NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY SPECIAL EDITION 
     
    
   
   
    
     The special edition of the Natural History Society is well underway. 
     
     There are approximately 40 articles and about a dozen local artists 
     
     have contributed sketches which are guaranteed to either inform or 
     
     amuse you. The volume will be titled "Winds of Sea and Wood" and 
     
     the attractive front cover was designed by Daphne Dumont. Several 
     
     students from West Kent School gave us some excellent sketches and 
     
     poetry. We are most pleased to be able to dedicate the first volume 
     
     of this publication to one of Prince Edward Island's most devoted 
     
     Naturalists, the late Harvey Moore. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We received a grant from the University of Prince Edward Island to 
     
     help defray some of the initial costs. We plan to recover the 
     
     remaining costs of publication by sales of the book which we hope 
     
     will be completed in November. At the October meeting, Kathy Martin 
     
     will provide further details on this "important" book. 
     
    
   
   
    
     - Kathy Martin 
     
     Biology Department 
     
     University of Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NATURAL HISTORY NEWSLETTER ARTICLES 
     
    
   
   
    
     After a nice long summer, many of you must have observations or articles 
     
     in which the general membership would be interested. Since P.E.I. does 
     
     not have a Natural History Museum, there is nobody to record unusual 
     
    

    
     or usual natural history observations. Our Natural History newsletter 
     
     is the closest substitute to such a recording body. It is important 
     
     that such information be made available to present and future Island 
     
     naturalists. I urge anyone to submit articles on any subject to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Kathy Martin 
     
     Biology Department 
     
    
   
   
    
     University of P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     OUR ADVENTURES AT WARREN GROVE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     "Our Adventures at Warren Grove" is the most recent publication on 
     
     Environmental Education for P.E.I. Its authors are a group of Grade 
     
     Five students attending West Kent School in Charlottetown. This book, 
     
     the result of a years nature study program is accurate, informative, 
     
     innovative and sprinkled with occasional bits of humour. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the fall of 1974, their teacher, Eileen Stewart, planned a series 
     
    

    
     of field trips, sometimeS'to be led by resource people like Diane 
     
     Griffin, Randy Dibblee and myself. After each outdoor session, the 
     
     children enthusiastically settled down to translate what they saw or 
     
     heard in prose or poetry. What they produced was left entirely up to 
     
     them. Consequently the book contains a broad spectrum of styles ranging 
     
     from scholarly discourses (completed with illustrations) on history 
     
    

    
     of the area, mushroom identification and water chemistry to spirited 
     
     poems on leaf types, animal activities in winter and cattails. There 
     
     is even a leech limerick! 
     
    
   
   
    
     If your knowledge of aquatic life is weak, you will quickly become 
     
     informed about cattails and bulrushes, muskrat houses and Whirligig 
     
     morphology. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The class was involved in all aspects of publishing the book and were 
     
     quite anxious to obtain a copyright, but lacked the necessary capital! 
     
    
   
   
    
     This book is an excellent example of what children at a grade five 
     
     level can accomplish if their natural enthusiasm is supplemented with 
     
     guidance, encouragement and limited resources. If you wish to purchase 
     
    
   
   
    
     a copy of this enjoyable and informative book, they are available for 
     
     $1.50 at 7 Valdane Street, Sherwood, P.E.I. 
     
     available at the meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Copies will also be 
     
    
   
   
    
     — Kathy Martin 
     
     Biology Department 
     
     University of Prince Edward Island