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Speaking as a member of the Advisory Committee, Audubon President 
Carl W. Buchheister urged “conservative regulations” that would assure 
sending “25 per cent more breeding birds back to the nesting grounds” 
next spring. 
“T believe the duck hunters of America — if told the facts as we have 
heard them here — would ardently support a very limited shooting season 
in order to restore the resource to relative abundance while water con- 
ditions are good and on the upswing,” Mr. Buchheister said. 
“Much has been said about how the regulations imposed by the federal 
government have been causing duck hunters to give up the sport. Gentle- 
men, please, let’s face the facts. The condition that has been discouraging 
the hunters is the scarcity of birds. To have any more liberal shooting re- 
gulations in recent years would have brought disaster. As it was, the un- 
justified liberalization last year (which the National Audubon Society 
advised against) courted disaster by causing a further decline in the already 
depleted breeding stocks.” 
Mr. Buchheister also opposed any extension of Sandhill Crane shoot- 
ing into Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming, as had been requested by those 
states. He also opposed requests for open season on Whistling Swans in areas 
of Montana and Nevada, and strongly urged that swan shooting be dis- 
continued in Utah. ae 
From “The Audubon Leaders’ Conservation Guide,” Aug. 15, 1965 
MRS. C. F. RUSSELL RETIRES 
After ten years of service to The Illinois Audubon Society, Mrs. C. F. 
Russell of Decatur has retired from the Board of Directors. Long known 
as a dedicated conservationist, Mrs. Russell served as President of the 
Decatur Audubon Society, and was Recording Secretary and a Director 
of the Natural Resources Council of Illinois. Mrs. Russell has also been 
active in Junior Audubon work and in The Decatur Garden Club. She has 
served the Society as Chairman of the Bald Eagle Club and as Sanctuary 
Registrar. 
It was her suggestion that led to the creation of the I.A.S. “Con- 
servation and Ornithological Award.’ Long-time members of the Society 
may recall the Annual Meeting reception which was held at her 100-year- 
eld farm home atop “Breeze Hill” near Moweaqua, IIl., several years ago. 
Suffering from chronic ill health, Mrs. Russell has had to forego many 
conservation activities in recent years. We wish her a speedy and lasting 
recovery that will assure many happy days on the tree farm she loves so 
well. 
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