NEWS FROM ABOUT compliled by Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Nature Trust has been very busy of late producing booklets 
     
     and videos. The publication After You, A Guide to Etiquette in the Out—of- 
     
     Doors was written by Kathryn MacQuarrie and Jackie Waddell and seeks to 
     
     encourage good etiquette while people are participating in a variety of 
     
     out-of-doors pursuits. Scenic Heritage Roads of Prince Edward Island, written 
     
     by A. Rice was jointly produced by the Trust and the Department of Community 
     
     and Cultural Affairs. The latter book provides an overview (see below) and 
     
     detailed maps of each of the designated Scenic Heritage Roads on the Island. 
     
     They are available from the Trust at 566-9150. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Saskatchewan has completed the Wildlife Habitat Protection Act which 
     
     offers protection from plowing and sale to the 1/3 of all natural wildlife 
     
     habitat found on Crown Lands in the agricultural region. Lessees were 
     
     notified in April that the department intends to complete the designation of 
     
     the remaining 1.5 million acres. (excerpted from The Blue Jay News, Issue 94) 
     
    

    
     The Saskatchewan Natural History Society will contribute $18,000 over 
     
     the next three years for the preparation of two exhibits in the new Life 
     
     Sciences Gallery of the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History. The exhibits 
     
     will be on the unique plants and birds of the Cypress Hills. 
     
    

    
     Dr. Martin McNicholl has prepared the Vulnerable Canadian Species Update 
     
     No. 8 for the International Council for Bird Preservation. This update 
     
     provided a host of information on bird research projects, population updates 
     
     for many species, information on recovery efforts, and much more. (ICBP Update 
     
     No. 8 Dec. 21, 1992) 
     
    

    
     The North American Rare Bird Alert (800-458-BIRD for reporting) is 
     
     sponsored by the Houston Audubon Society and records rare bird sightings in 
     
     both Canada and the United States. Funds generated by the service are used to 
     
     support the Society's extensive refuge system. Excerpts of these sightings 
     
     are published in the American Birding Association's winging It (Winging It, 
     
     Vol.5 #1) 
     
    

    
     The Marbled Murrelet, a bird which 
     
     nests primarily in old-growth forests of 
     
     the Pacific North-west, was officially 
     
     listed as a threatened species by the 
     
     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on 
     
     September 28, 1992 (Excerpted from 
     
     Birder’s World, Dec. 1992) 
     
    

    
     The Sydenham Field Naturalists capped off Arbor Week by planting an 
     
     additional 25 species of shrubs and trees at the D'Arcy McCough Conservation 
     
     Area near Wallaceburg. (adapted from Seasons, Summer 1992) 
     
    

    
     In the fall of 1992, the New Brunswick Legislature amended the Clean Water 
     
     Act to remove its power to establish safe drinking water regulations leaving it 
     
     up to the Minister of Health to determine when a significant risk to health 
     
     exists. (adapted from Conservation Council's EcoAlert