
CONGRESSMAN CHARLOTTE REID OPPOSES SLEEPING BEAR DUNES 
SUPER—SONIC TRANSPORT LABELLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL INSULT. 
Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom, 19 Appleton St., Cambridge, Mass., 
SST, which was denounced by the National Audubon Society as an “’ 
County) says the SST will create 20,000 jobs now and 50,000 jobs later. (So who cares about the noise and the environment, 
) Conservationists are urged to obtain copies of the 
The National Forest Products Assn. tried to persuade Congress to pass HB 12025, earlier this year, but the bill failed. The 
bill would have given a congressional okay to more timber cutting. i 
The timber industry claims more cutting is needed, despite the fact that they have been exporting timber to Japan, and 
elsewhere. This means of course, Opening up new forest access roads in wilderness areas, BLM lands and forest areas. The 
housing industry claims that the average 3-bedroom house uses between 15,000 and 18,000 board feet of lumber compared 
to a high-rise apartment which uses about 3,000 ft. Reports from Alaska and the Wilderness Society say the NW timber 
barons are looking eargly to more timber cutting in US Forest Service Lands. 
Raymond Mostek 
615 Rochdale Circle 
Lombard, II. 60148 

_ ERRATUM — No, the rusts have not suddenly burst into bloom. The proper title of the new volume in the “Flora of 
_ Illinois’ series was misprinted in the August Newsletter; and is properly entitled “Flowering Rush to Rushes”, and NOT 
“Flowering Rust...” 
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ANNUAL BALD EAGLE WEEKEND — The Tri-City Bird Club will hold its Annual Bald Eagle Weekend on the dates of 
January 16 and 17, 1971. On Saturday, there will be movies and talks on the Bald Eagle at the Butterworth Center in Moline 
_ at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, we shall leave from the LeClaire Hotel in Moline for the field trip. 
For those traveling by plane, train or bus - please notify us so that we can arrange a ride for you on Sunday. The affair will 
| end at noon on Sunday; luncheon place will be announced later. For further information, contact: Elton Fawks, Route I 
_ Box 112, East Moline, Illinois 61244. 


















