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Corporations and charitable foundations are getting into the picture, 
more than we expected, after individual gifts proved we were in earnest. 
Sears, Roebuck and Co. of Chicago, the North American Wildlife Founda- 
tion, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation of Alton, and the Chicago 
Zoological Society have donated over one hundred dollars each. The Agri- 
culture Stabilization Conservation Program will pay us several hundred 
dollars for not growing wheat or corn. The Conservation Department paid 
Mr. Smithenry a $600 lease on the land to let it stay in grass in 1961. 
Five Prairie Chicken nests were located on the Sanctuary last sum- 
mer. There should be more this year. Chickens have been observed booming 
on the refuge this spring. An early nest, with 9 eggs, was located in the 
Sanctuary on April 238, 1962. 
As Chairman of the Board of the Prairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois, 
is has been a pleasure to work with such a fine group of dedicated people, 
who have given so freely of their time and money that our first objective 
has been realized. With your continued support, we may soon be able to 
take an option on Sanctuary No. 2. The Wisconsin group has set aside 
nearly 2,000 acres in their effort to save the Prairie Chicken. The Conser- 
vation Department of Missouri last year purchased the Schell-Osage Wild- 
life Prairie Tract of 1,680 acres in their attempt to preserve their dwin- 
dling flocks. Our goal should be at least 1,400 acres. Counting land leased 
by the State Conservation Department, we are approximately one-third of 
the way to this goal. 
Thanks again for your fine cooperation. We have been blessed with an 
abundant wildlife heritage in America. It is our hope that the generations 
to follow us may always thrill to the spectacle of unfettered wildlife on the 
native grasslands of our Prairie State. Your contributions are helping to 
restore the flurry of beating wings that I was once privileged to witness. 
Can you—or your friends—do more? Send what you can to the Prairie 
Chicken Foundation of Illinois, George Fell, Treasurer, 819 N. Main St., 
Rockford, Illinois. 
9405 Richfield Rd., East St. Louis, Illinois 
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THE 1962 1.A.S. CAMP-OUT 
THE ANNUAL FALL CAMP-OUT of the Illinois Aubudon 
Society will be held at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion, 
in the extreme northeast corner of our state, on Sept. 8-9, 
1962. The dinner will be served in the strikingly modern and 
controversial Park lL.odge, overlooking the lake and the nature 
area. Members of the Illinois Dunesland Preservation Soc- 
iety and the Lake County Audubon Society will assist with 
the program. Camping in the park is 50c, or you may rent 
rooms in the lodge. Full details will appear in the August 
Poon WSLETTER. Plantto come! 
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