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nent of Conservation, 2; University of Sweden, Stockholm, 2; and 10 other 
rnithologists, sportsmen, and interested individuals. These data attest to 
he growing interest in the preservaion of prairie chickens in Illinois. 
Included among the 324 visiters in 1970 were 187 individuals who as- 
isted the research project materially by spending 192 man-mornings in 
inds. These observers produced 46 detailed records of booming ground ac- 
ivity, each of which covered at least a 2-hour period on a booming ground. 
Because of the increasing demand for reservations for blinds, it is 
equested that all interested individuals make their reservations by March 
—January is not too soon. Mid-March through mid-April is the primary 
eriod for visiting the booming grounds. To date, no fee has been charged 
ior have donations been requested fcr guide service to the blinds. Visitors 
re, however, asked to aid the research project by recording their obser- 
rations while in the binds. Reservations are made by contacting Ron 
Nestemeier, Route 1, Effingham, Ill. 62401. 
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-RAIRIE CHICKENS MAKE GOOD USE OF FOUNDATION LAND 
Thirty-one prairie chicken nests found by the Natural History Survey 
yersonnel this year were on the 217 acres owned and managed by the 
-rairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois—almost twice as many as the 16 
iests found on PCFI sanctuaries last year. The increase in number of 
vests probably occurred because there were more than twice as many 
Wairie chickens at Bogota in !1970 as in 1969. 
