8 THEA UD U‘B\OINS 3B UL ieee 
PROGRESS ON PRAIRIE CHICKEN PROTECTION 
AFTER THE OUTDOOR CONFERENCE held at Lorado Taft Campus at Oregon, 
Illinois by the Natural Resources Council of Illinois, Mr. Joseph Galbreath, 
Executive Secretary of the Cahokia Nature League, and Mr. Raymond 
Mostek, Vice-President of the Illinois Audubon Society, originated corres- 
pondence with leaders of other outdoor groups in the state, calling attention 
to the serious decline of the Prairie Chicken. Letters were also sent to the 
Illinois Department of Conservation and to the Illinois State Natural History 
Survey. A meeting of all interested parties was proposed for March, 1959, 
at Springfield, with Mr. Galbreath as chairman of a temporary committee. 
Field trips into the heart of the Prairie Chicken country were held on April 
12 and the week-end of June 27-28. On July 18, 1959, meeting at Urbana, 
delegates from the Illinois Division of the Izaak Walton League, the Illinois 
Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, the Illinois Chapter of Nature Consery- 
ancy, and the Illinois Audubon Society voted to convert the temporary com- 
mittee into the permanent Illinois Prairie Chicken Foundation. 
A fund-raising campaign will take place late this fall, with each group 
handling its own part of the campaign. It is expected that the new founda- 
tion will be accepted as a non-profit organization for fund-raising purposes. 
The foundation also hopes to obtain funds from other sources for the pur- 
pose of leasing or buying land to be used as bird sanctuaries. The National 
Wildlife Federation has already helped to establish a National Prairie 
Chicken Sanctuary on federally-owned land. Plans are also being made by 
the state to improve conditions at the Green River area in Lee County. 
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AUDUBON SCREEN TOURS, 1959-60 
ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, through the generosity of a member who wishes to 
remain anonymous, the Illinois Audubon Society will be able to present six 
Audubon Screen Tours instead of the usual five. As always, these will be 
Sunday matinee programs, to be presented in the James Simpson Theater 
of the Chicago Natural History Museum at Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore 
Drive. All programs are free, and the public is welcome. Members will re- 
ceive the usual cards giving more details about the lectures later this fall. 
Here is the list: 
October 18, 1959 — Allan D. Cruickshank............ “River of the Crying Bird” 
November 15 — William Anderson..............................---- “Designs for Survival” 
December 13 — Cleveland P. Grant.........................- “Adventures in Color with 
American Birds and Big Game” 
January 17, 1960 — Roger Tory Peterson...............2....22-.-.200--2---- “Wild Europe” 
February 21 — G. Harrison Orians.............................-.-.... “Roanoke Northwest” 
March 20 — Alfred M. Bailey....0..0...0..00..-..0c0--ceecceceee-e “Wildlife Down Under” 
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