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Goose Lake: Worth Saving for Chicagoland 
Early in April this year, Jeffrey Short surveyed the Goose Lake area in 
Grundy County and observed thousands of ducks and Canada geese. This 
area, which also contains large quantities of grassland, is scientifically 
unusual in so far as it is so close to the Chicago metropolitan area. Usually 
in Chicagoland, we think in terms of saving a dozen acres or so of open 
land. But the Goose Lake area comprises considerably over 1,000 acres! 
There is a rich representation of Illinois wildflowers. Dr. Robert Betz 
has recently compiled a checklist of some of the more interesting species. 
It includes the lead plant, big bluestem grass, sand milkweed, false indigo, 
Indian plantain, shooting star, rattlesnake master, blazing star, marbleseed, 
prairie clover, false dragonhead, field milkwort, prairie cinquefoil, prairie 
coneflower, compass plant, Indian grass, prairie cord grass, porcupine 
rass, lronweed, Culver’s root, and arrow-leaved violet. 
In view of the great need to increase public land holdings in Illinois, 
we believe this area should be preserved. It may be the last opportunity 
for the metropolitan area of Chicago to acquire such a large amount of 
open land. 
—Floyd A. Swink 
Technical Consultant 
Illinots Audubon Soctety 
LIST of GOOD BOOKS 
for GOOD READING 
. while on VACATION 
THE HUNT FOR THE WHOOPING CRANE by J. J. McCoy $4.95 
THE BIRD WATCHER’S GUIDE by Henry Hill Collins, Jr. 3.95 
THE QUIET CRISIS by Stuart L. Udall 5.00 
THE GOLDEN EAGLE by Robert Murphy vea.95 
BIRD MIGRATION by Douglas Griffin 1.25 
THE DUNE BOY by Edwin Way Teale 4.50 
THE SINGING WILDERNESS by Sigard Olsen 4.95 
ALL ABOUT BIRDS OF THE BIBLE by Alice Parmalee 4:95 
THE APPALACHIANS by Maurice Brooks 6.95 
All titles available by mail from the IAS Bookstore 
c/o Peter Dring, 9800 So. Willow Springs Rd., 
Willow Springs, Ill. 60480 
“When the National Audubon Society began its distinguished history, 
it drew principal support from those primarily concerned with bird 
preservation ... But, farsighted leadership and progressive thinking 
have guided the Society from this important—but limited—-sphere _ . . 
Today, the NAS forcefully raises its voice on all conservation issues: 
soil and water, wilderness and pesticides, erosion and air pollution.” 
—NAS letter to member prospects 
