12 THE ALU; D TU BONS Bibs Dagan 
One Conservationist’s Opinion 
SNOWMOBILES, WHALES AND PROJECT SANGUINE 
by RAYMOND MOSTEK 
(Past President, Illinois Audubon Society) 
HEARINGS HELD ON SNOWMO- 
BILES IN STATE PARKS: State 
Conservation Director Anthony 
Dean held public hearings in Na- 
perville in October on the possibil- 
ity of limiting or banning the use 
of snowmobiles in Illinois State 
Parks. Conservationists from the 
Illinois Audubon Society, the Sierra 
Club, DuPage Audubon Society, 
and other groups testified against 
the use of the power giants in 
such preserves as Illinois Beach 
State Park, Mississippi Palisades, 
Rock Cut.and Kankakee State 
Parks. The excessive noise, waste of 
gasoline during an energy crisis, 
threats to nature areas, and a 
philosophic opposition to the utili- 
zation of state preserves for com- 
mercial purposes constituted the 
bulk of conservation opposition. 
Snowmobile enthusiasts were also 
heard from during the hearing and 
a decision by Dean is expected 
soon, Major opposition to snowmo- 
biles has come from the Illinois 
State Committee on Snowmobiles, 
930-10 East Shady Way, Arlington 
Heights, I. 
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THE WHALE HAS FOUND A 
FRIEND in Tony Mallin, 6351 N. 
Oakley Avenue, Chicago 60659. He 
has had some whale stamps made 
up which urge world-wide pro- 
tection for the whale and will be 
glad to send them out for a dollar 
for a set. He has received requests 
from Canada and many states. Ac- 
tive with the Friends of the Earth, 
Mallin points out that “the Jap- 
anese and the Russians are slaugh- 
tering our whales to extinction. 
Only 1% of the Japanese protein 
diet comes from whales.” He has 
urged that letters be sent to 
Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in 
Tokyo, protesting the whale slaugh- 
ter. The Stockholm Environmental 
Conference recommended a_ ten- 
year moratorium on the whale 
killing, which the U.S. supports, 
but the Japanese government has 
refused to sign the treaty. (Some 
conservationists. are urging an 
American consumer boycott on 
such items as Sony, Hitachi, Sanyo, 
etc., radios, Datsun and Toyota 
cars, Nikkon cameras, Seiko 
watches and Japan Air Lines.) 
“Save the Whale” bumper stickers 
and other information may be ob- 
tained from Animal Welfare In- 
stitute, P.O. Box 3650, Washington, 
D,Cre200075 
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ILLINOIS BOUNTY FIGHT 
COMES TO AN END as Gov. Dan- 
iel Walker signs SB 977, sponsored 
by State Senator Betty Ann Kee- 
gan of Rockford. The bill deauthor- 
izes payment of bounties by coun- 
ties in Illinois on the fox and. the 
crow. A considerable number of 
Illinois counties had already ended 
their bounty system, prodded by 
the Independent Voters of Illinois 
and-the Illinois Audubon Society. 
Thanks are due to Rockford en- 
