CANADIAN NATURE FEDERATION CONFERENCE

THEME - NATURE IN THE GULF ISLAND, MAN AND SEA

Annual Meeting of the Canadian Nature Federation 8 a; University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown 'nk

Hosted by the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island with the assistance of the New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists

August 17 — 21, 1978

Program:

Friday, August 18

9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Introduction

Session I. Heritage and Harvest 9:30 a.m. - Keynote address:

The early natural environment of the Maritimes: the impact of settlement on natural systems - Hinrich Harries.

11:00 a.m. - The history of forestry and shipbuilding on Prince Edward Island — Marvin Moore. '

11:30 a.m. - Fisheries in the Maritimes — Bill Murphy.

Session II. Wildlife in the Wake of Change

1:30 p.m. - Extinctions and introductions of mammals on Prince Edward Island — Randall Dibblee.

2:00 p.m. - Lobsters and lobstering - Jim Jenkins.

2:30 p.m. - A century of avifaunal changes - David Christie.

Session III. Special Places; a Rationale for Preservation

3:30 p.m. - Sand dunes; a dynamic habitat of national significance - Bob Gray

4:00 p.m. - Flora and fauna of the deep — Eric Mills

4:30 p.m. — The intrinsic value of nature; a photographer's statement — Freeman Patterson

Entertainment Down East style — Ready for an evening of Square Dancing, Folk singing and Jigging? — Sponsored by P.E.I. Department of Tourism, Parks and Conservation