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Several years ago, when a plan was conceived by the Eisenhower ad- 
ministration to destroy Echo Park in Dinosaur National Monument, con- 
cerned citizens sent more letters of protest to Congress on this single issue 
than on any other during those two legislative years. Now we face a similar 
battle. The I.A.S. has informed its members of the desperate situation; it 
has alerted affiliates and chapters; it has written letters to the press, and 
to members of Congress. Hundreds of reprints of the Audubon article, 
which was later published in the April issue of the Reader’s Digest, were 
distributed at a recent Audubon Wildlife Film. 
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, usually a dependable conser- 
vationist, has spoken in favor of Marble Gorge Dam, though he has reser- 
vations about the Bridge Canyon Dam. There are many other sources of 
power; conservationists have pointed out some of them—coal and oil shale, 
to name two. The National Parks Association and the Izaak Walton League 
of America have expressed grave concern over these two dam proposals. 
Will you do the same? 
We are the generation which will preserve the Grand Canyon of the 
Colorado or lose it. If we do preserve it, other generations will thank us. 
If we do lose it, we will deserve the scorn of millions who will follow us. 
Notes from the Nest—The Massachusetts Audubon Society has received two 
large parcels of land—one a gift of 50 acres, the other of 273 acres. The 
latter, which was donated by an 84-year-old Boston lawyer, became the 
Little Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Sherborn. Does anyone in Illinois wish 
to do the same for the I.A.S.?... The New England Wildflower Preservation 
Society was given a 30-acre garden on condition that it raise a $250,000 
endowment. Over 4,000 species of plants bloom at the garden near Fram- 
ingham, Mass. ... Ducks Unlimited (231 S. LaSalle St., Chicago) has created 
more than 5,000 miles of waterfowl breeding shoreline and planted thou- 
sands of acres of duck food for better waterfowl. ... The Illinois Nature 
Conservancy has announced that Portland Arch, a 145-acre woodland near 
Covington, Ind., has now been “secured.” The Conservancy has received a 
donation of 228 acres of marsh and meadow from Mr. and Mrs. S. Harris 
of Winnetka, and a 10-acre plot near Desplaines, donated by Mrs. Arthur 
Dixon of Lake Forest. The Ford Foundation has recently donated $550,000 
for operating funds. The grant will enable Nature Conservancy to increase 
its fund-raising capacity. ... A 16-year-old battle for stricter strip mine 
controls has been won in Kentucky. Eastern mountain men rallied to protect 
their homesites against hillside mining operations. One of the best books 
written on strip mines and their appalling damage to land, water and wild- 
life is, ‘Night Comes to the Cumberlands”, by Henry Caudill, a long-time 
Kentucky resident and former state senator. The new legislation prevents 
strip mine operations near lakes, streams or parks. .. 
The Clearing is a vacation school for adults in Door County, Wisconsin. 
It offers rest and programs on nature, painting, poetry, crafts, writing, etc. 
Jens Jensen built the Clearing in 1935. For further information, write to 
The Clearing, c/o Wisconsin Farm Bureau, 801 W. Badger Rd., Madison, 
Wisc. ... Interior Secretary Udall has directed that Bald Eagle nesting sites 
in National Wildlife Refuges will be closed off to protect the birds, and that 
timber cutting operations will not be permitted within a half-mile of trees 
containing eagle nests. ... The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in favor 
