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cards urging protection for birds of prey now will be distributed free in 
bulk to our members. The campaign to enlist more people in the American 
Bald Eagle Club will be intensified. Each I.A.S. Affiliate and Chapter has 
received a folder designed by the North Central Audubon Council. These 
folders, describing the “future” of our hawks and owls, are available through 
the Chairman, Mr. Paul Romig, 201 West Whitney St., Green Bay, Wis. 54301 
at a price of $1.50 per 100, postpaid. 
Renewed efforts will be made with the Illinois Conservation Depart- 
ment at Springfield to give more attention to the protection problem. In the 
past, the department has been unenthusiastic about providing more aid for 
hawks, eagles and owls. Officials are receiving reports constantly of in- 
discriminate shooting of songbirds and waterfowl, and they have refused 
to single out hawks and owls for any special consideration, publicity, or 
educational efforts. We hope to obtain more cooperation from the Conserva- 
tion Department in the future by publicizing the enormity of the problem. 
The situation is much the same as it was a generation or two ago: how 
do we reach the uneducated and the uninformed? How do we reach the 
arrogant gunner who is just looking for a target? You can help by report- 
ing any violations to the Illinois Department of Conservation at the State 
Office Building in Springfield, or to your local police chief. If hunters do 
not develop a respect for our birds of prey, we shall have to s2ek protection 
for them through amendments to the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty. Per- 
haps our national conservation leaders have already waited too long. 
Why not make protection of the birds of prey an educational project in 
your county or community? You can do so through the press, schools, a 
library display, and by a local effort to educate your police chief and local 
judges. It is a challenge worthy of acceptance. 
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Notes from the Nest — Yosemite National Park has become so crowded 
that the National Park Service has issued rules limiting the number of days 
an individual or group may camp within Yosemite Valley — now 7 days. 
Camping in other areas of the park has been reduced to 14 days. Another 
sign of our “population explosion.” ...The National Park Service is cele- 
brating its 50th Anniversary this year. It administers nearly 26 million acres 
in 226 units. The Service was created by Act of Congress on Aug. 25, 1916. 
Some Vermillion County Audubon Society members have helped to 
establish a local museum in Danville at 116 N. Gilbert Street. A room on the 
second floor is marked “natural history museum,” and often birds or 
mammals are on display. The site of Danville was a former Indian village. 
.. . Over 11,150,000 fish were reported killed by pollution in U.S. waters 
last year, according to the DuPage Conservationist. Half were killed by 
municipal wastes, industry was responsible for one-third, and agricultural 
operations, primarily pesticide run-offs, were next. 
Trustees of the 1,400-acre Morton Arboretum at Lisle, Ill, have an- 
nounced the appointment of Dr. Marion H. Hall as the new Director, succeed- 
ing Clarence E. Godshalk who has become “emeritus director.” Dr. Hall 
is a member of the Ecological Society of America . 
