peterson, our genial office manager who tries to get out a mailing of the 

Newsletter or Audubon Bulletin. There's also typing and filing to be done. 
Tel. WO-8-7239. 





