Lorna Knox; AM - Allison MacKinnon; JM - Joyce MacLeod; JDM - Dan McAskill; JeM - Jean McNair; SM - Scott Makepeace; VM - Vince MacIntyre; VMac - Virginia MacSwain; CP - Chantelle Pitre; LP - Laura Phillips; OP - Orville Page; RP - Roberta Palmer; RR - Ruth Richman; A&DS — Don & Alma Steeves; LT -

Linda Thomas; DW - Donald Wilkinson; JW - Jean Watts; and MBW -Mary Beth Watts.

ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR:

Apr.9 to 15 - National Wildlife Week with the theme Wildlife - Yours to Recover. See local paper for events list.

15 - nature slide entries for the Natural Histories Society's Annual Nature Slide competition should be submitted by this day. Submit up to 10 slides to Meike Keunecke c/o Ravenwood (Nature Trust headquarters). 27 - CUSO, ECOPEI, and the Cooper Institute meet at 7:30 p.m. at Macphail Homestead to discuss Acadian Forest Restoration.

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Apr. 29 — Island Nature Trust’s annual fund raising dinner at the Prince Edward Hotel. Phone the Trust 566-9150 for tickets. May 2 - The Natural History Society’s Annual Slide Show. The meeting starts

at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue.

3 - A public forum on Canadian Endangered Species Act in Charlottetown. 4 - The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication will hold its first national meeting in Dorset Ontario from May 4th to 7th. The planned workshops include adult education practices and principles, a guide to the Internet, two outdoor education workshops with the Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre, activism and environmental education, and a geographic information system water

' simulation model. For information contact Grant A. Gardener, Faculty of Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF AlB 3X7 Fax: 709-737-3316 (adapted from EECOM Newsletter Winter, 1994).

7 to 13 - National Forestry Week with the theme Urban Forests - Everyone’s Backyard. Contact Ken Mayhew for a copy of the booklet with the same title which contains 9 lesson plans adaptable to most ages. There’s no charge for copies.

9 - Annual Meeting of the Island Nature Trust at 7 p.m. at Ravenwood on the Agriculture Research Station.

11 - The Macphail Woods project will sponsor an amphibian talk and walk starting at 7:30 p.m. at Macphail Homestead.

17 - Project Learning Tree facilitator's barbecue at 5:00 pm at Ravenwood. Call Jackie Waddell at 566-9150 to register. The rain day for this event is May 24th.

May 19 - Arbour Day. Please plant a tree or shrub for wildlife.

May 27 - Bain Birdathon day. Please send reports to newsletter editor.

Jun. 3, 4, & 17 - The Macphail Woods project will sponsor morning and

afternoon bird walks with Scott Makepeace. All participants must

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preregister. Contact Gary Schneider at 659-2857 to register.

Jun. 4 to 10 - National Environment Week.

Jun. 10 - The Macphail Woods project will sponsor morning and afternoon flower walks with Katherine Clough. All participants must preregister. Contact Gary Schneider at 659-2857 to register.

Jul. 4 - North American Butterfly Association Butterfly Count.Day throughout

North America. Contact NABA at 4 Delaware Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 phone 201-285-0907. Membership is $ 25 US. - 16 _