2 THE AUDUBON BUDD Eeiiey 
The National Planning Association 
recognized in 1959 that we would 
have to spend about $100 billion in 
slum clearance, about $75 billion for 
safer highways and to alleviate 
traffic congestion, and about $30 
billion for improving educational 
facilities and for more _ libraries. 
Many of our county board of super- 
visors have not set up a county 
planning board, and as a result, our 
new suburbs are afflicted with the 
same mess in zoning, transportation 
and commercial and industrial prob- 
lems as our large cities. 
A citizenry — really concerned 
about its environment — would in- 
sure that nature centers are near to 
every school. Ideally, every school 
child should have the opportunity 
to learn about his environment in 
the field. However, with so many 
school bond issues being voted down 
at the polls, he is lucky to have a 
classroom seat. Parks owned by local 
and state governments, actually ac- 
count for less than 5 percent of the 
total amount of recreational land 
in the U.S. 
Chicago has not set aside a large 
parcel of land for park and recrea- 
tion purposes in a generation; yet, 
the Edgewater Golf Club may fall 
to a developer. of luxury apartments 
unless the issue is resolved. Chica- 
go, despite City Hall protestations, 
has not kept up with the need to 
provide adequate park space for its 
citizens. 
Millions of Americans will con- 
tinue to live in cities developed 
without plans and foresight and 
settled over a hundred years ago, 
whether new model cities are built 
or not. If we are to solve the prob- 
lems of traffic congestion, crime, 
pollution and housing, we will have 
to re-order our budget priorities 
a public scale, and to assume 
greater citizen responsibility 
the cooperation of the body pol 
civic groups, and business and ind 
try. It is a matter of human survi 
Notes From the Nesi: The Illir 
Audubon Society is seeking to le: 
if any roadside zoos in the state hi 
endangered species of animals 
wildbirds, and if the cages in wh 
these species are kept are in hum: 
condition and are large enough ¢ 
clean enough. Any member know 
of the existence or the condition 
such roadside zoos, should cont 
IAS at 1017 Burlington Ave., Dc 
ners Grove, Ill. 60515 ... The iis 
Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs . 
purchased several volumes of “Peo 
and Their Environment” for do 
tion to school libraries Seve 
versions of a “Conservation Bill 
Rights” have been mailed to Illir 
Constitutional Convention delega 
Several groups are also urging 
tablishment in the constitution o 
section on a Bi-partisan Conser 
