NEWS AND NOTES 
     
    
   
   
    
     APRIL MEETING REPORT. About 40 people attended the April 5th meeting. Science 
     
     Fair judges were appointed and entries were requested for the slide contest. 
     
    

    
     Ninnie Cairns reported on the meeting with P E.I. National Park officials re Piping 
     
     Plovers. Rosemary Curley outlined the positions she will be presenting at the 
     
     Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGO) meetings in Ottawa in late 
     
     April and requested further policy input from members on the issues of acid rain, 
     
     forest management and offshore oil. Norah Longworth was appointed NHS representative 
     
     on the Scenic Roads committee of the provincial government. A committee was 
     
     appointed to organize a Film Night during Environment Week. Letters are coming in 
     
     from museums across the continent regarding P.E.I. natural history specimens. A 
     
     request for support from a Nova Scotia group against forest herbicide spraying 
     
    

    
     was discussed. 
     
    

    
     Guest speaker was Dr. Lawson Drake, entomologist from the Biology Dept. at 
     
     UPEI. His topic 'The Moths of PEI‘ was illustrated by slides of some of the more 
     
     beautiful and interesting of the Island's 1,000 or so moth species. Sprinkled 
     
     throughout with wit and poetry, the presentation taught us much about the ways 
     
     and means moths have developed for making a living in a hostile world. Thank you 
     
     Dr. Drake. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CANADIAN NATURE FEDERATION CONFERENCE. Reserve Aug. 11-14 for the 
     
     annual CNF Conference, this year to be held in Sackville, N.B., 
     
     hosted by the N.B. Federation of Naturalists. Not often does CNF‘s 
     
     annual get-together come so close to home; let‘s make a special 
     
     effort to show our support with a large delegation of Islanders. 
     
     Conference organizers have put together an excellent program, one 
     
     that's too good to miss: - over 20 field trips - 17 key speakers - 
     
     photographic workshop with Freeman Patterson - lobster boils - clam bakes - boat 
     
     tours - and much more! See elsewhere in this issue for more details. See you there! 
     
    
   
   
    
     MAY MEETING REPORT. About 35 peoole attended the May 3rd meeting at Beaconsfield. 
     
     Reports were received on the U P E.I. Science Fair, Island Nature Trust, the P.E.I. 
     
     Scenic Roads Committee, Piping Plover management in P.E.I. National Park, the 
     
    

    
     court case over fOrest herbicide spraying in Nova Scotia, annual film night and 
     
     environment week plans, and on the field trips to Cape Tryon and amphibian hunting. 
     
     Two motions were passed regarding the preservation of rustic roads on P E I., and 
     
     the selling of woodland wildflowers. The evening's program featured the showing 
     
     of slides entered in the nature slide contest. Prizes were awarded by Geoff Hogan. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     TO MARGARET: OUR THANKS AND NARMEST BEST WISHES 
     
     By now most of you will know that in late March our Secretary-Treasurer 
     
     Margaret Mallett suffered an unfortunate fall with left her with some 
     
     broken bones and sent her to hospital for a few weeks. It seems to take 
     
     a time like this for the rest of us to fully appreciate how indispensible 
     
     Margaret‘s contribution to the society really is. Although her long 
     
     \\\ hours of hard work on our behalf are often overlooked, they are an im- 
     
    

    
     portant aspect of the society's smooth and successful operation from day- 
     
     to-day and year-to-year. Happily, we can now report that Margaret is 
     
     making rapid progress on the road to recovery. To Margaret we extend 
     
    

    
     our grateful thanks for all you've been and done for the society; and our warmest 
     
    

    
     best wishes for a very Speedy and complete recovery to full health. 
     
    
   
   
    
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