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CONSERVATION CORNER — LEAVES FLYING 
THOUGH AUTUMN WILL BE SENDING RED AND YELLOW LEAVES THROUGH THE AIR SOON, Illinois Audubon 
green-leaved conservation alerts have been filling the conservation skies. Though our wheel barrow is getting too heavy to 
push, we are working very hard to carry the load in our outdoor corner. To date we have sent out: 
2,200 SCENIC RIVERS ACT CONSERVATION ALERTS, and 4 sets of cards for the 4 hearings at Serena, Rock Falls, 
Havana, and Marion. Have you tried using One of these alerts to get press articles to push Scenic Rivers? Alice Palmer is 
Chairman. Shirley Greer got us in verbatim in the ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH in JOHN STETSON’S OUTDOORS 
COLUMN. Official statements for the Hearings were prepared by Alice Palmer, Betty Groth, and Harry Bierma, etc. 
ATTORNEY WM. L. RUTHERFORD got a copy of the bill from Ray Mostek, and sent Betty the good news on our 
conservation alert that he agrees strongly and sends very best wishes, is studying the bill carefully, and the hearings. 
171 SAVE BELLEAU WOODS CONSERVATION ALERTS to Illinois Audubon DuPage County residents, scheduling a walk 
with 4 other conservation groups, and urging protest letters, or even brief notes, to DuPage County Board of Supervisors 
President, Gerald Weeks. Betty Groth prepared an official 3 paragraph statement for Illinois Audubon and sent it to that 
Board. Have you sent a line against highway woods wreckage? 
100 CHAIN-OF-ALERTS THRU AFFILIATES, CHAPTERS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS & CONSERVATION CABINET 
MEMBERS to shower telegrams on Transportation Secretary, John A. Volpe, urging removal of planned highway threatening 
JOYCE KILMER FOREST & SLICKROCK WILDERNESS. (National Audubon sought our help) 
100 CHAIN-OF-ALERTS THRU AFFILIATES, CHAPTERS, BOARD AND CONSERVATION CABINET MEMBERS to 
write or wire SENATORS ON HR 5060 BANNING SHOOTING OF WILDLIFE FROM AIRCRAFT. (National Audubon 
relay alert radiogram) PLEASE URGE SUPPORT! 
CAMPOUT BANQUET ALERT urging wires to President Nixon to SAY NO TO AMCHITKA ALEUTIAN ISLAND BLAST, 
which would be equivalent of 5 million tons of TNT detonated from a man-made underground cavern, which would lift the 
wildlife island 20 feet in the air, coming from a mile under the surface, with a three-year possible after-effect of dangerous 
concentrations in the sea, and great danger to island native wildlife bald eagles, peregrine falcons, sea otters, seals, sea lions, 
etc., the latter of whose ear drums would be ruptured by the explosion, leaving them unable to dive for food even if they 
survive. This cruel chain of effects from this planned atomic device explosion is incredible. Have you protested to President 
Nixon, urging him to stop the explosion? 
AGREEMENT to buy 1,000 Readers’s Digest Reprints of a brilliant warning on PESTICIDE 1080. 
AGREEMENT to get 1,000 reprints on SAVE BIRDS OF PREY. 
CONSERVATION ON THE HAPPIER SIDE: Sally Greco has sent out 40 SALUTES TO BEAUTY, official IAS 
acknowledgement of attractive natural environment protected or promoted by commercial concerns. Recognition is a 
splendid way to win good will. Sally Greco and Alice Palmer are two of our outstanding public speakers on conservation, 
talking to schools and colleges on ecology. Harry Bierma is our champion at attending Hearings, notably on water, rivers, 
water pollution, air pollution, etc. Mrs. Arthur Jens, outstanding pesticides expert, entertained the CONSERVATION 
CABINET at her home at its last meeting, where some of the busiest conservationists in [AS were gathered to face new 
problems and divide the load: PAUL MOORING, RICHARD WILSON, HARRY BIERMA, SALLY GRECO, BETTY 
GROTH, MRS. JENS, AND GUEST RAYMOND MOSTEK. 
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