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In addition to waterfowl in this area, the reservoir threatens the range 
of big game animals, such as moose, bear, and caribou. The area is a home 
for aquatic fur animals — the muskrat, mink, beaver and otter. Fur animals 
like the marten, wolverine, weasel, fox and squirrel are residents of the area. 
The Yukon Flats contribute to 7% of the annual fur harvest of Alaska. 
The Rampart Canyon project would destroy the habitat of fur animals 
and small game. It would furnish a home for only a few aquatic fur animals. 
This prime fur-producing area would no longer exist. Yukon Flats also sup- 
port 10,000 cranes and 40,000 loons and grebes. Countless numbers of shore 
birds and song birds are summer residents. Their nesting and feeding sites 
would be drowned. How could this loss be measured except as tragedy? 
Rampart Dam, if constructed, would lead to the greatest losses of fish, 
waterfowl and wild animal resources in the history of hydro-electric develop- 
ment. It would be the most enormous wildlife sacrifice suffered on the North 
American continent, affecting the waterfow! population of Canada, the United 
States and Mexico. There is little that can be suggested to salvage a portion 
of the waterfowl resource or to compensate for the loss of big animals and 
fur bearers. 
The Illinois Audubon Society joins with the Fish and Wildlife Service 
to oppose authorization of Rampart Canyon Dam and Reservoir. Write to the 
Secretary of the Interior, your Senators and Congressmen, voicing your pro- 
tests against the flooding of Yukon Flats and the destruction of prime wild- 
life and waterfowl habitat. 
Why can’t our nation place some value on wilderness, some value on 
waterfowl and wildlife, instead of on kilowatts and horsepower? This Artic 
Circle home for ducks, geese, shore birds and song birds should not be dis- 
turbed. 
1631 Grove Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois 60035 
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Illinois State Museum Check Lists 
By Mrs. Harry C. Spitzer 
You learn something new every day. In the course of compiling the Christ- 
mas Census, we learned this little bit of interesting information: The Illinois 
State Museum prints a “Field Check List of Illinois Birds,” available at a 
nominal price - 2 for 5c; 15 for 25c; 65 for $1.00; 100 for $1.50 aaaes 
from the back of the card: “The Illinois State Museum is interested in 
obtaining records of Illinois birds. New check lists will be supplied to any- 
one turning in properly filled out cards. Nesting observations are also 
desired with date, location, and condition of nest.” 
The address of the Museum is simply: “Springfield, Illinois.” I have 
invested a quarter, and plan to send in completed cards, hoping for free 
cards in return. However, I wanted to share the information with the rest 
of the I.A.S. members now, before the time of frequent birding trips 
arrives. 
1776 Roger Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025 
