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The Editor's 
Notebook 
EAGLES: Negative / The Wyom- 
ing rancher — name of Herman 
Werner — who was accused at last 
summer’s Congressional hearings 
of hiring a helicopter to shoot 
eagles, has been indicted on 
charges of killing 363 golden and 
3 bald eagles This criminal action 
was filed in U.S. District Court, 
Cheyenne, after a long federal in- 
vestigation. Also charged were a 
flying-service owner and a deputy 
sheriff. 
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EAGLES: Positive / We have the 
first issue of ‘Eagle Valley News,” 
published at Apple River, Ill., by 
Terrence Ingram, president of 
Eagle Valley Environmentalists, a 
corporation formed last November 
for general environmental projects. 
Its chief activity now is a campaign 
to purchase much of the 1,000-acre 
Eagle Valley, a bald eagle nesting 
and roosting area north of Cass- 
ville, Wis. If you want to join the 
group or help with some purchase 
money, write Mrs. Lowell Gibbon, 
390 S. Chestnut, Platteville, Wis. 
53818. 
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REFERENCE BOOK / Published 
in May is the first “Directory of 
Consumer Protection and Environ- 
mental Agencies,” a very large 
(and expensive, $39.50) reference 
of all agencies and organizations 
(including NAS and IAS) which 
deal with consumer and environ- 
mental matters. It’s all been put 
together by Academic Media, 32 
Lincoln Ave., Orange, N.J. 07050. 
Probably it will find its way into 
the larger libraries. 
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NEW STATE MAGAZINE / Paid- 
up IAS members shortly will be 
getting the inaugural issue of 
“Tllinois Conservation Today,” a 
bi-monthly of the Illinois Depart- 
ment of Conservation, which has 
pledged the magazine “to respond 
to the concerns and interests ex- 
pressed by the citizens who enjoy 
and care about Illinois natural re- 
sources.” John Warren is the edi- 
tor; it will be printed on 100 per 
cent recycled paper, and will be 
mailed free of charge to a select 
list of conservationists, natural 
resource-oriented individuals and 
groups, and outdoor specialists. 
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PLANES & ANIMALS / A nation- 
al pilot’s association, to which the 
editor belongs, notes the following 
in its June newsletter: “New teeth 
to enforce Fish and Wildlife Act 
of 1956, prohibiting shooting ani- 
mals from airplanes, is contained 
in H.R. 14731, just introduced in 
Congress by 25 congressmen. 
Amendments would empower any 
authorized Interior Department 
employee to arrest any violator, 
without warrant, whom he sees 
violating the law. Bill also would 
authorize confiscation of planes, 
guns, equipment used to commit 
violation.” Association supports the 
bill, of course, and if you do, write 
somebody in Washington. 
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CONSERVATION PLANTINGS / 
There’s a lot of disenchantment 
with the Soil Conservation Service 
these days, but somebody in the 
agency once did prepare a useful 
and readable booklet, “Invite Birds 
to Your Home — Conservation 
Plantings for the Northeast.” (Per- 
sonally recommended; costs a quar- 
ter; booklet number PA-940; order 
from Sup’t of Documents, Gov’t 
Printing Office, Washington 20402.) 
