was opposed by conservation forces 
which felt that the highspeed high- 
way would destroy much of the 
wilderness aspect of the park, now 
one of the most visited in the en- 
tire national park system ... The 
Interior Department is supporting 
legislation which would authorize 
the establishment of a 105,000-acre 
Biscayne National Monument off 
the Florida mainland south of 
Miami. The primary purpose would 
be to preserve and protect the 
marine lfe and environment 
New York State hopes to end pol- 
lution of the Hudson River by 
1972. It will be made possible by 
the one-billion pure-waters bond 
issue approved by N.Y. voters in 
1966. However, at the federal 
level, some war-minded congress- 
men wish to cut a federal anti- 
pollution proposal of six billion 
dollars (spread over five years) to 
help pay for the war costs in 
Asia ..: Zhe Illinois—- Audubon 
Society now has mailed over 450 
copies of the leaflet “Food and 
Shelter for Birds” at ten cents 
each. The requests, several from 
out-of-state, are in response to a 
news release sent out in November 
by IAS Press Secretary Ray Bar- 
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ron ... Siloam Springs State Park, 
near Quincy, is the state’s third 
largest park, with over 3,025 acres. 
It once was noted for its curative 
waters, and it boasted a large re- 
sort hotel. Local citizens raised 
funds to match state dollars to 
purchase the land for a state park 
around 1940. A dead red-tailed 
hawk was found on the highway 
after our last visit — a victim of 
an ignorant hunter ... The federal 
government has sent the Du Page 
County Forest Preserve District 
a check for $981,895 in matching 
funds for the county’s land acqui- 
sition program. The total grant 
from the U.S. Deptaecr aves 
over two million dollars ... The 
county is expanding existing forest 
preserve areas such as Mallard 
Lake, Churchill Woods and Pratt’s 
Wayne Woods Kane County 
FPD has arranged for the purchase 
of the county’s ninth forest pre- 
serve tract — an area of 213 acres 
.. Everglades National Park, the 
nation’s third largest park under 
NPS, celebrated its 20th anniver- 
sary last December with formal 
ceremonies. 
—615 Rochdale Circle, 
Lombard, Ill. 60148 
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The Bob-White Quail as the IAS Symbol 
For over forty years now, the Bob-White Quail has served as the symbol 
of the Illinois Audubon Society. It was approved by our Board of Directors 
over four decades ago, and it appears on our letterheads, envelopes, mem- 
bership application forms, and our new armpatch. 
It was the famed New York artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes who presented 
the Board with a picture that was later to be copied and distributed by 
the hundreds to schools, libraries and state parks. A copy of the large 
painting can be found at the Lodge at Illinois Beach State Park. Perhaps 
if we could obtain a contribution from some generous IAS member, we 
may again distribute copies to schools and libraries and even make a 
framed copy a part of the Dr. R. M. Strong Award given each spring at 
the annual meeting banquet. 
—Raymond Mostek 
