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re-apportion our state legislature, 
and to enforce the ‘one man-one 
vote’ principle, has brought us this 
sad legacy.” 
Dan Malkovich, editor of the 
magazine, OUTDOOR ILLINOIS, 
showed slides of Lusk Creek Can- 
yon in Pope County and declared 
that every effort should be made 
to save it from being dammed under 
current proposals of the U.S. For- 
est Service. The area is a botanical 
treasure-house. The small river 
town of Golconda wants a small 
lake built at the site in order to 
build up its tourist business. He 
urged letters of protest go to Sena- 
tors Percy and Dirksen and Con- 
gressman Kenneth Gray. 
Dr. Lewis Stannard of the Illi- 
nois Nature Conservancy spoke of 
need for preservation of Allerton 
Park, now under seige by the US. 
Corps of Army Engineers and the 
city of Decatur. Under proposed 
plans for a new reservoir, the 
famed Gallery Forest and the Gar- 
den of the Fu Dogs, plus many 
areas of this famed estate now 
owned by the Univ. of Illinois 
would be virtually destroyed. He 
urged letters to congressmen and 
senators asking for a revision of 
plans. The huge park was a gift 
by Robert Allerton, a late and for- 
mer member of the Illinois Audu- 
bon Society. 
It was extremely disappointing 
to find such lack of interest and 
attendance in a conference which 
