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IS YOUR PROGRAM CHAIRMAN STUCK FOR IDEAS? 
Program chairman planning fall activities might consider these suggestions. 
Conservationists have been trying to get the BIG THICKET in east Texas declared a national park. If you would like to 
learn more about this marvelous area, you might consider renting this new 52-minute color film, ‘The Big Thicket — Vanishing 
Wilderness”, which has recently been completed with help from a grant from the Moody Foundation, by the University of 
Texas. For more information on rental dates, write: The Texas State Historical Assoc., Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex. 
On the same subject, a series of 35 mm color slides, with narration, has been produced by Orrin Bonneys of the Sierra 
Club. To obtain the slides, ““The Vanishing Big Thicket”, write: Mrs. Richard Stubbs, 5619 Burlinghall, Houston, Tex. 
77035. You might also consider obtaining some brochures, “Big Thicket — The Biological Crossroads of North America’, to 
pass out to the audience. For these, write: Mrs. Nonie Flake, 7544 Elm St., Houston, Tex. 77023. 
Here’s a new 16 mm sound film that’s a natural for garden clubs; it’s entitled “THE AMERICAL ELM — PLAN FOR 
SURVIVAL", and it has just been released by the Elm Research Institute and was produced by the University of lowa. The 
30-minute film shows the ravages of Dutch Elm disease and outlines what is being done to keep the American elm from going 
the way of the native chestnut. The film may be obtained free of charge by writing: Modern Talking Pictures Service, 2323 
New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040, or by writing: John Hansel, Exec. Director, Elm Research Inst., 60 W. 
Prospect St., Waldwick, N.J. 07463. 
A new government film on water quality, THE GIFTS, is available for loan by writing: Public Information Office, 
Room 410, WOO Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, II|. 60605. The film, which deals with the degradation of the 
nation’s water resources, is 16 mm color, with a running time of 30 minutes. 


COMMITTEE ON ALLERTON PARK PUBLISHES BOOK 



For several years, the Committee on Allerton Park has waged an unceasing struggle to save Allerton Park from 
flooding by the Corps of Engineers’ Oakley dam. For a detailed account of the project, its shortcomings, and some 
valuable criticism of the thinking that goes into some of these projects, write for a copy of “The Battle for the 
Sangamon’. You may obtain this illustrated book by sending $2.00 to the Committee on Allerton Park 1208 W. Union, 
Champaign, III. 61820. 


IAS TO SPONSOR WILDLIFE FILMS 
Your Illinois Audubon Society again presents five full-color motion pictures at the James Simpson Theater in the Field 
Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road & Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Programs begin at 2:30 P.M. on Sundays. 
Outstanding naturalists narrate the films in person. The public is welcome. Because Sunday is no longer a free admission day 
at the Museum, the West Side door will be opened at 1:45 P.M. for free admission to the films. 
October 31, 1971, Sean Morris — ‘Filming in No-Mans Land” 
November 28, 1971, Charles Hotchkiss — ‘‘Queen of the Cascades” 
January 23, 1972, Tom Sterling — “Twentieth Century Wilderness” 
February 27, 1972, Peter Maslowski — ‘‘A Naturalist Afield” 
March 26, 1972, Walter Berlet — “West Side Story - Mexico to Alaska’’ 
DEADLINE for the October issue is Sept. 1. Please send all single spaced copy to: Judith Joy, Box 3, Centralia, Illinois. 
62801. 




