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     The final meeting of the season was held May 7. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The C.N.F. report included the disturbing news that the status of 
     
     the PIPING PLOVER has been changed from threatened to ENDANGERED - a 
     
     sign that despite efforts to protect the nesting sites from outside 
     
     disturbances, the species is not holding its own. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Nature Trust had a good spring: a successful fund-raising 
     
     dinner was held in April; several sources provided funding for land 
     
     purchases, including more acreage at DeRoche. 
     
    

    
     Unfortunately, the Trust was unable to find money to offer a second 
     
     contract to Diane Griffin, Executive Director, so that she and her 
     
     family have returned to Alberta. I'm sure the Trust will miss her 
     
     fund—raising talents. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The evening concluded with the member's annual slide show, under 
     
     the "Judgement" of John Sylvester. From the enjoyable selection, 
     
     John selected the following winners: lst Marion Copleston 
     
    

    
     2nd Andy Dean 
     
     3rd Mary Beth Harris 
     
     Congratulations to all and thanks to those who entered their slides. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks also to Beth Robinson and the volunteers of the lunch committee 
     
     - delicious goodies every month — ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Joyce MacLeod needs any reports of sightings of PIPING PLOVERS — nests, 
     
     birds etc. - write to Joyce at 12 Greenfield Ave. 
     
     Charlottetown 
     
     or call 89u-h182 
     
    
   
   
    
     Colonial Nesting Birds Committee project needs volunteers to help 
     
     survey the off-shore islands in eastern P.E.I. - 
     
     particularly Glenfinnan, St. Peter's and Governor's 
     
     Islands. Please call the committee at Beaconsfield 
     
     -M.EETINGS- 892 _91-27 ' __ 
     
     October: The topic of this month's meeting is Art and Nature. 
     
     Running through the history of art is a steady stream of 
     
     images taken from nature. These plants and animals usually 
     
     had some religious or symbolic meaning and it 15 only in 
     
     fairly recent times that artists began to depict nature 
     
     for its own sake. In this illustrated slide talk, Reg 
     
     Porter will explore man's relationship with plants and 
     
     animals as it appears through centuries of artistic 
     
     evolution. . 
     
    
   
   
    
     November: The speaker for November's meeting is Rosemary Curley who 
     
     will discuss Prince Edward Island's involvement in the 
     
     Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas Preject. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     December: December's speaker is Andy Dean Wlth another 0 
     
     wonderful slide shows, this one called "An Average Sort of 
     
     House on an Ordinary Lot". It is a 45 monute venture into 
     
     the natural history throughout the seasons in his own 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown back yard. 4