CNF CHOOSES NEW LOGO. The Canadian Nature Federation 
     
    

    
     has selected a new logo - Ovibos the muskox. The design, 
     
     by Toronto artist and naturalist Eric Nasmith, was 
     
    

    
     chosen from numerous submissions from across Canada. 
     
    

    
     CNF feels Ovibos moschatus is an ideal symbol in many 
     
     ways. The muskox is a distinctly Canadian animal, but the 
     
     sketch represents not only the mammal but the philosophy 
     
     it stands for as well. Here is a special animal with 
     
     unique habitat requirements, a species whose hard-headed 
     
     instinct has enabled it to survive in a harsh northern . 
     
     environment. The muskox is also a conservation success story. A combination of 
     
     climatic change and overhunting by early Whalers and Arctic explorers had 
     
     brought the species to the brink of extinction by the end of the 18005. Total 
     
     protection in the early 20th century allowed the muskox to flourish again. 
     
    

    
     Today it is a symbol of naturalists' concern for the future of the north and of 
     
     their concern for wildlife and habitat in general. CNF will soon begin using 
     
     the new logo on printed documents and materials. It also has plans to produce 
     
     gift products and other merchandise featuring Ovibos the muskox. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS- Dates for this year's Christmas Bird Counts have been 
     
     set to include the period Saturday, December 15th, to Tuesday, January lst. As 
     
     usual the Natural History Society will be conducting the two established counts 
     
     - Hillsborough and Prince Edward Island National Park. Exact dates for these 
     
     counts will be set at the November meeting of the Society and will be announced 
     
     in the December Newsletter. Anyone intereSted in participating in one or both 
     
     counts should contact the count compiler, Winnie Cairns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LARGE TURNOUT FOR MUSHROCM.hfliK5 The woods was full of them - mushroom 
     
     hunters, that is, on the first Sunday afternoon of autumn. The long line of 
     
     cars parked along the West River Road at St. Catherines caused passing 
     
     motorists to stop and ask: "What's going on?". About 200 persons spread out 
     
     along the Bonshaw Hills Trail, some searching for mushroaus, others enjoying a 
     
     pleasant afternoon walk. On hand to help identify the varied assortment of 
     
     fungi were Dr. Harold Platt from the Charlottetown Research Station, Dr. 
     
     Catherine Clough from the Institute of Man and Resources, and Arthur Reddin of 
     
     the Natural History Society and HOPE. Eight edible varieties-were found 
     
     including Chanterelle, Lactarius, A aricus, Armillaria, and nine other 
     
     varieties, some inedible, not recommended or unknown. 
     
    

    
     (Submitted by'fiargaret Mallett, 56 Fitzroy Street, Charlottetown)