Mr. Bancroft has promised to return in the future. 
     
    

    
     At the Dec. 6 meeting, Eleanor Lamont, a director of the CNF, 
     
     filled members in on what the federation is doing. The CNF is pushing 
     
     for a full panel review of the proposed bridge and will endorse the 
     
     Society's position regarding the proposed development on Boughton 
     
     Island. She also said the CNF is looking forward to their convention 
     
     here in June. A committee was set up to look at potential Environment 
     
     Week projects for the NHS, and Susan Stephenson is representing us 
     
     on the Environment Week Committee. 
     
    

    
     Boughton Island continues to take up a lot of the Society's time, 
     
     and raffle tickets for a Robert Bateman print, sponsors for the bird 
     
     counts, and donations helped to offset some of the costs of bringing 
     
     in expert witnesses and preparting our case. 
     
    

    
     Martin Rudy Haase, of Friends of Nature, showed a film and spoke 
     
     about the life of his friend Richard St. Barbe Baker, a very inspired 
     
     talk about an inspiring man. Mr. Haase also showed some wonderful 
     
     slides from his recent trip around South Moresby in the Queen 
     
     Charlotte Islands. 
     
    

    
     There were lots of new faces at the Jan. 3 meeting, and Susan 
     
     Stephenson reviewed the busy year for everyone. Margaret Mallett 
     
     gave a financial report, and in turn, was presented (surprise!) with 
     
     a painting of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak on a stone, done by Nova 
     
     Scotia artist Robbie Buckland-Nicks. Margeret has worked so hard for 
     
     the Society since its reincarnation in 1969 that she deserves 
     
     something special. 
     
    

    
     Susan Stephenson and Patrick Wootton talked about their 
     
     presentations before the Land Use Commission in St. Peters, supporting 
     
     the Island Nature Trust's position against the Greenwich development. 
     
    

    
     There are now changes in the Society's constitution, approved 
     
     at the meeting, and the new constitution will be available at the 
     
     February 7 meeting. Most were just housekeeping changes, but the 
     
     two most important ones were the change in executive to include a 
     
     Secretary and a Treasurer (instead of a Secretary—Treasurer and 
     
     Recording Secretary), and the new meeting time of 7:30 p.m. (instead 
     
     of 8 p.m.). This means that people who have a long drive to the 
     
     meetings will be able to get home earlier. 
     
    

    
     The nominating committee of Diane Griffin, John Ferguson and 
     
     Gary Schneider put forth its recommendations for the 1989 executive 
     
     and they were accepted unanimously. Susan stays on as President; 
     
     Patrick Wootton takes on the Vice-President position; the new 
     
     Secretary is Gerald MacDonald; Dan McAskill moves to Treasurer; Ruth 
     
     Richman stays on as one Director and Jean Ouellette is the newest 
     
     Director. 
     
    

    
     Bob Thompson, leader of the Watershed Management Project on 
     
     the Montague River, gave members a tour of what they've accomplished 
     
     and hope to do in the future. Many members are familiar with the 
     
     area and that added a lot to an interesting talk and slide show. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     RECOMMENDED READING 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following books are available from the Confederation Centre 
     
     Library in Charlottetown and were suggested by NHS member Peter Dutton 
     
     as good reading for anyone interested in natural history and conserva— 
     
     tion: Down To Earth, by the Duke of Edinburgh - a collection of his 
     
     speeches and writing on conservation issues over the last 20 years; 
     
     Virunga, by Farley Mowatt - an account of of the life of Dian Fossey 
     
     and an attempt to understand this very complicated woman. 
     
    
   
   
    
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