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AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Gield Museum of Natural History 
ROOSEVELT ROAD AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605 

ESTABLISHED 1897 

































ORGANIZED FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS AND 
THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 
AUDUBON NEWSLETTER 
Vol. 10 No. 2 Judith Joy — Editor April, 1971 
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ILLINOIS AUDUBON CONSERVATION CABINET CREATED 
AS THE WILD DUCKS ARE COMING NORTHWARD UP THE SALT CREEK FLYWAY, AND THE 
STREAM HAS WIDENED OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE LIKE THE ILLINOIS RIVER, we take pleasure in 
announcing the creation of our new CONSERVATION CABINET, formed in January at the home of Betty 
Groth, Vice President for Conservation. Cabinet members and their portfolios are shown below, so that you 
will know whom to write on any current issues. 
DEDICATION AND LOYALTY TO THE CAUSE have been the hallmark of organization, with almost 
all assignments chosen by these outstanding |AS members because of their interest and talent in each field. 
All members were officially appointed by the President, Charles Lappen, whose administration we hope to 
enrich and enlarge for the sake of the cause. Meetings are ‘‘buffets’’ or suppers with a three to four hour 
session, planned about every six weeks, for which special bird invitations are issued each time by the 
Chairman. The February 28th meeting, hosted by Catherine Blair of Bensenville, was the ‘’Terning Point of 
Conservation.’’ Below is the latest line-up. 
BETTY GROTH, CHAIRMAN. (CABINET COORDINATION) 
Wilderness Areas 
National and State Parks (Save the Big Thicket, only 100,000 acres left of 3-1/2 million) 
Keep America Beautiful 
Preservation of Natural Habitat, photographing and recording for future. 
Timber and trees for the Future 
Cooperation with National Audubon — Radiogram Midwest Chain, National Issues 
HARRY BIERMA, SPECIALIST INWATER CONSERVATION 
State Pollution Control Board Hearings 
Lake Michigan Federation (4 states aligned to save lake) 
Federal Water Quality Administration Hearings 
Northern Illinois Planning Commission Hearings on Waste Water 
Metro Sanitary District Sewage Discharge into Wildlife Area, McGinnis Slough 
Clean Streams, Chicago Area, and Wild Rivers, IIlinois 
CATHERINE BLAIR, CONSERVATION EDUCATION 
Prairie Homesteaders, St. Charles 
Coordination of Environmental Workshops for Teachers 
Teaching Children Conservation 
Promoting Programs and Films on Conservation 
JON DUERR, CONSERVATION LEGISLATION, WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Scenic Roads — State and National 
Wild Rivers — National 
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