Pion a UD U BrOrNe BU Eb Esra N . 3 
A large display of conservation material was shown by Mrs. C. F. Russell 
of Decatur, and the drive to raise $40,000 to purchase and preserve the 
Volo and Wauconda peat bogs was explained by Robert Bullington of 
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, representing the Nature Conservancy. 
The treasurer, Lucas Wrishnik, reported a balance of $69.45 as the meeting 
opened. He reported an attendance of 78, and said 30 clubs and organiza- 
tions are paid members. 
Dr. Bullington invited the group to meet next year at the Lorado Taft 
property near Oregon, owned by Northern Illinois University. The invita- 
tion was accepted for one of the first three week-ends in October, 
Officers elected were: Elton Fawks, East Moline, [Illinois Audubon So- 
ciety, chairman (reelected) ; William McGowan, Joliet, Will County Sports- 
men’s club, lst vice chairman; J. W. Galbreath, East St. Louis, Cahokia 
Nature League, 2nd vice chairman; R. H. Rodrian, Caseyville, Cahokia 
Nature League, treasurer; Miss Lois Drury, Champaign, Champaign County 
Audubon Club, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Anne Bayless, Chicago, 
Chicago Ornithological Society, recording secretary, 
The banquet program in the evening included a talk by Mrs. C. F. Russell, 
Decatur, on the making of her farm into a wildlife sanctuary, and one by 
George Hockenyos, Springfield, of his work in conservation and tree plant- 
ing on his farm, which is becoming nationally known. A trip to the Hocken- 
yos’ farm on Sunday morning concluded the conference. 
8925 Indian Boundary, Gary, Indiana 
iat fl ft 
Preserving Our Bogs 
By Tuts TIME, most members of the I.A.S. will have received a folder from 
the Volo and Wauconda Bogs Preservation Committee of the Nature Con- 
servancy. This group is attempting to raise $40,000 to purchase these two 
bogs and keep them in their natural state. The Society has made a sub- 
stantial contribution to this fund, and urges every member to do likewise. 
Each bog is near the Northern Illinois town after which it is named. 
Each one is threatened by real estate developments. The Volo Bog, of 47 
acres, has open water, mats of floating moss, tamarack trees, blueberries, 
pitcher-plants, sundews, and such typical wildlife as herons, egrets, fox, and 
mink. The Wauconda Bog, of 67 acres, has one of the few remaining stands 
of showy lady’s slipper and fringed gentians in Illinois, and families of 
marsh birds. The owners of both bogs are selling them to the Nature Con- 
servancy for less than their market value because they, too, would like to 
see these areas preserved. 
Generous donors have already made the necessary down payments. The 
Committee is working hard to raise the balance. Donations are income tax 
deductible, and should be made payable to the Nature Conservancy, Volo 
and Wauconda Bogs Fund, Box 471, 1900 Dempster Street, Evanston, Illi- 
nois. Won’t you do your part to preserve two of the last remaining wilder- 
ness bog's in Illinois? 
