30 fH SAU DSUrBrOscNma bal slipiseicel wien, 
uses and combination of uses on public lands. 
3. Support and encourage state and federal efforts to protect and pre- 
serve natural areas and rare and endangered species. 
4, Replace the antiquated mining law of 1872 with a mineral leasing 
system. 
At the 66th annual convention of the National Audubon Society at 
Milwaukee in May, John Saylor, one of the strongest conservationists in the 
House, attacked the official report, and said that the commission was 
weighted to represent the western states—the lumbermen, the miners and 
the oilmen. He also attacked President Nixon for his support of the 
National Timber Supply Bill, which would have helped destroy national 
forests to aid the lumber lobby while we export logs to Japan. 
The official report cost seven million in taxpayer’s money and took 
five years to complete, with public hearings held in many parts of the 
nation. It would behoove Audubon clubs and chapters, garden clubs and 
wildlife clubs to obtain a copy of this volume by NRCA and have a public 
discussion on it. 
—Raymond Mostek 
MAMMALS OF GRAND CANYON. By Donald F. Hoffmeister. University 
of Illinois Press, 1971. 183 pages, including index. $1.95 (Paperback). 
Professor Hoffmeister has the rare ability of making a scientific reference 
book enjoyable reading to the average person interested in wildlife. Over 
70 mammals are described in his book and most of them are shown in 
excellent “artistic but accurate” drawings by James Gordon Irving. 
The author, professor of zoology and director of the Museum of Natural 
History at the University of Illinois, acknowledges assistance of nearly a 
dozen scientists of the University and collectors representing other na- 
tural history organizations, as well as the aid cf many park officials and 
employees. 
Of interest to ecologists, and to casual travelers as well, is an intro- 
A BEQUEST IN YOUR WILL... 
to the Illinois Audubon Society helps insure the continuance 
of the Society’s programs which you now support through your 
membership. 
A SUGGESTED BEQUEST FORM: 
“| hereby give, devise, and bequeath to the Illinois Audubon 
Society, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill. 60605, 
and/or 1017 Burlington Ave., Downers Grove, Ill. 60515, 
the sum of (dollars) (other gift as described here) to be used 
for the general purposes of said Society.” 
