art Ceri OoN 1 B.U. ul he releN 3 
and the Army Engineers would 
take over 77 per cent of the park 
under its “enlightened jurisdiction.” 
The park is now owned by the 
University of Illinois. 
Perhaps “only God can make a 
tree,’ but trees are lost by the 
apathetic throng which sees but 
dares not speak. Ours is not the 
philosophy of despair. Our faith is 
affirmative. We are for Clean 
Streams. We are for Wilderness 
Areas. We are for Parks. We are 
for Wildlife. And we intend to 
speak out for their preservation 
and protection. 
NOTES FROM THE NEST...Over 
50 persons and groups have pro- 
tested to the Army Corps of En- 
gineers a revalidation of a 225- 
acre Lake Michigan landfill permit 
granted to National Steel in 1961. 
The proposed fill is near the new 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. 
The Illinois Citizens Committee for 
Nature Conservation joined the 
Save- the- Dunes Council in the 
protest The Sierra Club’s 
Great Lakes Chapter was host to 
a dinner for Justice William O. 
Douglas recently. An _ overflow 
crowd attended. Douglas is noted 
for his many books on travel, and 
conservation. He is an outstanding 
horseman and hiker. His speech 
warned of the role that government 
bureaus often play in the destruc- 
tion of the natural landscape 
(shades of Allerton Park) .... The 
National Audubon Society has 
made suggestions to the DuPage 
Forest Preserve District regarding 
the establishment of two nature 
centers. One would be located near 
Rocky Glen, and the other would 
be at Spring Lake, east of West 
Chicago. NAS paid half of the 
$8,000 study cost .... Ridges Sanc- 
tuary in Door County, Wis. con- 
sists of 746 acres. Established in 
1937 as a wildflower preserve, it 
has some 16 ridges and 26 orchids. 
Maintained by private contribu- 
tions, it has been suggested by the 
Department of Interior as a natural 
landmark .... Mike Janis, former- 
ly of DuPage County FPD is now 
naturalist at Kingwood Center, 900 
Park Ave. West, Mansfield, Ohio 
44903. We met him again at the 
NAS convention in Atlantic City 
. Our Kane County IAS Chap- 
ter now has fifty members. Evelyn 
Burnidge, Route 3, Box 59 in Elgin, 
is the new president. Betty Dralle 
serves as Newsletter editor 
Few may realize it, but stalactites 
are forming under Lincoln Memor- 
ial in Washington. They range in 
length from a few inches to more 
than five feet. Stalactites are de- 
posits of calcium carbonate nor- 
mally found in caves .... The Buf- 
falo River in the Ozark Mountains 
of Arkansas is an outstanding, un- 
polluted stream. It has been pro- 
