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NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS 
16th Annual Outdoor Conservation Conference 
October 17, 18, 1970 
Holiday Inn, Route 52 and 66, Joliet, Illinois 
All conservationists are cordially invited to attend the fall conference of the Natural Resources Council, come either as a 
delegate or represent only yourself. Clubs are invited to deliver relevant conservation material to our literature tables. These 
meetings are stimulating and useful, and this one will likely herald the NRCI as a new co-ordinating conservation council with 
a change in its By-laws. You are invited to be present at the birth of a new and dynamic turn in the history of the 
conservation movement in Illinois. 
Vernon Greening 
Chairman, NRCI 
Raymond Mostek, 
Co-Chairman, NRCI Program Committee 
Friday: October 16th — Summit Meeting of Group Leaders 
8:00 P.M. (Meeting by Invitation Only) 
Saturday: Registration and Reception 
8:30 A.M. Coffee Time 
9:30 A.M. Greetings and Welcome from Chairman Vernon Greening 
9:45 A.M. Two Workshops on the Urban Environment 
(A) Saving Thorn Creek Woods in Will County: A Case Study of urban action for the 
Environment. Resource Group: Thorn Creek Woods Assn. 
(B) A Scenic Roads System for Illinois; Roadside Beauty vs. Roadside Blight. A 
discussion on Litter, Billboards, Highway plantings, Wayside Parks. Resource 
Group: Independent Voters of Illinois. 
Several groups have been invited to send informed speakers to help set the tone of these two workshops. 
Audience participation. Action recommendations. 
Noon: Luncheon. 
1:30 P.M. Attorney-General William Scott has been invited to address the NRCI on the pollution progress in 
Illinois. 
2:30 P.M. The Sierra Club Telephone Chain by Jean Cheney. 
325 PM. How to be Effective as a Conservation Club by Jack Paxton of the Sierra Club and the Committee on 
Allerton Park. 
4:00 P.M. The Illinois Planning and Conservation League. Rodney Engelen, Chairman. ‘‘Lobbying in Springfield for 
Conservation.’’ A new group tells of its political aims. 
7:00 P.M. Banquet. We have invited Adlai Stevenson, candidate for United States Senator (Democrat). 
8:00 P.M. Films. ‘“The Time of Man’’ American Museum of Natural History, Betty Groth, VP, Ill. Audubon 
Sunday: Society ‘The Great Swamp.” 
8:00 A.M. Business Session. Election of new officers and directors 
Adoption of new NRCI By-laws. 
10:00 A.M. Guided trip through Goose Lake Prairie State Park 
William Weber, Treasurer, NRCI 
800 W. Bartlett Court 
Peoria, Illinois 61604 Date 
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