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STATE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT ACQUIRES 40,000 ACRES 
The Illinois Department of Conservation has acquired about 40,000 acres of public recreation land, through gift or 
purchase during the past 18 months, reports Dan Malkovich, Acting Director. The Department plans to obtain about 30,000 
additional acres during the next fiscal year. Malkovich said that the Department has spent about $7.5 million during the first 
half of 1970 for land acquisition. 
As of July 1, 1969, the Department of Conservation was responsible for the management of more than 162,000 acres of 
recreational land and 42,000 acres of water. In comparing acreage to population, Malkovich noted that IIlinois has far fewer 
acres of Open space than the surrounding states and that the number of acres per person is small. The national average is 34 
acres per 1,000 people. but in Illinois, the ratio is only 8 acres per 1,000 people. 
Among the new land purchased by the Department are 2,400 acres which have been added to the State Nature Preserves 
System. A partial listing of the newly acquired land follows: 
In northern Illinois — Starved Rock and Matthiessen Parks near Utica - 2,100 acres; Lake DePue in Bureau County - 2,000 
acres; Chain O’Lakes State Park near Fox Lake - 180 acres; Castle Rock on the Rock River - 500 acres; Lake Le-Aqua-Na 
State Park in Stephenson County - 70 acres: Whiteside County Conservation Area - 330 acres; Goose Lake Prairie - 240 acres; 
Illinois Beach State Park - 65 acres; Jubilee College State Park near Peoria - 300 acres; and 300 acres between the Hennepin 
Canal and Interstate 80. 
In central Illinois — the following were purchased: McClean County Conservation area near LeRoy - 500 acres: new 
conservation area in Pike County near Valley City - 862 acres: Sanganois-Knapp Island Area in Illinois River near Browning - 
100 acres; Cass County near Chandlerville - 600 acres; Spring Branch Refuge near Chillicothe - 200 acres. 
In southern Illinois — Giant City State Park 675 acres added: Pere Marquette near Grafton - 220 acres; Dixon Springs State 
Park near Vienna - 100 acres; Fort Chartres - 400 acres; Saline County Conservation area near Equality - 600 acres: Hamilton 
County Conservation area near McLeansboro - 800 acres. 
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YOUTH FINED FOR KILLING BALD EAGLE 
A Wabash County youth who killed an immature bald eagle was fined $50 and given a stern lecture by the presiding 
judge. Among others arrested and fined during the month of May for violations of the state Game Code were those 
guilty of illegally possessing a red-tailed hawk, trapping out of season, and possessing a gun while running coon hounds. 

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GUIDELINES FOR PESTICIDE USE 
Homeowners who are concerned about their environment are cautioned not to use the following pesticides around their 
yards or homes: 
Insecticides — aldrin, dieldrin, DDT, DDD (TDE), endrin, heptachlor, perthane, chlordane, lindane, toxaphene, endosulfan, 
telodrin. 
Rodenticides — ANTU, sodium fluoracetate (1080), thallium. 
Herbicides — 2, 4—d and 2, 4, 5—T. 
Fungicides — captan, folpet, and any compounds containing mercury or arsenic. 
The following pesticides can be used if absolutely necessary: Abate, cygon, dibrom, malathion, methoxychior, naled. 
The following are generally safe: Rotenone, pyrethrin, ryania, sulphur, lime-sulphur, and silica aerogel which is used 
indoors for roaches. 

