
STATE OF ILLINOIS BANS DDT AFTER Jan. 1, 1970 


The Inter-agency Committee on Pesticides has issued regulations for the use and control of DDT in Illinois. It 
will be banned after Jan. 1, 1970 except for state-approved emergency use to control epidemics. Exceptions will be 
made where such use, sale or application has received a written permit from the state. 


The regulations further state that DDT use for the control of Dutch Elm Disease will also be prohibited. 

Hearings were held in Chicago in November in which Opponents and supporters of DDT testified. Further 
hearings were held in Springfield on Dec. 19, 1969, after which the Inter-agency Committee adopted the new 
regulations. Among those presenting testimony were: Miss Ellen Hopkins for the {Illinois Audubon Society, Mrs. Lee 
Botts for the Open Lands Project, Mr. Jack Johnson for the Issac Walton League of Illinois, Raymond Mostek for 
the Illinois Federation of Sportsmens Clubs, substituting for their Executive Director Ace Extrom, and two ad hoc 
committees on the “environment” from the East St. Louis area. 










The victory on the DDT ban serves as a monument to the leadership of conservationists like Mrs. Lee Jens and 
Elton Fawks of the I.A.S. Pesticide Committee. We hope other states will soon join the parade and add some of the 
other serious biocides to the list. 

















VERMILION COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY ESTABLISHES NEW AWARD 
At their annual Christmas dinner, celebrating their 20th year of existence, the Vermilion County Audubon Society 
established the “Dr. S. Glidden Baldwin Conservation Award’’. The first recipient was Dr. Baldwin himself, who served 
the society as its president, and “sparkplug” for many years. Dr. Baldwin, now retired to his beloved “Cabin in the 
Laurels’ in Gatlinburg, Tenn. has gained fame not only as a physician, but as a naturalist, conservationist, and nature 
photographer. His pictures have been shown to many groups around the nation and Illinois. Dr. Baldwin, led the effort to 
Save Kickapoo State Park when it was threatened a few years ago by land mining operations. He paid for ads in local 
newspapers, helped circulate petitions, and galvanized the conservation clubs in the state to save the park. The dynamic 
action led Gov. Otto Kerner to veto the special-interest legislation. 
Vermilion County Audubon Society has not succumbed to the apathy of some conservation groups - they lighted some 
bonfires and helped establish a “county conservation district’’ soon after passage of state legislation, only one of a 
half-dozen counties to do so. Others could well follow their great example. 
Raymond Mostek, President of the Illinois Audubon Society delivered the main address at the banquet and presided at 
the installation of the new officers. Miss Marilyn Campbell has replaced Ronald Pennock as the new president of the club. 
Several members of the Champaign County Audubon Society journeyed to Danville’s Wolford Hotel for the bright 
occasion. The dinner was held on Dec. 18, 1969. 
EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET ON CARDINAL NOW AVAILABLE 
A new leaflet on our state bird, the Cardinal, written by Peter Petersen, Jr., of our Education Division, is now ready 
for distribution. Single copies may be had upon receipt of a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Requests should be sent to 
“Cardinal, Illinois Audubon Society, 1017 Burlington Ave., Downers Grove, Illinois 60515.’" Clubs may request these in 
bulk for inclusion in their newsletters. 
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Other leaflets available include “Bluebirds,” “Purple Martin,” ‘John James Audubon” and “Berries For The Birds.” “Th 
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Meaning of Conservation” by Roland Clement is also available. 



