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the Oakley Dam and Reservoir is accepted, in a few years another set of 
“refinements” might be made which would raise the water level even 
further, causing additional damage to areas along the Sangamon. 
Ga. Would the University receive land as a substitute for the land lost 
in Allerton Park? 
No. “I know of no land acquisition proposals under consideration by the 
University nor offered by the Corps of Engineers that is classified as a 
substitute for the land lost in Allerton Park.” (Keith, 1968.) 
6b. Would Allerton Park have land added to it? 
No. Two areas adjacent to Allerton Park were considered as potential 
outdoor recreation areas by the University in the summer of 1967. “Since 
they are not considered as REPLACEMENT AREAS it is not probable 
that such land, if acquired, will be used as the current indenture of Allerton 
stipulates and will not be considered as a physical part of the Park.” 
(Keith, 1968.) 
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A NEW SANCTUARY FOR TROPICAL AMERICA 
by RAY M. BARRON 
IAS Press Secretary 
The Florida Audubon Society, which has a dozen or more sanctuaries in 
Florida, is acquiring a new and unique one—in Tropical America. It is the 
Volean de Ciriqui nature center and research station near Cerro Punta, 
Republic of Panama, north and west of the Canal Zone on the Pacific slope 
of the 11,500-foot extinct Volean de Chiriqui. 
In its management, FAS will have the cooperation of the Florida State 
University Center for Tropical Studies, based in the Canal Zone and with 
two other strategically-located field stations in the Panamanian Republic. 
The Sanctuary is being paid for, in part, from FAS Memorial Funds and 
from donations now being sought. 
The nature center is hardly a sanctuary by North American standards. 
It comprises only seven acres but consists of woodland, coffee finca, and 
semi-arid open land at 5,400-foot elevations. It is considered of prime 
importance, especially for study of birds. In Panama, smaller in area than 
Florida, 850 avian species have been identified; barely 500 are known in 
North America, exclusive of Mexico. 
Among benefits other than scientific study, FAS plans to provide 
education, example and encouragement to local citizens on whom the task 
of tropical conservation must eventually fall. It hopes to “assist in creating 
a national conscience for conservation’”—no simple task in Panama where 
farmers frequently use pesticides to kill birds, not indirectly and carelessly 
as in the U.S., but directly and purposely, because they feed on their crops. 
The importance to us in North America is clear, since millions of our 
summer birds spend six or more months of the year in Panama or pass 
through in spring and fall migrations. 
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