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Les Golden, of Oak Park, Illinois, is a leading environmentalist and animal welfare advocate in the State of Illinois. He frequently lobbies for these causes in columns, letters to the editor, and press releases. In 2007, he discovered the plan by the Oak Park Park District to destroy all the old growth trees in a local park, notified the state senator and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and convened a rally which was covered by Chicago television and media, leading to the saving of many of the trees.