On July 16, 1993 the Honourable Monique Landry, Secretary of State and 
     
     the Minister of State of Communications, announced a third new national park 
     
     will be established under the Green Plan at Old Crow Flats in the northern 
     
     Yukon. This outstanding wetland community was recognized by the Ramsar 
     
     Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. It will be known by its 
     
     Gwitchen name of Vuntut and its entire area of 4,400 square kilometers will be 
     
     established as a Special Management Area under cooperative management with the 
     
     Gwitchen. (A Canada’s Green Plan Release) 
     
    

    
     Lisa Fleming, a Biology Major at U.P.E.I. was awarded an Orville 
     
     Erickson Memorial Scholarship by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (Canadian 
     
     Wildlife Federation Annual Report, 1992-93). 
     
    

    
     B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt announced that one of the most spectacular 
     
     wilderness areas in the world, the Tatshenshini-Alsek River ecosystem in 
     
     northwestern British Columbia, will be permanently preserved as a provincial 
     
     park (adapted from Tatshenshini Saved in Canadian Nature Federation’s Nature 
     
     Alert 3:3, Summer/93). 
     
    

    
     Oshawa’s Second Marsh has been saved and secured after 25 years of 
     
     commitment by the Second Marsh Defense Association. The federal government 
     
     has now turned the marsh over to the City of Oshawa which has made a 
     
     commitment to preserve and enhance it for future generations. (adapted from 
     
     the Toronto Field Naturalist No. 434) 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
     
    
   
   
    
     At this time of year, each of us is deluged by requests for assistance 
     
     and financial support by many groups that we would like to support somehow 
     
     with the limited resources in our possession. Doing this successfully is 
     
     certainly a challenge and for many of these groups your success in meeting 
     
     this challenge is a critical issue in their survival during this difficult 
     
     financial period. Perhaps one of the ways to address part of this difficulty 
     
     is giving a gift which supports one or more of the groups which struggle to 
     
     implement programs which are in keeping with your desires for an improved 
     
     environment or life style. Some of the following gift ideas might allow you 
     
     to support their (your) cause while finding something unique or special for 
     
     someone that has touched your life in a positive way. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP - A membership in the Society 
     
     is $ 12 annually (refer to page 2 for details) which brings a 
     
     wealth of information to readers, particularly on bird sightings. 
     
     ISLAND NATURE TRUST HONOURARY DEED - This unique present can be a 
     
     permanent gift to commemorate your family or someone special by 
     
     providing a donation towards the purchase of a specific natural 
     
     area on P.E.I. They cost $100 and you receive a framable 
     
     certificate for 1/4 acre of the Deroche Pond (Blooming Point) or 
     
     Herring Island Natural Area for presentation to those concerned. 
     
     Contact Jackie Waddell at 566-9150 or fax at 628—6331 
     
    

    
     PROJECT FEEDERWATCH — allows winter bird feeders to contribute 
     
     sightings of the birds at their feeders to the monitoring of bird 
     
     populations in North America while financially supporting the 
     
     survey analysis. The cost is only $ 16 (send name, address, and 
     
     cheque to Project FeederWatch, Long Point Bird Observatory. P.O. 
     
     Box 160, Port Rowan, Ontario, NOE 1M0 or call 519—586-3531) and 
     
     members receive a very informative newsletter on winter bird 
     
     trends and feeding tips (refer to page 6 articles). 
     
    

    
     ISLAND NATURE TRUST T—SHIRT — The profits from this sale support 
     
     the vital work of the Trust in natural areas conservation on 
     
     Prince Edward Island. The T- shirts and sweat-shirts are 
     
    
   
   
    
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