
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Gield Museum of Vatural AHistory 
ROOSEVELT ROAD AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605 

ESTABLISHED 1897 





















ORGANIZED FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS AND 
THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 
AUDUBON NEWSLETTER 
Vol 9. No. 3 Judith Joy — Editor April, 1970 


73rd Annual Meeting of the 
Illinois Audubon Society, May 1-2-3, 1970 
at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville 
THEME OF MEETING — “A Quality Environment for Survival” 
Friday, May 1, 7:30 P.M. — St. Clair Room, University Center 
rE TT oom, University Center 
ips Registration. J. W. Galbreath, Chairman 
2, Member Slides - ‘Prairie Plants’ - Gordon R user. 
3; National Report - John Franson, Central Midwest Representative of 
National Audubon Society. 
4. Films: — “A Prairie Should Be Forever’, ‘‘Wild Wings’’, “‘The Last Great 
| Stand”’. 
| Saturday, May 2, 
7:00 — 8:00 (Elective) Birding Trip -- Mall 
Harold Broadbrooks, Leader 
7:00 — 9:00 Registration 
9:00 — 10:00 St. Clair Room -- Member Assembly, Raymond Mostek, Chairman. 
1¢ Officer and Committee Reports. 
2 Business Session, Election of Directors 
3: Chapter Discussion 
10:00 — 10:30 Coffee Break 
10:30 — 11:45 Morning Program - St. Clair Room -- Winifred Jones, Chairman, President, Kaskaskia 
Chapter. 
Welcome - President Delyte W. Morris, Southern Illinois University. 
Distribution of the European Tree Sparrow -- Sarah Vasse. 
Environmental Coalition -- Professor Alfred Kahn, Vice President, St. Louis Region. 
12:00 — 1:30 Luncheon -- Madison Room. 
Speaker: The Honorable Lt. Governor Paul Simon. 
Presentation of Dr. R. M. Strong Conservation and Ornithology Award. 
2:00 — 3:15 Afternoon Program -- St. Clair Room - Vera Shaw, Chairman; President, Ridgeway 

| Chapter. % 
14 Conservation Affairs in Illinois Legislature - State Senator Dr. Merrill 
| Ottwein, Edwardsville. 
) 2: Illinois Conservation Department Progress - Dan Malkovich, Acting 
| Director, Illinois Conservation Department. 
ay Bird Finding in Southern Illinois -- Dr. William George, Zoology 
Department, SIU at Carbondale. 
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