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parcel of land is under a separate lease and accurate legal descriy, 
were filed with the state authorities before the leases could be ma 
The village of Kingston has with commendable pride purcha. 
section of land for a picnic ground which is visited by picnic parties. 
many neighboring towns. Brick stoves have been built, tables ang 
ters provided, and signs are everywhere placed in the woods askin: 
Howers be not picked and the birds not disturbed. There being ver 
factories in the community, it is not difficult to maintain the part 
keep it clean. The frontispiece of this bulletin shows a section « 
river with its woodlands on either bank. At the time the picture 
taken the woods were alive with migrating warblers. In the ripp’ 
the stream many fish were seen and the woods were filled with + 
varieties of wild flowers: white, blue, and yellow violets, Jacob’s Is 
(polemonium), white and red trilliums, the red ones being called Ii 
noses by the children. Points on Kishwaukee River covering about: 
ty miles of frontage were visited and the impression carried awa\ 
that here in northern Illinois had been carried out one of the + 
plans for conservation in the state and that to Louis Lloyd shou! 
given credit without stint for the fine, far reaching example which si 
be an incentive to other communities. It is proposed to establish « 
for boy and girl scouts for summer vacations with liberal privileg 
all, provided that the idea of protecting the wild life shall be fait! 
enforced as it was intended when the sanctuary was created. 
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