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listed below. You will be pleased to see that they include some of America’s 
best-known ornithologists, as well as some of our most popular commen- 
tators. As before, all of the talks will be illustrated by color movies, shown 
in the James Simpson theater of the Chicago Natural History Museum, 
Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive. All talks will be Sunday matinees, 
beginning at 2:30 p.m. The usual printed announcements will be mailed to 
all members before the season begins. Here is the list: 
November 28, 1954: Roger Tory Peterson in “Wild America.” 
January 9, 1955: Alfred G. Etter in “A Missouri Story.” 
February 27, 1955: Bert Harwell in “Canada North.” 
April 3, 1955: Patricia Bailey Witherspoon in “Mormonland.”’ 
April 24, 1955: Robert C.Hermes in “The Grass Forest.” 
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Wooded Island Is Saved 
IN THE LAST ISSUE of the Bulletin, Dr. Strong reported in his “Conserva- 
tion News and Notes” that the Army had finally given up its plan to use 
the Wooded Island Bird Sanctuary in Jackson Park as a guided missile 
base. The appeals of Chicago area bird-lovers, augmented by vigorous pro- 
tests from neighborhood groups, were successful at last in preserving this 
fine nature area for other generations of birds — and birders — to use and 
enjoy. 
It has been learned that Senator Paul Douglas, Representative Barrett 
O’Hara, and Superintendent George Donoghue of the Chicago Park District 
succeeded in persuading the Army Corps of Engineers not to use the island 
as a base. Instead, the Army will take over the small island south of Wooded 
Island, filling in the lagoon to the south bridge and using the land so formed. 
Wooded Island will be more secluded than ever, as it will only be approach- 
able from the north bridge. 
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ILLINOIS BEACH STATE PARK will be enlarged if the next session of the 
Legislature follows the recommendation of Governor Stratton. For some 
time, plans have been considered for acquiring more lands west and north 
of the park. It is to be hoped that part of the increase may be used to ex- 
pand the Nature Reserve Area. 
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MOURNING DOVE PROTECTION will again be one of the issues to be presented 
before the Illinois Legislature when it meets next year. Members of the 
Conservation Committee of the Society are working now to find a sponsor 
for a new bill to prevent hunting of this valuable songbird. 
