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     -FORESTRY LIBRARY OPENS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Forestry Division of the 
     
     P.E.I. Dept. of Agriculture & 
     
     'orestry has recently completed 
     
    

    
     organizing and storing its 
     
     information in a small library at 
     
     the main office Hurry Road, West 
     
     Royalty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Most of the information is 
     
     technical; the majority is 
     
     published by various governments 
     
     and concerned industrial and 
     
     professional organizations. Silvi- 
     
     culture, Forest Protection (Pests 
     
     and Fire), Harvesting, Products 
     
    

    
     and Utilization, Soils, and 
     
    

    
     4 Management are some Of the subjects 
     
     directly concerned with forestry. 
     
     There are also publications 
     
     indirectly concerned with forestry 
     
     such as wildlife and environment. 
     
     There are also various professional 
     
     journals such as Woodland Notes, 
     
     P.E.I. Environeer, merican orests 
     
     and Forest Science. 
     
    
   
   
    
     nyone wishing to use this 
     
     nformation resource is welcome, as 
     
     long as the material is kept within 
     
     the library as the material is not, 
     
     as yet, prepared for circulation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Louise Mould 
     
    

    
     Forestry Branch, 
     
    

    
     Dept. of Agriculture 
     
     and Forestry 
     
    
   
   
    
     B.Y.0.M. At the November meeting, a 
     
     light lunch will be offered. To 
     
     fétiliate things it would be appre— 
     
     ciated if everyone would bring their 
     
     own mug (B.Y.0.M.). Thankyou. 
     
    
   
   
    
     "CANADA GEESE DROP IN . 
     
    

    
     Oh’Monday, Octoper b, a pair of 
     
    

    
     Canada geese , feeling the pressure 
     
    

    
     of the first day of the hunting season, 
     
     deemed it wise to move to safer grounds. 
     
     Trading the crowded bay for a spaCious 
     
     garden and the bark of a dog on a 
     
    

    
     leash for the bark of a hunter's gun, 
     
     the geese settled into their new sur- 
     
     roundings. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Many Canada geese use P.E.I. as a 
     
     stop-over area in their long flight 
     
     from their northern summering areas 
     
     to their southern wintering areas. 
     
     However, not everyone was as fortnate 
     
     as I to have a pair of geese stop- 
     
     over in their front yard. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After Spending 5 days in my yard, the 
     
     geese did not return. Hopefully 
     
    
   
   
    
     they are continuing their trip south- 
     
     ward. BON VOYAGE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Clare Martin 
     
     Stanhope, P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RACCDON DOG A member of the canine 
     
     family, the raccoon dog is one of 
     
    

    
     the wild furbearers of northern Europe. 
     
     This fox-size dog is brownish gray 
     
     above and yellowish-brown below with 
     
     dark areas around the eyes from which 
     
     it gets its name. The raccoon dog 
     
     was recently brought to Canada from 
     
     Finland by an Ontario fur farmer who 
     
     plans to bred the dog for its prized 
     
     pelt. The fur of the raccoon dog 
     
    

    
     is sold under the name of "Dssarian 
     
     raccoon" or "Japanese fox”. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nature canservationists have criticized 
     
     the federal and Ontario governments 
     
    

    
     for allowing the introduction of this 
     
     exotic animal as it could cause de- 
     
     struction to Canadian wildlife. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The C.N.F. is one of the more vocal 
     
     groups urging that the dogs be re- 
     
     turned to Finland. To support their 
     
     arguement examples of other introduct- 
     
     ions and the results are given. Ex- 
     
     amples include the introduction of 
     
    

    
     the starling to North American and 
     
    

    
     the resultant destruction of crops 
     
     and habitat of native birds. 
     
    

    
     (From Press Release issued by C.N.F.)