due to wintery weather, and was held instead on March 8. As usually 
     
     happens when meetings are changed, the attendance was down, but it 
     
    

    
     was still an informative and enjoyable evening. Dan McAskill gave an 
     
     update on the Piping Plover Committee,which is sponsoring a project 
     
    

    
     to do landowner contact in the Crowbush—Lakeside area, where one half 
     
     of all piping plovers outside of the National Park are located. The 
     
     Society has $400 left in a bank account from a previous plover project, 
     
     and it was decided at a recent executive meeting to earmark that money 
     
     for other plover work. 
     
    

    
     There was a lot of discussion at the meeting about the proposed 
     
     developments at Greenwich and Boughton Island, and Diane Griffin of 
     
     the Island Nature Trust filled members in on was has happened to date. 
     
    

    
     Dr. David Kellum, an editor and author who has recently moved 
     
     back to Prince Edward Island, treated members to an unusually enter- 
     
     taining evening with readings from his book My Very Bestiary. Dr. 
     
     Kellum's way with words was an equal match to his storytelling skills, 
     
     and the listeners were left wondering when he would be back. The 
     
     Bestiary is available from Island bookstores and makes a wonderful 
     
     gift for those who love nature and the English language. 
     
    

    
     The April 5 meeting saw better weather and a better turnout. 
     
     Bruce Smith told members of the Nature Trust's need for funds to help 
     
     fight the proposed development at Greenwich, and Rosemary Curley gave 
     
     an update on Canadian Nature Federation activities. The CNF holds its 
     
     annual meeting in Yellowknife on July 3-4, and Rosemary will attend. 
     
     Diane Griffin filled members in on the Natural Areas Protection Act. 
     
     P.E.I. is the ninth province to have an ecological reserves act. 
     
    

    
     Members were also asked to be on the lookout for neck-collared 
     
     Canada Geese (a yellow collar with black lettering, 2-3" high). Any 
     
     sightings should be sent to the Canadian Wildlife Service through 
     
     Rosemary. 
     
    

    
     ‘ The Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas was the subject of the talk and 
     
     slide show by Rosemary. It was interesting to note what kind of birds 
     
     are turning up in each area, and to see a great collection of slides. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     May 19: The annual meeting of the Island Nature Trust, 7:30 at the 
     
     Farm Centre. Birgitta and Robb Ferguson from the Canadian Parks 
     
     Service in Halifax will speak on National Parks areas on the 
     
     Island. 
     
    

    
     May 20: Arbour Day. For information, call Debbie Hearn, 369-4700. 
     
    

    
     May 28: Francis Bain Birdathon. Here's your chance to get out and do 
     
     some birding, anywhere on the Island you'd like, and any time 
     
     during the day. Contact Rosemary Curley at Fish and Wildlife 
     
     in Charlottetown for more information, or with the results of 
     
     your day's count. 
     
    

    
     May 28—29: Annual competition between birders in the Maritime provinces. 
     
    

    
     Select teams try to wrack up the numbers. 
     
     May 30-June 5: National Environment Week, 1988. Watch your newspaper for 
     
     for a calendar of events. For information, contact Andre 
     
     Lavoie, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, 
     
     892-0311. 
     
    

    
     June 4: Household Hazardous Waste Day. Part of the Environment Week 
     
    

    
     action - contact Andre Lavoie, 892-0311. (See story on page 11.) 
     
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