NEWSLETTER NO. MARCH, 1979 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT‘QEETIN? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Time: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 1979 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 
     
     Program: Dr. Catherine Clough, one of our society 
     
     members will give an illustrated slide 
     
     show of the alpine flowers and trees 
     
     which grow in the forests of Finland. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEiENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     A New Representative Director to the Canadian Nature Federation 
     
     (CNP) has been appointed by the Natural History Societv. At 
     
     the February meeting, Winnie Cairns was appointed to replace 
     
     Kathy Martin who has represented the society since 1975. 
     
     Winnie's term will begin in early June after the 1979 CNF 
     
     Annual General‘deeting in‘iontreal. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Judy Hone , A‘4ember Of Our NHS now residing in Ontario, Writes: 
     
     "In April 1978 a pair of Sandhill Cranes landed and spent a day 
     
     in the fields on my father's farm in Bonfield Township, District 
     
     _A Nipissing, Ontario - a few miles east of North Bay. Sandhill 
     
     Cranes that far east are a rarity - their flight path is much 
     
     farther west. The cranes Stayed in the fields until the wind 
     
     changed and then they left." 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Jembers Slide Contest will be held again this year. Please 
     
     bring your slides to the April meeting. Each slide must have 
     
     been taken on Prince Edward Island during 1978. Each member 
     
     is permitted to submit a maximum of 10 slides. The winning 
     
     slides will be shown at the‘iay meeting. Prizes are being 
     
     offered. ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1979 Canadian Nature Federation Annual Conference 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Ninth Annual General‘deeting of the Canadian Nature 
     
     Federation is being hosted by the Province of Quebec Society for 
     
     the Protection of Birds (PQSPB) and will be held at Macdonald 
     
     College, near Montreal, Quebec between‘Iay 28th and June 3, 1979. 
     
     It looks like an exciting program and those of you who enjoyed 
     
     the Charlottetown meeting in 1978, should seriously consider 
     
     going to‘iontreal in 1979. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The proposed field trips look particularly interesting. A 
     
     three day trip will pursue whales and pelagic birds in the 
     
     St. Lawrence River close to Riviere du Loup. An overnight 
     
     canoeing trip north of Wount Tremblant and a day trip to the 
     
     PQSPB sanctuary at Philipsburg are being offered. For those 
     
     interested in short trips, there is a half-day trip to bird- 
     
     watching "hot spots" in the Montreal rrban Area or you can 
     
     visit the Mont St. Hilaire Nature Reserve situated on 
     
     the highest and most beautiful of the Monteregian Hills. In 
     
     all, the conference committee is offering 22 trips. There are 
     
     early morning jaunts, day trips, night trips, rock walks, 
     
     whale watching events, bog trips, trips to bird sanctuaries 
     
     and wet and slimy trips! There is definitely an event to suit 
     
     every taste.