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     1NEWSLETTER NO. 40 MAY 1979 
     
     NEXT MEETING 
     
     Time: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, 1979 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, Third floor, Room 47 
     
    
   
   
    
     Program: The winning photographs in the annual Nature 
     
     Slide Competition will be shown. All the slides 
     
     submitted by members will be shown and then the 
     
     winners will be announced. Prizes will be 
     
     awarded. Come prepared to see the Very best! 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENVIRONMENT WEEK 1979 will be held May 12 to 19, 1979. The Natural 
     
     History Society will be conducting walks and publishing nature 
     
     articles in the local papers. See list of walks in this newsletter. 
     
     The trips will be described in the Environeer which will be issued 
     
     before Environment Week. They will also be advertised in the local 
     
     newspapers. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Second Annual Francis Bain Birdathon will be held on May 26, 
     
     1979. Teams will choose or be assigned to areas at the May meeting. 
     
     David Smith is the birdathon coordinator and may be reached at 
     
     887-2057. Everyone is welcome to participate. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian Nature Federation Annual Meeting 1979 will be held in 
     
     Montreal from May 28 to June 3, 1979. All Natural History Society 
     
     members are invited to attend the interesting array of field trips 
     
     and lectures. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Eastern Provincial Airways is offering a 20 percent group discount 
     
     for anyone travelling to the Canadian Nature Federation annual 
     
     meeting in Montreal. If a group of at least 10 travel to the 
     
     conference from the Maritimes, EPA will offer a 20 percent 
     
    

    
     reduction in airfare. It is not necessary to travel as a group 
     
    

    
     and you may arrive in Montreal a few days before the conference 
     
    

    
     or stay several days longer. Anyone interested in obtaining 
     
    

    
     this discount should contact Rosemary Curley at her office (892—9174) 
     
     or at home (651—2585). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Summer Walk. We are scheduling one walk on June 23, 1979 to 
     
     Miscouche Bog. Here's your chance to walk on Prince peat! 
     
    

    
     Meet at the YMCA in Charlottetown at 9:30 a.m. Bring a bathing 
     
     suit. Pack a lunch. Your leader will be Rosemary Curley. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Island Nature Trust 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The first public meeting of the Island Nature Trust was held 
     
     on April 10, 1979 at the Farm Centre in Charlottetown. The 
     
     response was extremely gratifying and indicative of support 
     
     considering that we were competing for the public's attention 
     
     with a provincial and a federal election campaign. Over eighty 
     
     people attended the meeting. Daryl Guignion showed a selection 
     
     of slides of some of the Island's special areas. He also 
     
     reviewed some of the types of threats facing our remaining natural 
     
     areas. After the slides, Dr. Ian MacQuarrie fielded questiOns 
     
     about setting up the Nature Trust. The concept of a Nature Trust 
     
     for Prince Edward Island was supported and appreciated. A few 
     
     technical questions were asked and several points were made 
     
     concerning the need for educating the public and government 
     
     officials as to the desirability of such an organization.