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     RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT CNF ANNUAL MEETING (Summary) 8. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lancaster Sound. CNF commends the federal government for rejecting offshore 
     
     exploratory drilling in Lancaster Sound this year and urges it to: 
     
    

    
     l. withdraw the area from development for at least five years; 2. initiate 
     
     discussion on protection for parts of the area; 3. examine the long-term 
     
     impacts on the Arctic marine ecosystem of possible petroleum development; 
     
    

    
     4. ensure that future development proposals are adequately assessed and 
     
     reviewed. ' .' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Acidic nggipitation. CNF urges: 1. all levels of government to accept 
     
     responsibility for and to significantly reduce air pollution, and to support 
     
     research into the acid rain problem; 2. provincial governments to seek 
     
     agreements with the federal government to reduce polluting emissions at , 
     
     their sources; and 3. the federal government to complete an international 
     
     air quality agreement with the United States. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Northern Lands. CNF: l. endorses rapid completion of the Canada - United 
     
     States convention for the conservation of migratory caribou and their 
     
     environment; 2. urges establishment of appropriate land, habitat, and 
     
     species management for the Porcupine Caribou Herd; 3. urges that under 
     
     management, subsistence harvesting be permitted if feasible and that other A 
     
     uses must not be detrimental to the conservation of the herd; and 4. ' 
     
     supports establishment of a national wilderness or wildlife area in the . 
     
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     Dempster Highway. CNF urges that in order to preserve the Porcupine Caribou 
     
     Hard the Dempster Highway be closed and not reopened until study indicates 
     
     that its use will not threaten the viability of the herd and Federal and 
     
     Territorial governments commit themselves to effective and appropriate 
     
     management of the area. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sidngy Island, British Columbia. CNF urges that the British Columbia 
     
     government make the island a provincial park and establish ecological 
     
     reserves within it. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     HERRING GULL ALERT. The Canadian Wildlife Service in Burlington, Ontario. has 
     
     requested assistance in locating Herring Gulls marked with coloured leg ribbons. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Great Lakes Herring Gulls have 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     been marked with numbered and 
     
     lettered green, orange, blue or 
     
     pink leg ribbon - one on each 
     
     leg. If you see any Herring Gulls 
     
     so marked, please note number, 
     
     letter and colour of each ribbon 
     
     and date and place of sighting. . 
     
     Contact Dr. D. V. Chip Weseloh or 
     
     Mr. Pierre Mineau, Canadian 
     
     Wildlife Service, Box 5050, 
     
     Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LTR hA6. Tel. (his) 637-u26h.