A VIEW OF THE ALLERTON PARK BOTTOMLANDS 
bottomland forest is destroyed by flooding, all possible alternatives should 
be explored. The Commission had suggested three such alternatives which 
apparently have not been adequately explored. These are the use of ad- 
vanced methods of treatment for purification of Decatur’s sewage effluent, 
the obtaining of additional water from underground sources, and the appli- 
cation of soil and water conservation practices and small flood control im- 
poundments to the upper Sangamon watershed. 
“Dr. Kendeigh reported on activities of the Commission relating to the 
Oakley restudy proposal. Dr. Klimstra had sent out the Commission’s 
statement on the matter on November 1, with copies going to various federal 
and state officials. A number of replies had been received but none had 
yet come from the Corps of Engineers in Washington or the Department 
of the Interior. 
“Recently, a group of citizens had secured 20,000 signatures on a peti- 
tion to save Allerton Park from flooding and had presented the petition to 
the Illinois congressional delegation. On December 4, Senators Percy and 
Dirksen and Representative William Springer had issued a statement that 
