ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN 7 
beyond the capabilities of wildlife departments. A number of complex and 
controversial habitat issues are now before the public that are directly 
related to this point: 
1. 
The need to stop uncontrolled, destructive land development 
through the use of land-use planning and regulation. 
. The need to regulate strip-mining, and to restore ‘‘orphaned lands’’ 
that have been abandoned by irresponsible strippers. 
The need for flood-plain protection, and protection of natural and 
scenic riverine landscapes and other wetlands. 
. The need for more parks, nature preserves and wildlife conservation 
areas. 
The need to throttle waterways developments which often destroy 
wildlife and habitat (channelization, dredging, dam and reservoir 
construction, etc.). 
It is on the resolution of these issues that the future of wildlife in Illinois 
depends. If they are settled favorably, non-game managers can really go to 
work. 
EAGLE CRY 
Speak for me. 
Too many do not hear the rustling of my wings. 
And your children’s children may only know me 
Through a paper page, marked “Extinct;”’ 
May not know the grandeur of my flight, 
And the subtle value of my life. 
Too many refuse to listen to my cry. And my cry 
Is not just for myself and my winged and furry brethren. 
My cry, and they should hear it well, 
Is an indicator of life in trouble on this earth. 
If | am not saved, hear now the message of my departure: 
‘Ere long, this Planet Earth will make it’s track in space 
Used-up and barren. No breeze, no brook, 
No tree; no wings soaring freely in the sun, 
No padded feet through timber roaming, 
No little child to run with joy. 
Speak for me. 
Now. 
Shirley Pauley 
