should be open and running by the time you read this. In Charlottetown, 
     
     Lindsay's Bottle Exchange is now operating at the foot of Prince St., and 
     
     NHS members reported that that were recycling bottles. The Environmental 
     
     Coalition of Prince Edward Island is also forming a Recycling Committee 
     
     to look at ways of encouraging such action. You can contact Gertrude 
     
     Partridge, 838-4687, for more information. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Natural History news 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Feb. 7 meeting of the Natural History Society was well-attended and 
     
     featured a talk and slide show by Professor Earl Wonnacott of UPEI on 
     
    

    
     the winter night sky. Dan McAskill announced that the Piping Plover 
     
     videotape is now completed and available for use. The Society donated 
     
    

    
     $25 to the Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas, and heard about the two 
     
     Environment Week projects that have now been accepted. One is a continua- 
     
     tion of last year's project, hiring someone to go to schools and help 
     
    

    
     get teachers used to using the Operation Lifeline kits. The second is 
     
    

    
     to develop a slide collection of about 200 birds, mammals, insects, 
     
     amphibians, etc. for use by teachers, speakers at meetings, community 
     
     schools, etc. It fits in nicely with the Operation Lifeline project too. 
     
     The March 7 meeting was unfortunately poorly attended (myself included) 
     
     due to bad weather and Dr. Noam Chomsky speaking the same evening at UPEI. 
     
     Debbie Hearn of the Department of forestry showed slides and talked about 
     
     the various demonstration woodlots on PEI. 
     
    
   
   
    
     COMING EVENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Field trips - Jean Ouellette has agreed to lead the Owl Prowl this year, 
     
     tentatively in the National Park area. Date has not been 
     
     set, but call Jean for more details, 892-5276. 
     
     Dan McAskill will lead an Amphibian Night, if and when the 
     
     weather and schedule is suitable. Call Dan at 569-4351 for 
     
     more on that one. 
     
    

    
     April 4: David Cairns will speak on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering 
     
    

    
     Sea at the April meeting of the NHS. The meeting will be held 
     
     at the Farm Centre, University Ave., Ch'town, av~7:30 p.m. 
     
     early April — The Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island will 
     
     continue it's monthly meetings. The meetings are both educa- 
     
     tional and a chance to work towards solving some of our en- 
     
     vironmental problems. Call Gary Schneider, 838-2678 or 
     
     Cynthia Dunsford, 569-4925 for date and time of meeting. 
     
     May 2: The May meeting of the NHS is always one of the most popular. This 
     
     is where members get to show off there talents in the annual slide 
     
     competition, and if previous years are any indication, it will 
     
     prove to be a most entertaining evening. Get your slides ready 
     
     now. The meeting will be held at the Farm Centre at 7:30 p.m. 
     
    

    
     June 11—14: Canadian Nature Federation annual meeting at UPEI, Ch'town. 
     
     The theme is "A Century of Change - The Island Way". Co-hosted 
     
     by the Natural History Society and the Island Nature Trust. 
     
     For registration kits, write to P.O. Box 265, Charlottetown, 
     
     P.E.I. CIA 7K4. 
     
    

    
     Oops! May 18: The annual meeting of the Island Nature Trust, 7:30 p.m. 
     
    

    
     at the Farm Centre, Ch'town. 
     
    

    
     and one more — April 14: Fifth annual Island Nature Trust fundraising 
     
    

    
     dinner and auction at the CP Prince Edward Hotel. Tickets 
     
    
   
   
    
     available at $35/person and 60/cou81e from the Trust office, 
     
     2 Kent St., Ch'town or call 66—915 or 892-7513. 
     
    
   
   
    
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