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Let's Get Our Signs Straight ! 
WE REGRET TO REPORT that the revised wording of the I.A.S. Wildlife 
Sanctuary signs, as shown in the October 1962 Audubon Newsletter, was 
the wrong revised wording. The wording shown on the sign below is the 
right revised wording, and furthermore, is the wording approved by IIli- 
nois conservation authorities. Now that everyone has that straight, we 
are happy to say that our signs are being printed even as these words 
are being written. Your bright new sanctuary signs will be shipped out 
as soon ag your orders are received, so send in orders now, please. 
New metal signs, as shown at 
left, are now available to landowners 
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY who wish to register their property 
with the Illinois Audubon Society. 
NO HUNTING The signs are 7% by 10 inches, print- 
NO TRESPASSING ed in black on a yellow background, 
and have holes for hangjng or mount- 
Protected by Law ing. Prices are: 
oe ee id ee ene Owner Each — $1.00 Five for $4.50 Ten for $8.00 
Registered with Every person who posts the signs 
Illinois Audubon Society will be asked to fill out a form giv- 
ing the location of the area where 
the signs will be used. Address your 
orders NOW to Mrs. C. F. Russell, Wildlife Sanctuary Registrar, Illinois 
Audubon Society, Box 287, Decatur, Illinois. 
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Shell Oil Company Threatens Refuges 
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF a wildlife refuge does not mean that a 
permanent haven is made for wildlife. An example of this is found in the 
announcement that the Shell Oil Company intends to build a huge oil re- 
finery and chemical plant on the Delaware coast, only 5 miles south of 
Wilmington. The company has requested the rezoning of 3,000 acres of 
wildlife land, all privately owned. South of the Shell Oil Company hold- 
ings are the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, the 14,000-acre Bombay Hook 
Wildlife Refuge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the smaller 
Little Creek Wildlife Area. 
Conservationists have complained that an oil refinery at this loca- 
tion would spill wastes and pollute the waters of the bay, endangering 
thousands of ducks and geese which frequent the nearby refuges. Conser- 
vationists also contend that the Shell Oil Company 80 million dollar chem- 
ical works would create an industrial slum. 
The proposal is being fought by the Department of the Interior, the 
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, and other east- 
ern groups. The Shell Oil Co. bought up farm lands quietly and was able 
to persuade local officials to re-zone for industrial purposes. Delaware 
Bay contains one of the last two oyster seed beds on the Atlantic Coast. 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add over 11,000 acres of 
marsh land to the present Bombay Hook Refuge. 
