ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sept. 14: The Department of Energy and Forestry invites members to the 9th 
     
     Woodlot Management and Equipment Exhibition at the Auburn Demonstration 
     
     Woodlot from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. This year's exhibition includes tour 
     
     stops on selective harvesting, streamside management and strip cutting in 
     
     mixed wood. Tour participants should arrive early to ensure a seat of the 
     
     tour vans which will leave each hour. 
     
    

    
     Sept. 24: The Charlottetown Ducks Unlimited Dinner Committee will host its fund 
     
     raising dinner at the CP Prince Edward. Contact Randy Dibblee or George 
     
     Fulford for tickets which are $45 each. The price includes the annual 
     
     membership and GST. 
     
    

    
     Oct. 1: Jim Wolford from Acadia University will be the Society's guest lecturer 
     
     on the Natural History of Intertidal Mud (Gummy Mud) of Acadia. The 
     
     meeting will start at 7:30 P.M. at the Farm Centre. 
     
    

    
     Nov. 5: Jennifer Brown will be the Society's guest lecturer for the monthly 
     
     meeting. She will speak on Bats. The meeting starts at 7:30 P.M. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 3: The monthly meeting of the Natural History Society will feature Diane 
     
     Griffin with "Where are we Going". The meeting will commence at 7:30 P.M. 
     
     at the Farm Centre. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 7: The Society's Annual Meeting which starts at 7:30 P.M. will be 
     
     followed by an illustrated talk By Dan McAskill on backyard and forest 
     
     wildlife enhancement. The meeting will be at the Farm Centre. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEH PUBLICATIONS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Academic Press has notified the Society of a number of new publications 
     
     for birders and naturalists. These include: 
     
    

    
     Avian Biology Volumes 1 to 8 by 0.5. Farner, J.R. King, & K.C. Parkes 
     
    

    
     The Atlantic Alcidae by D.V. Nettleship & T.R. Birkhead 
     
    

    
     Habitat Selection in Birds by M.L. Coady 
     
    

    
     The Petrels, Their Ecology and Breeding Systems by J. Narham _ 
     
    

    
     Acoustic Communication in Birds, VolUmes I & 2 D.E. Kroodsma & E.H. Miller 
     
    

    
     The Kestrel by Andrew ViTlage 
     
    

    
     Man and Wildfowl by J. Kear 
     
    

    
     Weather and Bird Behavior by N. Elkins 
     
    

    
     The Sparrows by J.D. Summers—Smith 
     
    

    
     Red Data Birds in Britain by L.A. Batten, C.J. Bibby, P. Clement, G.D. 
     
    

    
     Elliot and R.F. Porter 
     
     The flyer noted special prices and discounts that were available until 
     
     September 30. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     PAGES FROM THE PAST - CIRCA 1926 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brian Dalzell, former Maritimes Breeding Birds Atlas Coordinator, 
     
     wrote "I thought of the Island Naturalist when I found this old pamphlet among 
     
     some papers belonging to my grandmother. She was a school teacher and was 
     
     interested enough in birds that she collected many articles and books to show 
     
     to her students....It is interesting to read what bureaucrats more than 60 
     
     years ago had to say about birds...." 
     
    

    
     The attachment was "An Appreciation of the Value of Birds” by Hon. John E. 
     
     Myers, Minister of Agriculture, P.E.I. from the publication Birds A National 
     
     Asset, views of the Provincial Ministers of Agriculture, Canadian National 
     
     Parks Branch, Department of the Interior, 1926. Its foreword indicated that the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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