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TALES FROM A BIRD—FEEDER 
Farmers in the Brookfield Township area of LaSalle County have appealed to the Environmental Task Force on Pollution 
and Recreation organized by Lt. Gov. Paul Simon to aid them in their fight against Commonwealth Edison Co. They charge 
that the big utility company is trying unfair means to force them out of their homes and farmland by condemnation. The 
utility is trying to build a 7,000-acre cooling lake in a rich farm area for a nuclear power plant. . . . The Chicago Horticulture 
Society hopes to hold its 1971 World Flower and Garden Show in the new McCormick Place. It is expected that the Illinois 
Audubon Society will again have a booth at the show. ... The [AS Roadside Committee has undertaken a campaign to urge 
bottle manufacturers to re-cycle their glass containers and thus reduce highway litter. The Roadside Committee is also asking 
petroleum firms to step up their efforts to reduce lead content in gasoline. 
The League of Conservation Voters (30 East 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10017) has been organized to help elect 
conservation-minded candidates to Congress. They are soliciting campaign funds. It is non-partisan. They will support a 
candidate from either party or none, and will campaign from door-to-door. ‘‘He who defines the battlefield can win the 
battle.” They expect to pick a small slate of candidates where the power and funds of conservationists can make a big 
difference... . Biologists estimate that 2,400,000 Bobwhite Quail were taken in Illinois in 1969 by hunters. Good nesting 
conditions contributed to the increase in quail population. The quail has been the ‘‘symbol” of the I|linois Audubon Society 
since 1927. 
Dan Malkovich, Acting Director of the Illinois Conservation Dept. has warned against the use of mint-bikes in state parks. 
They are not allowed, he said, nor are any cycles of any kind allowed to operate off of the roads. Wheel scars and ruts left on 
hillsides are responsible for many soil erosion problems. ...‘‘Decoys and Decoy Carvers of Illinois’’ written by Forrest 
Loomis, and Dr. Paul Parmalee of the III. State Museum, has been honored by the Chicago Book Clinic for design, 
composition, illustration, printing and binding. The book is printed by Northern III. University Press and is the result of five 
years of work on the part of the authors... . 
.... Raymond Mostek 
SAVE POSTAGE STAMPS AND SAVE THE BALD EAGLE, TOO 
IHlinois Audubon Society members can help the Bald Eagle situation in Florida by saving their commemorative 
postage stamps. These stamps are used by the Florida Audubon Society to raise funds to pay wardens to help guard 
nesting trees of the Bald Eagle in that state. Some local IIlinois clubs have sent thousands of these stamps to Florida to 
aid the campaign. Kindly remove the stamp from the envelope or package and mail to: 
Florida Audubon Society 
Drawer Seven, 
Maitland, Florida. 
Our Illinois Audubon Society has Educational Cards on the ‘‘American Bald Eagle.’’ For a free set, simply write to 
our Regional Office at 1017 Burlington Ave., Downers Grove, Ill. 60515, and request a set. Be sure to enclose a 
stamped, self-addressed envelope. 

SAVE YOUR NEWSPAPERS FOR S.T.E.P. 
Are you aware of the efforts of S.T.E.P. (Save Trees Environment People)? They collect newspapers which are re-cycled 
through de-inking and reconstituting, and then re-used by Chicago newspapers. One ton of re-cycled newsprint saves 
approximately 17 trees. People are asked to bundle and tie their newspapers and deposit them in the large green or brown 
steel truck body in the following locations: 
GLENCOE: John’s 76 Service Station, 635 Vernon Avenue 
HIGHLAND PARK: Topp’s Discount Store, 1603 Old Deerfield Road 
NORTHBROOK: Parking lot between 1st National Bank and Northbrook Paint and Glass, 
Meadow Road 
WILMETTE: Loyola Academy, 1100 Laramie Avenue, or St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1235 
Wilmette Avenue. 
Newspapers only, for the time being. STEP is still working on the re-cycling and/or re-use problem of magazines and other 
papers. 
STOP THE CROSS—FLORIDA BARGE CANAL -— The Senate recently appropriated $8 million more to the Corps of 
Engineers for the construction of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, which many consider the Corps’ most notorious 
modern day fiasco. Secretary of Interior Hickel has requested a 15-month moratorium on construction. 
Conservationists are being asked to write to the President expressing their opposition to the completion of the project 
which has already despoiled 30 percent of the beautiful Oklawaha River. 


