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LOOKING AHEAD 
The first Committee appointed at the first Director’s meeting of the new administration was the Long Range Planning 
Committee. It is charged with looking ahead so that the Illinois Audubon Society can best keep up with the changing times 
and best serve the interest of its members. 
Joseph Galbreath of Centralia is Chairman. Other members are: Harry Bierma, Anne Hecht, Elton Fawks, Terrence Ingram 
and Peter Peterson. 
Our 75th year is but two years away. Institutions, like life itself, slow down with age. Consequently, an active and 
imaginative Long Range Planning Committee will keep IAS vigorous and growing. We are indeed fortunate to have such 
capable and dedicated people concerned with our future. While they, as Directors, participate in our regular meetings they 
also get away by themselves to look at us objectively. 
Charles Lappen, President 




LIFE MEMBERSHIP DUES INCREASING SOON — I.A‘S. is raising its life membership dues from $100 to $200 as of 
January 1, 1971. You can help your society and still save $100 by becoming a life member before that time. 

Life membership dues go into 1.A.S.’s endowment fund to help support the many activities of the society. Your 
executive committee is presently hashing over some very exciting future projects, such as nature centers, an executive 
secretary, and perhaps even the purchase of wildlife areas where needed. Give the executive committee and 1.A.S. your 
support by becoming a life member today — while you can still save money. 




Terrence Ingram 
Finance Committee 



SPECIAL NOTICE FOR FILM GOERS — The Field Museum has started a new policy of charging admission, however, as the 
Audubon Wildlife Films are free to. members and to the general public, the WEST door of the museum will be opened for free 
admission to the film programs. If you wish to view any of the exhibits, admission will be charged, as the use of the west door 
is for admission to the films only. 
Mary Glenn Kirkland 
CONSERVATION NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE 
Vandals are already plaguing the new HENNEPIN CANAL PARKWAY which was acquired from the Corps of Engineers 
on August 1. Ted Kavadas, Superintendent of Parks and Memorials, says that planks and other materials have been stolen 
from the parkway structures, causing funds that were to have been spent on canal improvement to be used on repairs instead. 
Four Illinois park districts have received $248,809 from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. These funds 
constitute a 50 percent reimbursement of money spent by the district for purchasing outdoor recreation land. The districts 
and amounts are: Highland Park - $160,000; Flagg-Rochelle Community - $67,809; Dundee Township - $12,000; Peoria - 
$9,000. 
A task force which has been studying the game division of the Department of Conservation has recommended changing the 
name to the ‘‘division of wildlife’ to emphasize the fact that the department is concerned with all species of wildlife. The 
report also stressed the hiring of well trained professional personnel, the elimination of projects that have no conservation 
value, and evaluation of wildlife management programs. 
Fishermen and hunters are helping to pay the bill for the restoration of wildlife habitat. Bill Cloe, federal aid coordinator 
for the Illinois Department of Conservations explains that hunters and fishermen pay an 11 percent federal tax on their 
equipment and ammunition. These funds are later allocated to the states according to the number of fishing and hunting 
license holders and the number of acres of land and water. These funds pay three-quarters of the cost of federally approved 
projects, the remaining cost is paid from license fees. Illinois probably will receive close to $800,000 from the federal 
government in 1971 on these tax return programs. 

