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Preservation of Dutchman’s Slough 
By PAuL H. LOBIk 
ALL NATURE CLUB MEMBERS in the Chicago area are urged to write to the 
Board of Commissioners of the Cook County Forest Preserves and ask 
them to set aside the Dutchman’s Slough Area as a forest preserve and 
bird sanctuary. This action represents our only means of protecting the 
last areas in Cook County where yellow-headed blackbirds and _ black- 
crowned night herons are known to nest. 
The swamplands in question are bordered by the Calumet Superhigh- 
way on the west, 180th Street and the South Shore Railroad on the north, 
and the big bend of the Little Calumet River on the east and south. It is 
here that the blackbirds and other species breed each spring. A second 
area, extending eastward from the river to Torrence Avenue, and from the 
railroad to 184th Street, is where the night heron colony resides. Naturalists 
and students travel for many miles each spring to observe this unique 
marsh bird home. Mr. Karl Bartel, who has banded the herons for many 
years, reports that both areas are doomed to be engulfed by industrial 
or residential building projects unless action is taken soon. 
Mr. Roberts Mann, Superintendent of Conservation of the Forest Pre- 
serve District, writes that the Beaubien Forest Preserve (west of the 
Superhighway) is to be increased by the acquisition of the aforementioned 
land within the big bend of the river. However, neighboring areas have 
already been designated as sites for a new Chicago housing development. 
Mr. Mann points out that if the swamplands are to be preserved as a 
sanctuary, rather than filled in, letters urging such action should be sent 
at once to the Board of Commissioners and to the General Superintendent, 
Mr. Charles Sauers. 
Both the I. A. S. and the Chicago Ornithological Society have written 
as organizations to the above persons. But individual action is also needed. 
Send your letters to the attention of Mr. Charles G. Sauers, General 
Superintendent, Forest Preserve District, 536 N. Harlem Avenue, River 
Forest, Illinois. 
4835 Wabansia Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois 
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Form for Bequest 
OCCASIONALLY the Illinois Audubon Society receives an inquiry from a 
member or friend who wishes to bequeath a sum in his will to the Society. 
The form for such bequests is quite simple, and is well known to attorneys 
who are accustomed to these matters. For the benefit of those who wish 
to draw up their own bequest, this is the recommended form: 
DS EClON ne (Paragraph of Article): I hereby give 
and bequeath to the Illinois Audubon Society of Chicago, 
Itinots, an Illinois corporation, the sum of x... eee 
dollars; the same to be paid to the treasurer of the 
Society within one year after my death. 
