Natural Histoy Sociefy news 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the November 3 meeting of the Natural History Society, Dan Mc— 
     
     Askill announced that the 1988 P.E.I. Visitor's Guide will have a tourism 
     
     theme, "Touch Nature". They will have two pages devoted to wildlife and 
     
     perhaps add on a section on birdwatching. A bird checklist will be in— 
     
     cluded in every copy and a natural history map of P.E.I. may also be 
     
     included. 
     
    

    
     NHS president Rosemary Curley met with Barb MacDonald (president of 
     
     the Island Nature Trust); the President of the P.E.I. Wildlife Federation; 
     
     and the Chairman of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation Board, Ian 
     
     MacQuarrie. Mr. MacQuarrie indicated that the Board would like to have 
     
     a Natural History Curator, and Rosemary has written a letter to Gilbert 
     
     Clements urging him to have the money available. NHS members can write on 
     
     their own behalf. A discussion followed regarding the role of the Natural 
     
     History Curator and museum policy regarding the type of museum. 
     
    

    
     Sue Stephenson will be the new liason with the Canadian Coalition 
     
     on Acid Rain, taking over from Evelyn Meader, who has provided us with 
     
     information for three years. . 
     
    

    
     The NHS is sending a letter of support to Tom McMillan after a recent 
     
     Globe and Mail article slammed the Minister of the Environment, saying he 
     
     hasn't done anything. Anyone who wished to support Mr. McMillan (regarding 
     
     South Moresby, Ellesmere, etc.) is encouraged to write him and the PM 
     
     as well. 
     
    

    
     The NHS has renewed our affiliate membership with the Canadian 
     
     Nature Federation and given a donation of $50. 
     
    

    
     Thirty one people took part in the recent walk on the Bonshaw Hills 
     
     Trail. The trail has been upgraded. 
     
    

    
     Kathleen Blanchard, from the Quebec/Labrador Foundation and the At— 
     
     lantic Centre for the Environment gave a very interesting and well-receiv— 
     
     ed presentation. And a special thanks to Sue for taking the notes at this 
     
     meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hire ragioncfl coordinafor 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY GARY SCHNEIDER 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Atlantic region of the Canadian Environmental Network now has 
     
     a full—time Regional Coordinator, with an office at the Conservation 
     
     Council in New Brunswick. Leslie Cuthbertson, most recently the Execu— 
     
     tive Director of the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) 
     
     in B.C., has a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resource Management from 
     
     the University of New Brunswick. Leslie's most immediate duties will be 
     
     to pull together a regional directory of environmental groups as part 
     
     _of the CEN's nationwide computer directory. Printed copies will be made 
     
     available. She will also be producing a newsletter for the region, as 
     
     well as fundraising and facilitating the networking of local groups. 
     
     Leslie can be reached at 506-453-0680, or at the Atlantic Environmental 
     
     Network, 180 St. John St., Fredericton, N.B., E3B 4A9. 
     
    

    
     The computer network is now being used across the country and at 
     
     least one more user on P.E.I. should be up and running soon. Reports on 
     
     the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office's consultation hear- 
     
     ings now underway across Canada will be put on line so that everyone 
     
     with a user I.D. can have access to the progress of the hearings. 
     
    

    
     Plans are underway for the Canadian Environmental Network's Annual 
     
     General Meeting in May of 1988. If anyone would like to find out more 
     
     about the network, please contact me at 838-2678. 
     
    
   
   
    
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