To get, perchance, the real solution, I phoned Conservation Officer Nelson 
     
     Hurry. Here is the answer. During a very cold snap in the winter, water freezes 
     
     right to the bottom, entrapping animals such as oysters, mussels, crustaceans, . 
     
     etc., that lie there. The incoming tide lifts the ice with its catch of 
     
     goodies. The same process is repeated with each very cold spell. When spring 
     
     comes, and the sun's warmth begins to melt the surface ice, the animals begin 
     
     to appear out of the ice. The ever watchful crows are on the alert to pick up 
     
     anything that looks like food. 7 
     
    
   
   
    
               
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     SOCIETY SUMMER GET TOGETHER 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pat and Ann Nootton have invited 
     
     members to join them at their summer 
     
     home near Murray River for a summer 
     
     outing and a "bring your own? ,, 
     
     barbecue on July 21. Pat and Ann will ; y~nj 
     
     supply tea, coffee, soft drinks, and 392;“:. _ 
     
     a barbecue supplied with hot charcoal fiff‘; ' 
     
     but members are asked to bring food §§;>\ ;’ t 
     
     to cook for themselves. ' “’ 
     
    

    
     If it is a nice day they suggest you bring along bathing costumes as the 
     
     swimming is excellent. Should the tide and weather permit, they hope to take 
     
     some people across to their Islands. The meeting time is 4:30 P.M. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWS FROM OTHER NATURALISTS - OLDMAN AND RAFFERTY-ALAMEDA 
     
    
   
   
    
     The news from fellow naturalists in Saskatchewan and Alberta regarding the 
     
     Oldman River and Rafferty-Alameda Dam projects continues to be distressing. . 
     
     Despite Federal Court rulings requiring the Government of Canada to conduct 
     
     environmental assessments of these projects, the revoking of the federal permit. 
     
     to construct the Oldman Dam, and a mutual agreement between Saskatchewan and 
     
     Canada to stop construction on Rafferty-Alameda, construction on both dams is 
     
     continuing. ~ 
     
    

    
     This raises serious questions about the credibility of the review process 
     
     and undermines the workings of the Environmental Assessment Review Process 
     
     Panels. Both projects have the potential for creating serious environmental 
     
     problems including: 
     
    

    
     1. Water quality losses; 
     
    

    
     2. Loss of rare and threatened animals and plants; 
     
    

    
     3. Loss of nationally significant riparian (stream-side) habitats 
     
     and wetlands which would adversely affect migrating birds; and 
     
    

    
     4. Loss of important fisheries. 
     
    

    
     These are clearly areas of federal jurisdiction which need close 
     
     examination. The recommendations of the review panel could include extensive 
     
     modifications to project design or a suggestion that one or both projects not 
     
     proceed because the environmental risks are too great. 
     
    

    
     Finally, as construction continues, options may be foreclosed and 
     
     political pressures and the risk of embarrassment increase. 
     
    
   
   
    
     DIRECTOR RESIGNS 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was with regret that the General Council of the Natural History Society 
     
     accepted the resignation of one of our Directors, Ms. Ruth Richman. Ruth served . l 
     
     on the Council since January of 1988 and has been the director responsible for 
     
    
   
   
    
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