2nd Prize — Brian Miiiar of Bioomfieid ETementary for the exhibit 
     
     "Snakes". 
     
     3rd Prize - Lisa Parent and Anna Evans of Gien Stewart for the exhibit 
     
     "Sun: Friend or Foe". 
     
    

    
     MISCOUCHE BOG DOOMED by Dan McAskiii 
     
    

    
     The Environmentai Assessment Pane1 for the Miscouche Bog tabTed its report 
     
     on the proposed peat mining operation at the Miscouche Bog, the Is1and's best 
     
     bog type natura1 area, on January 22, 1991. Due in Targe part to the wording of 
     
     the Acadian Purchase Trust and Tegai opinions the panei obtained on this act as 
     
     we11 as the faiiure of the government to take action on the conservation of 
     
     this Internationai Bioiogicai Program site, the panei proposed two options to 
     
     the Minister of Environment. The first was "that government negotiate with the 
     
     Acadian Purchase Trust to purchase the Miscouche Bog and compensate the 
     
     (Acadian Purchase) Trust for the Toss of jobs and revenue that wou1d accrue 
     
     from the peat deveiopment project" whiTe the second, which the Minister 
     
     approved, "provides for the project to proceed subject to the foiWOwing terms: 
     
    

    
     - that the scientific community be given adequate time and resources to 
     
    

    
     Tocate and attempt to transpiant endangered unique fiora from the 
     
    

    
     harvesting site; 
     
    

    
     - that the Acadian Purchase Trust ensure that a pian is estabiished and 
     
    

    
     committed that wiii put the harvested site, upon compietion, into an 
     
    

    
     acceptabie naturai state or utiiized for an appropriate agricuiturai 
     
    

    
     purpose; and 
     
    

    
     - that the province of Prince Edward Isiand compensate the scientific 
     
    

    
     community for the Toss of the Miscouche Bog by acquiring the foiiowing 
     
    

    
     a1ternative sites - Brae Harbour Bog, Wood Island Bog, and St. Peter's 809 
     
    

    
     and turning them over to the Isiand Nature Trust for the protection and 
     
    

    
     preservation." 
     
     The conditions set by the Minister are very simiiar to those provided to the 
     
     panei by the Naturai History Society as a contingency pian shouid a decision be 
     
     reached to deveiop the bog. (refer to 151and Naturaiist #114, p.8 - 9) 
     
     GOLF COURSE ON THE DUNES by Dan McAskiTi 
     
    

    
     The caii for a pubiic meeting to review pians for the Lakeside Deve1opment 
     
     Goif Course brought out a Targe audience. The deveiopers unveiied their goif 
     
     course routing pian as designed by Thomas McBroom Associates Ltd. and their 
     
     gon course design provided a siide show depicting how the course wouid look 
     
     when it was finished. The designer emphasized that the course wouid be 
     
     deveioped so as to cause minimai damage to the natural features. Much to the 
     
     Society's surprise, 7 of the 18 ho1es had tee off areas, greens, or fairways 
     
     on secondary and tertiary dunes. In addition, some of these bordered wetlands. 
     
    

    
     The Society made representations to the deveiopers requesting the movement 
     
     of the goif course southwards off the dunes which wouid be in the spirit of the 
     
     government's 1egis1ation on sand dune protection. The deveiopers and their 
     
     environmentai impact assessment consuiting company argued that such a 
     
     deveiopment was aiiowed if the Minister provided permission to do so. They 
     
     argued further that a course marshaii wou1d ensure the protection of the dunes 
     
     from goifers Tooking for ba11s and that the “seTTing“ of the course as an 
     
     attraction was dependant on the course being of high caliper and a "Scottish 
     
     styie" iinks. 
     
    
   
   
    
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