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All of these educational activities are designed to teach appreciation of 
wildlife values and secure active participation in conservation work. In the 
general public educational field, we have attempted to spread the informa- 
tion secured by research agencies through our quarterly magazine which is 
sent to some 50,000 members, through a weekly newspaper column sent to 
some 85 newspapers, and by news releases and radio and television pro- 
grams. It has been our goal to secure the active participation of the general 
public in matters of legislation, both state and national, that affect our 
natural resources. We have supported the activities of our National Wild- 
life Federation in its national conservation program. 
It is very doubtful if there would be any pheasants or quail in many areas 
of Illinois if it had not been for the consistent propagation work of our 
member clubs. Through the cooperative propagation program with the De- 
partment of Conservation, some 85,000 pheasants and 50,000 quail are 
raised and released each year by our member clubs. 
We are now embarking on a program to expand the artificial production 
of game birds by developing put-and-take shooting in several forms. The 
theory here is that the hunter can produce his own shooting stock at a nomi- 
nal cost and will allow escaped birds to add to the wild populations. We be- 
lieve that this development can be the means of relieving hunting pressures 
on wild stock and of securing the active help, financially, of many more 
hunters in solid conservation work. 
Other fields of activity have not been neglected and we are proud of re- 
sults obtained in these fields which have a direct bearing on bird welfare. 
The several hundred thousand trees our member clubs have planted are un- 
doubtedly furnishing needed nesting sites for many song birds as well as 
game birds. Construction of ponds and lakes stimulated by our organized 
efforts help create added water supplies utilized by birds. Pollution control 
activity has maintained water supplies so necessary to migratory waterfowl. 
We do not know just how many metal wood-duck nesting boxes have been 
made available by our efforts but it undoubtedly is an appreciable number. 
In cooperation with Ducks Unlimited, we have furnished the funds to re- 
store several duck-producing marshes in Canada. 
A great many of our efforts have resulted in the improvement of habitat 
not only for game birds but for all other species. We hope to enlist more of 
the army of hunters in practical aid to bird life so that future generations 
may continue to see and hear birds and so that we will have a surplus of 
game birds for the pleasure of hunting and eating them. 
A A A 508 W. Charles St., Champaign 
New Committee Chairmen 
AT THE OCTOBER meeting of the I.A.S. Board of Directors, LeRoy Tunstall 
of Wheaton, Illinois, was elected second vice-president of the Society and 
chairman of the Conservation Committee, replacing Raymond Mostek. Also, 
Mrs. Russell Mannette of Evanston was appointed chairman of the Publicity 
Committee, replacing Mrs. Anne Bayless, who is confining her activities to 
those of recording secretary because of the pressure of other work. Both 
of the new chairmen are well qualified for their jobs, and we wish them 
success in their new undertakings. 
