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     SOClETY UPDATE 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Jane Symmes 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSANDI‘UI'E‘S 
     
    
   
   
    
     OCIOBER MEETING: The first meeting of 
     
     the fall season was held on Tuesday, 
     
     October 1, in the new meeting rooms in 
     
     the basement of the Health Building. We 
     
     had a suprise visit from Diane Griffin 
     
     who was home on a short vacation. Dan 
     
     MacAskill was away so there was no 
     
     formal CNF report. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pat Doyle gave an outline of the Island 
     
     Nature Trust's activities over the ’ 
     
     summer months - the major news item 
     
     being that after acquiring the land at 
     
     Royalty Oaks, the provincial government 
     
     may be expropriating a section to 
     
     accomodate construction of the new 
     
     Charlottetown bypass. Future 
     
     construction could go right through the 
     
     centre of the property. The Trust also 
     
     has calendars on sale for $2.50 - artwork 
     
     by local artist Floyd Trainor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Evelyn Meader had her summer's quota 
     
     of acid rain news to share. Amoung the 
     
     items was the news that Ontario's 
     
     Environment Minister expects to have 
     
     hard regulations in place by the end of 
     
     the year to control Inco Ontario Hydro 
     
     emissions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Under new business, Rosemary Curley 
     
     will be setting a meeting date soon for 
     
     those interested in participating in the 
     
     BREEDING BIRD ATLAS project. 
     
    

    
     Colonel Wbotton thanked the NHS for 
     
    

    
     the red oak tree donated on Arbour Day. 
     
     The tree is doing well although it hasn't 
     
     turned red yet! Holland College is 
     
     having an exhibition next April entitled 
     
     "For The Birds". The NHS voted to 
     
     donate a year's membership and a 
     
     Peterson's Field Guide as a prize. Mary 
     
    
   
   
    
     Willms has offered to help set up a filing 
     
    
   
   
    
     system for our newsletters, 
     
     newsclippings, acid rain news ect. in the 
     
     office at Beaconsfield. If anyone is 
     
     interested, please contact Mary Willme. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Those who missed our October meeting 
     
     missed an exceptional talk by Reg Porter 
     
     of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage 
     
     Foundation. The talk and accompanying 
     
     the talk were slides showing artwork 
     
     from Paleolithic France to World War II. 
     
     Many thanks to Reg for a superb 
     
     presentation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEB MEETING: It was held on 
     
     November 5 and included several reports. 
     
     Dan MacAskill gave a comprehensive 
     
     run-down on the Canadaian Nature 
     
     Federation's recent activities. Amoung 
     
     the problem being tackled is the 
     
     continuing debate over the South Moresby 
     
     archipelago in B.C. The B.C. goverment 
     
     has established a Task Force to study 16 
     
     areas of parkland and other areas in 
     
     B.C. (including South Moresby) with a 
     
     view to possibly cutting back the size 
     
     of some areas. A new NFB film "Water 
     
     Walker" is now being shown across the 
     
     country and is about Bill Mason 
     
     (canoeist and painter) and the Lake 
     
     Superior area. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The members present agreed on a motion 
     
    

    
     to send the NHS membership list to the 
     
    

    
     CNF for membership drive in which the 
     
    

    
     Federation is offering rebates to 
     
     filiate members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Nature Trust has recieved 
     
     funds to make three Public Service 
     
     Amouncements regarding water 
     
     conservation. Also the construction at 
     
     Royalty Oaks is underway. The INT has 
     
     moved several smaller oaks out of the 
     
     way, replanting them elsewhere within 
     
     the area. Some larger trees were cut 
     
     down and they hope to re-root the 
     
     stumps and encourage sucker growth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The annual Christmas Bird Count is 
     
     coming up in December, probably the 21, 
     
     28, and January 4. Plaese contact Jane 
     
     Symmes (675—4806) if you wish to 
     
     participate. Also in December, a 
     
     nominating carmittee will be looking for 
     
     volunteers for the 1986 executive. Our 
     
     affiliation and membership to the CNF 
     
     will be renewed, as well as our 
     
     subscription to American Birds which we 
     
     donate to U.P.E.I.’s library. .fter a 
     
     short "recess", Rosemary Curley gave a 
     
     slide presentation on her past summer's 
     
     work in New Brunswick on the inland 
     
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