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Report from Extension: 
Two new affiliates for 1968: League of American Wheelmen and Tamarack 
Civic Association of Meadowhill, Inc., plus two new chapters, Lincoln Trail 
and Ridgway (formerly Ridgway Bird Club). At the same time the Fox 
Valley Audubon Club was accepted at the morning’s board meeting. It is 
the seventh chapter in the three-year history of the chapter system for IAS. 
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BOOK REVIEWS 
“The Sierra Club Wilderness Handbook.” Edited by David Brower. 
Ballantine, New York. 1967. Paperback 75 cents. 272 pages. 
If you are interested in “the basics” about wilderness outings, such as 
clothing and cooking equipment, tents, and gear, you will find this a helpful 
guide. The book has been in print for a decade and this is the fifth 
edition. There are chapter headings on maps and compass, mountain 
medicine, camping technique, etc. The book also offers a typical wilderness 
outing list, with a short introduction to the Sierra Club. An old sheep- 
herded named John Muir became the first president of the Sierra Club 
in 1892. —Raymond Mosiek 
“Conservation Sage,” by Ernest F. Swift. Illustrated by Betty R. Thomas. 
National Wildlife Federation. 1967. Washington, D.C. $5.00. 264 pp. 
Surely, Ernest Swift must be one of the most delightful, penetrating 
writers in the conservation movement. His incisive pen and pert observa- 
tions are known to millions of persons across the land. Swift is no mere 
arm-chair observer of the national conservation scene. His life on a farm, 
his service as a warden, and his long government employment have given 
kim insight and a philosophy worth sharing. 
It is the tragedy of America, that those who need to read this book 
most—our unknowing and often ignorant state and national legislators— 
will never see this book. They are often on the political stump, talking of 
the “glory of America” which they only help to destroy by reprehensible 
laws. Local Audubon and garden clubs would do well to contribute a copy 
to their local congressman or state representative. 
—Raymond Mostek 
THE THIRD WAVE: AMERICA’S NEW CONSERVATION 
Published by Department of the Interior, 1967. 128 pages. $2.00 
Supt. of Documents, Govt. Printing Office, Washington. 
Lavish in color and black and white pictures, this is the third annual 
yearbook issued by the department. It examines some of the problems of 
natural resources, man’s impact upon the American land and water, and 
his accelerated urbanization of the nation. Various bureaus of the Interior 
Department are described and their functions detailed. Recent legislation 
is also reviewed. Like the other Interior Yearbooks, this one deserves a 
piace on the library shelf of the conservationist. 
—Raymond Mostek 
