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before Congress, as well as the effort to save Grand Canyon from the 
Bridge Canyon Dam ... While Congress has voted but 1 and % million 
dollars for the Indiana Sand Dunes National Lakeshore (a cut from ori- 
ginal $6 million), the US House has quickly voted 7 million dollars for an 
atomic accelerator in Weston, Ill. Congress moves with characteristic 
speed on demands by the military, but outdoor conservation is usually 
considered a “stepchild.” ... Senator Muskie of Maine is complaining 
bitterly of a cut in funds to fight water-pollution. A defense bill for the 
Pentagon, including $25 billion for the war in Vietnam was voted by the 
House in less than four hours of debate ... Texas has already lost 680,000 
acres of wildlife land to reservoirs; another 930,000 will be flooded by 
projects presently under construction. By 1990 more than 1,075,000 more 
acres will be under water for a total wildlife habitat loss of more than 
2.6 million acres of prime stream-bottom game cover. Texas has added 
only one 700-acre park in recent years while its population has increased 
12.5 percent since 1960 with park visitation increasing almost 49 percent 
in same period ... The government of India is offering transistor radios 
to adults who will accept voluntary sterilization in an effort to contrcl 
population and hunger in that overburdened country ... The prolific 
Indians now outnumber the Fiji Islanders in that Pacific outpost and the 
situation is causing serious. social problems ... Gunnar Peterson of the 
Open Lands Project has been on TV and Radio recently in the Chicago 
area discussing the problems of recreation and open space ... The Palos 
Park Forest Preserve in Cook County with over 10,000 acres is larger 
than any state park in Illinois ... The Prairie Chicken Foundation of 
[Illinois at their semi-annual meeting in Springfield in July voted to pur- 
chase additional acreage for prairie chicken sanctuaries. The bird is using 
the present sanctuaries in increasing numbers ... At least 5,000 persons 
attended “Operation Greenstrip” on the Historic I & M Canal and Parkway 
in May with over 600 persons breakfasting at a “pancake bash” at Chan- 
nahon. Zelma Williams serves as our Vice-Chairman for the I & M com- 
mittee ... The Great Lakes Chapter of the Sierra Club has come up with 
a fancy new bulletin for members. They have recently purchased a film 
on the Grand Canyon and it is now available for rental ... The IAS Execu- 
tive Committee has disapproved of the proposal to build an airport in 
Lake Michigan. The Federation for an Open Lakefront is polling its 
membership regarding this third Chicago airport ... The Florida Audubon 
Society reports that the first Razorbill (Auk) has been sighted in Brevard 
County. Normally breeding around Labrador, the bird was released after 
care and feeding in the Port Canaveral basin where a good supply of 
fish are present ... Man-made nesting sites have been built in Michigan 
for the Osprey by Sergej Postupalsky, well known for work with the 
Bald-Eagle ... The 4-H Clubs of Wyoming have spent busy hours picking 
up trash along Jackson Lake in Grand Tetons. Any Audubon club could 
organize a similar work project ... 
