ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mar. 1 - The regular monthly-meeting of the Natural History Society will 
     
     commence at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. Rachel 
     
     Gautreau will speak on the results of the Piping Plover Research 
     
     Project. 
     
    

    
     Mar. - Wildlife Tours Ltd. will offer harp seal tours from Prince Edward 
     
     Island. They can be contacted at 227 Wright Street, Fredericton, N.B. 
     
     E38 2E3, by phone at 506-459-7325, or by fax at 506—453-3589. 
     
    

    
     Mar. 4 — 5 — The Atlantic Watershed Improvement Conference "Establishing a 
     
     Balance: Watershed Improvement in the 90’s" is being hosted at the 
     
     Loyalist Inn in Summerside by the Tryon River Watershed Cooperative 
     
     Association. There is a nominal registration fee which includes the 
     
     banquet on March 4th and lunch on March 5. The agenda includes 
     
     provincial summaries on watershed programs, establishing balances 
     
     between various aquatic and terrestrial resources, impacts of 
     
     insecticides, amphibians and reptiles, birds, etc. Contact Kate 
     
     MacQuarrie at 566-0602 for further information. 
     
    

    
     Mar. 31 — If you like speaking one on one about conservation, the Island 
     
     Nature Trust is holding a Piping Plover Guardian Workshop at their 
     
     office at Ravenwood on the Agriculture Research Station off Mount Edward 
     
     Road. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information contact 
     
     Jackie Waddell at 566-9150. 
     
    

    
     Apr. 1 - This is the deadline for nominations for the Island Nature Trust’s 
     
     Natural Areas Award 
     
    

    
     Apr. 5 - Glen Roberts will be the guest speaker for the regular monthly 
     
     meeting of the Natural History Society which will commence 7:30 p.m. at 
     
     the Farm Centre on University Avenue. Glen will speak on the spectacles 
     
     of the night sky. 
     
    

    
     Apr. 7 — A workshop on climate change and its potential impact on Island 
     
     agriculture and forests will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the 
     
     Howard Johnson’s Dutch Inn in North River. For more information contact 
     
     Peter Lewis at 902-368-0210. 
     
    

    
     Apr. 22 — The Island Nature Trust's 10th Annual Fund Raising Dinner and 
     
    

    
     Auction will be held at the Prince Edward Hotel in Charlottetown. 
     
    

    
     Tickets are again $30 and can be obtained from Board members or from the 
     
    

    
     Trust at 566—9150. This is a great evening of fun and entertainment 
     
    

    
     which forms the mainstay of the Trust’s land purchase fund. 
     
    

    
     — This is the night for the member’s annual slide show. The meeting 
     
    

    
     will commence at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. 
     
    

    
     May 16 — Halifax, N.S. will be the site of the Second International Conference 
     
     on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, Ecosystem Monitoring 
     
     and Protected Areas. Contact Neil Munroe at 902—426—7012 for additional 
     
     information. 
     
    

    
     May 28 - The Bain Birdathon will be held. 
     
    

    
     Aug. 4 to 7 - The 23rd conference of the Canadian Nature Federation will be 
     
     held in Halifax. For registration information, please contact Peter 
     
     Payzant, P.O. Box 2, Waverly, N.S. BON 280 902-861—1607. 
     
    

    
     Sept. 20 to 23 - The Coastal Zone Canada ’94: Cooperation in the Coastal Zone 
     
     conference will be held in Halifax, N.S. Contact Bedford Institute of 
     
     Oceanography. P.0. Box 1006, Dartmouth, N,S, BZY 4A2 or fax 
     
     902—429-9491.