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central Illinois. Three state organizations formed the Illinois Pesticide 
Control Committee which worked for more sensible control laws in the 
state, and we’ve also seen establishment of the Illinois Clean Streams Com- 
mittee to coordinate the separate efforts of the single clean stream com- 
mittees of the Illinois Audubon Society, Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’s 
Clubs, and Illinois Div. of the Izaak Walton League. When it became ap- 
parent that Illinois needed a Nature Preserves Commission to help preserve 
— by laws — small natural areas, the Citizens Committee for Nature Con- 
servation was created for that specific task and to lobby a bill in Springfield. 
The Federation for an Open Lakefront was lately created by thirty 
groups to oppose the expansion of McCormick Place on the Chicago lake- 
front. The new Illinois Prairie Path Committee helped establish a rural 
walkway in DuPage and Kane Counties. G-A-I-N (Green Areas for Illinois 
Now) was created to push for a vaster state recreation and park program. 
The Committee for Chicago Parks was recently established to focus atten- 
tion on the declining quality of that city’s parks and the continued threats 
to them caused by poor administration. 
While it is true that one cannot possibly support all of them through 
dues and/or donations, or attend all their meetings, each group has its 
adherents and its leaders. The mere existence of so many groups insures 
a larger conservation army. If we were to rely on only two or three citizen 
groups to help guard our natural resources, we might want to “let George 
do it.” And he might get tired. 
The famed writer, Norman Cousins, once wrote that there is only one 
organization that really counts. It has no dues, no officers, holds no meet- 
ings, and publishes no pamphlets or newsletters. It is called SIR — the 
Society for Individual Responsibility. It never has enough members. 
NOTES FROM THE NEST: Gov. Kerner’s office advises that the Govy- 
ernor’s Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee has long considered the 
matter of requiring exhaust devices on motor vehicles to aid in reducing 
eir pollution. This will be required by federal standards by Jan. 1, 1968... 
Chicago’s air pollution office has branded the steel and utility firms as 
among the worst offenders, but the Chicago ordinance is so weak and 
exempts so many firms over so long a period that it is almost ineffective. 
Complaints about laxness in city governments could well be directed to 
heavy industry and business which often has a way of writing these laws, 
with many loopholes for their benefit ... IAS member Maurice Warner 
is leaving the DuPage County Forest Preserve in September. He recently 
gave a talk on the danger of keeping wild animals as pets ... Texas is 
planning a huge park expansion program which will increase its holdings 
from 60,200 acres to over 150,960 scenic acres. It will be financed by a bond 
issue to be retired via a $1 per car entrance fee to state parks. Some of the 
parks would range in size from 1,000 to 5,000 acres and coordinated with 
water reservoir sites. Texas now has 59 parks but no money has been spent 
for acquisition since 1943. Federal matching funds will also be used. 
The Illinois Audubon Society recently received a generous check for 
$500 for the new Sanctuary Fund from a member in a downstate city. The 
Sanctuary Fund was recently established to help purchase land for wild- 
life .. . The Chicago Conservation Council, led by Dr. William Beecher, 
