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editors. They may not be able to handle all of them, but they will do what 
they can and at least your letters will be on file for future use. Those of you 
who have been using the “Distributional Check List of the Birds of Illinois” 
already have undoubtedly found many additions and changes that should be 
made. That is as it should be. When it is republished we hope that your 
records will be printed in such a way that they will be available when needed. 
—lIllinois State Museum, Springfield 
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More Conservation Battles Looming 
By PAuL H. LOBIK 
Two NEW RESOLUTIONS aimed at curbing military abuses of our national 
resources were discussed at the 21st annual convention of the National 
Wildlife Federation at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 
2 and 3. One proposal urged passage of a bill introduced in Congress by 
Representative Clair Engle of California recently to curb excessive military 
land withdrawals and to require that hunting and fishing on military lands 
be done in accordance with state game and fish laws. 
A second resolution asserts the Wildlife Federation’s firm opposition to 
the Army request for transfer of 10,700 acres from the Wichita Mountains 
National Wildlife Refuge to Fort Sill in Oklahoma. This is the same pro- 
posal that was discussed in the Audubon Bulletin by Mrs. Margaret Nice a 
year ago, and was defeated in the last Congress. Now the U. S. Army is 
renewing its demands. Passage of the Engle bill would lend strength to the 
efforts of conservationists to protect our national wildlife refuges from en- 
croachment by the military departments. 
An excellent illustrated folder, “Help Break the Siege of the Wichita,” 
is available free from the Citizens Committee on Natural Resources, 2140 P 
Street N. W., Washington, D.C. This gives the full story behind the at- 
tempts of the Army to acquire a beautiful park and wildlife area for its 
own selfish purposes. It tells you how to write to the President and the 
Secretary of Defense to express your opposition to the move. And it tells 
you to write to your own Senators and Representatives, Washington 25, 
D.C., urging them to support and pass the Engle bill. 
Another fine leaflet, available from the same source, is “Don’t Dam the 
Clearwater!” This tells how the present plans to build a power dam at 
Bruces Eddy on the Clearwater river in Idaho would wipe out the breeding 
runs of steelhead trout and chinook salmon, destroy the winter ranges of 
herds of elk, mule deer, and white-tailed deer, and submerge forever the 
magnificent 48-mile gorge of the Clearwater. As with Echo Park, it is up 
to conservation-minded people of every state to write to their Congressmen 
in Washington to prevent the needless destruction of a beautiful wilderness 
area. | 
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