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CONSERVATION CONGRESS 
By Mrs. Darlene Fiske 
The 88th Congress adjourned on October 3rd, after compiling the most 
brilliant conservation record in history. The outstanding achievements 
were: 
1. Enactment of the WILDERNESS BILL. 
2. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT (authorizing 
federal approprations to match state grants for outdoor recreation 
areas). 
3. REFUGE REVENUES SHARING measure (provides better distribu- 
tion to local counties of income from leases and other operations on 
National Wildlife Refuges. It is hoped that this will remove objections 
to federal acquisition of Dakota wetlands). 
4. PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION (to make four-year 
study of public lands and multiple use management). 
5. Secretary of Agriculture given added authority to construct and 
maintain an adequate system of roads and trails in national forests. 
The Congress also established: 
1. OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS (A new kind of National 
Park area along valleys of the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in 
Missouri). 
2. CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK (preserves spectacular desert 
and canyon scenery in southeastern Utah). 
3. FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE (saves island dunes near 
New York City). 
4. ICE AGE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESERVE (saves 32,000 acres 
in Wisconsin). 
5. TULE LAKE — KLAMATH AREA (gives permanent protection to 
waterfowl refuges in northern California and southern Oregon). 
6. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA (in Arizona and 
Nevada). 
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TAKE A CHRISTMAS CENSUS! 
Now is the time to get a group of birders together — or join the bird 
club in your area, if there is one — and complete plans for a Christ- 
mas Census. See the article in the September 1964 AUDUBON BULLE- 
TIN, page 3, for details. In the Chicago area, the Chicago Ornitho- 
logical Society will make their usual count at the Morton Arboretum, 
Lisle, Illinois, on Saturday, Dec. 26, starting at 9:00 a.m. from the 
Administration Building near Route 53. All reports should reach 
Mrs. Harry Spitzer, 1776 Roger Avenue, Glenview. IIl., by Jan. 15, 
1965. Good birding and a Merry Christmas to all! 
