28 THE AWD WBRiON® BYE heey 
has developed to keep wolves hid- 
den for their protection. Now, 
scientists hope that precise infor- 
mation about such wolves will sur- 
service for wolves. Thus, genetic- 
ally pure strains of wolves near ex- 
tinction can be produced through 
artificial insemination. 
face to be stored in a computer’s 
three-language data bank. Researchers at the sanctuary 
hope to safeguard wolves until 
their real value can be conclusively 
demonstrated to the general public. 
This will eventually make pos- 
sible a “computerized mating” 
EPA Offers Help to Citizens Seeking Clean Water 
A new home-study course, designed to help the average citizen monitor 
the new national water permit program, has been produced by the Midwest 
Office of the U.S. Environmental. Protection Agency. 
The short course, titled “Clean Water, It’s Your Move Now’, zeros in 
on the complex water permit process set up with passage of the 1972 
Clean Water Amendments. 
The main substance of the short course is a 60-minute tape cassette 
featuring a detailed explanation of the National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System with explanations and exercises using a typical in- 
dustrial discharger as an example. 
Among those discussing clean water and public participation on the 
tape are Gladwin Hill, national environmental reporter for the New York 
Times; Barbara Reid, a staff member of the National Resources Defense 
Council; and Dr. Warren Muir, an ecologist with the President’s Council 
on Environmental Quality. 
The cassette program also includes explanations by two major midwest 
citizens groups: Business and Professional People for the Public Interest and 
the Lake Michigan Federation. Officials from the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are 
also included. 
According to Frank Corrado, Midwest Public Affairs Director for EPA, 
the home-study course is available free to interested individuals and groups. 
(Write EPA, 1 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606.) 
“The purpose of the short course,’ said Corrado, “is to comply with 
the Congressional mandate to actively involve the public in the new water 
act. It is imperative that we try and get the public involved as much 
as we can in what is a rather difficult technical process.” Corrado 
noted that all permits must be issued to industry no later than December 
31, 1974. 
Add to Your Big-Tree-Champion List 
Two new Illinois big. tree champions have been certified—a 90-ft. English 
elm, 14 ft., 5 in. trunk circumference and 66 ft. branch spread on property 
of Mrs, James Holbert, 1203 S. 9th St., Springfield, and a 73-ft. white oak, 
15 ft., 4 in. circumference and 77-ft. spread at 607 Tobagan Hill, Petersburg. 
