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remained some hope for defeating 
the road intrusion. 
WHEREAS the _ conservationist 
opposition up to that point had 
been meek and timid, new and 
dynamic techniques aimed at the 
general public and the board were 
developed. Before that, the con- 
servation groups. had grumbled 
only among themselves. 
THE RE-ACTIVATED Roadside 
Committee of Illinois Audubon 
Society issued a county-wide press 
release indicating that it would 
help co-sponsor a walk thru the 
woods on Saturday, Sept. 11, 1971. 
Other groups which joined in spon- 
sorship were the Sierra Club, the 
Izaak Walton League, the Wheaton 
Environmental Council, the Du- 
Page Audubon Society and the 
DuPage Chapter of the Indepen- 
dent Voters of Illinois, along with 
several smaller clubs. The walk 
received wide press coverage in 
addition to TV and radio. 
VIGOROUS LEADERSHIP de- 
veloped in the person of Mrs. Nan 
Storke of Wheaton. A former 
school teacher, young and attrac- 
tive, tenacious and knowledgeable, 
with a strong belief in democracy, 
she called a meeting of 28 persons 
at her home to discuss the prob- 
lem. 
PETITIONS later were circulat- 
ed by this group, and were signed 
by over 3,500 persons. DuPage 
county newspapers, which ran 
editorials against the proposed 
road, included the Wheaton Daily 
Journal, the Addison Herald Reg- 
ister, and the Press Publications. 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
over the name of the v-p for con- 
servation, called for open decisions 
by the county board: 
“For much too long, the concerned 
citizen who desires a clean and 
healthy environment as his inher- 
ent right has been challenged by 
a legislative and administrative 
blockade. The citizen must arouse 
his fellow men and women by pet- 
itions, public meetings, and letters 
