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Peoria County, PEORIA. All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered on Bradley Park on Main St., Peoria, including Illinois River, 
Kickapoo Creek, Worley Lake, Mud Lake, Detweiller Park, Bradley Park, 
Springdale Cemetery, Gleen Oak Park, Grandview, Fondulac Area and 
Forest Park Wildlife Refuge. Woods 18%, cultivated fields 31%, stream- 
sides 8%, towns 28%, parks 9%, river 6%.) Dec. 22; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear 
in a.m., mostly clear in p.m. Temp. 7 to 23 deg. F.; wind SSE, 10-11 m.p.h. 
Snow cover 9 to 13 inches. Water frozen. Wild food crop fair. Nineteen 
observers in 8 parties. Total party-hours, 68 (24 on foot, 44 by car); total 
party-miles, 422 (22 on foot, 400 by car). Seen during count week but 
not on count day: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Cedar Waxwing, Purple Finch, 
Pine Siskin, Rufous-sided Towhee, White-throated Sparrow, Lapland Long- 
spur.—Virginia Humphreys (compiler), 1329 E. Hillcrest Place, Peoria, Ill. 
61603. 
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Peoria and other counties, CHILLICOTHE. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered at southern city limits on Routh 29, including 
Spring Bay, Mossville, Woodford County and Marshall County Conserva- 
tion Areas, Spring Branch Conservation Area, and Sante Fe Trail Hunting 
and Fishing Club; towns 5%, river and back water 10%, river bottoms 15%, 
fields and pastures 30%, wooded hills 40%.) Dec. 30. Thirty-two observers in 
10 parties. Total party-hours, 86 (38 on foot, 48 by car); total party-miles, 
422% (38 on foot, 384%% by car). There have been only 8 Bald Eagles 
regularly seen at the roosting area this year, in contrast to a high of 22 
last year. On the count day, 3 adult and 1 immature eagles were reported. 
Seen during count period but not on count day: Short-eared Owl, Barred 
Owl, Robin.—Richard Collins (compiler), RFD 1, Lacon, Ill. 61540. 
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Randolph County, SPARTA. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered 6 miles west and 2 miles south of Sparta, including Baldwin Lake, 
WE-HAVE-MET-THE-ENEMY, AND 
HE-IS-US DEPARTMENT 
The following letter appeared in the Chicago Tribune’s Voice of the 
People section in February, and Is reprinted in its entirety: 
MUNSTER, Ind. — Excessive ex- 
penditures for environmental pro- 
tection may well be one of the 
major causes for the current 
severe inflationary trend. Beyond 
racing inflation, it is possible to 
foresee recession. A serious eco- 
nomic depression is even con- 
ceivable. Certainly, under the 
throes of depression, public con- 
We are all lovers of nature. We 
are all in favor of saving our air, 
our land, and our rivers and 
lakes; we are all opposed to 
waste and pollution and consum- 
er exploitation. But, at the same 
time, we are all in favor of eco- 
nomic prosperity and this, we say, 
finally is the name of the game! 
For, when our bellies are empty, 
cern for the aesthetic beauty of 
our land, its wet prairies, rolling 
hills, grasslands, its bountiful flora 
and fauna will quickly diminish. 
none of us will care too much 
about green grass or clear blue 
lakes or hills and billowy skies. 
—R,J.S. 
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