2 THE AUDUBON BUDD Eras 
lation Explosion,’ 60 East 42nd, 
New York, N.Y. 10017. 
The president of the World 
Bank, Robert McNamara, recently 
delivered a strong speech to mem- 
bers of the board of governors, 
urging that the bank “seek op- 
portunities to finance facilities re- 
quired by our member countries 
to carry out family planning pro- 
grams.” His predecessor, Eugene 
Black, pointed out that, “popula- 
tion growth threatens to nullify 
all our efforts to raise living stan- 
dards in many of the _ poorer 
countries.” 
The effect of all this human 
growth upon open space, wildlife 
and a quality environment is ob- 
vious. How can city bred children 
appreciate and have a reverence 
for streams and wildlife when they 
never see any? How can an urban 
population enjoy the benefits of a 
walk in the woods when there are 
no woods nearby? How can wildlife 
in far-off lands still comparatively 
safe, withstand the hordes of 
tourists who seek new areas to visit 
because the old are too crowded? 
How can wildlife withstand the 
exploitation of an immoral society 
which demands its skins and furs? 
How does a shopping center share 
the same acre of land with a 
meadowlark? How does a Goose 
Lake Prairie occupy the same land 
as a “Ruhr Valley’? As Stewart 
Udall, winner of the John James 
Audubon Medal, once said, “We 
have grown too fast to grow wise- 
ly, and the inspiring parts of our 
land will be irreparably mutilated 
unless we make environment plan- 
ning and environment preservation 
urgent items of public business.” 
Population stablization must also 
be part of the plan. 
NOTES FROM THE NEST 
The top litterbugs in the cour 
are people between 21 and 35. T 
litter twice as much as those 
tween 35 and 49, and three ti: 
as much as people over 50. ] 
litter twice as much as won 
according to the Gallup Poll. La 
families are likely to litter m 
than small ones, and most pec 
litter because of either laziness 
because no trash barrel was han 
Dr. Elvis J. Stahr has becc 
the new president of the Natic 
Audubon Society, the 8th in 
63-year history. Dr. Stahr ser 
as president of the University 
Indiana, and was also Secretar} 
the Army during 1961-62. He i 
graduate of the University of V 
consin The Union Station 
Washington, DC will be conver 
into a National Visitor Center 
the National Park Service. If 
government occupies the prem 
for the full 25 years, the 18 é 
site and all buildings passes to 
government for $1.00. It will ' 
an annual rental of $3,276,000 
the B&O and Penn Central , 
The Open Lands Project, 53. 
Jackson, Chicago, has opened 
rolls to public membership. I 
one of the leading opponents 
the Lake Michigan airport $ 
ported by Mayor Richard Dé 
.. John Helmer has authore! 
new leaflet called “How to M 
the Best Use of Your Binocula 
It is free upon receipt of a stam} 
self-addressed envelope to our 
gional office. (Address: “Binocul 
Illinois Audubon Society, 1017 E 
lington Ave., Downers Grove, 
60515.) Mr. Helmer was formé 
the treasurer of IAS and is I 
living in California. 
While Senator Everett Dirk 
