NATURE TRAILS 0F PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     On June 3, Ragweed Press will launch 
     
     the latest nature book in its Island Pathways :v NATURE . 
     
     Series. Your Guide to Nature Trails of 
     
     Prince Edward Island features biological and “Elgfignlgg 
     
     historical highlights via the writing of its 
     
     authors, Dan McAskill and Kate MacQuarrie. 
     
     Maps created by Mark Arsenault provide 
     
     detailed information on the 12 sections of 
     
     the Confederation Trail and 31 shorter 
     
     trails. These maps are supported by seven 
     
     overview maps and a base map showing all 
     
     known trails. Forty colour photographs _‘V~V : 
     
     highlight various aspects of the trails and -.th ; 
     
     the biological life of Prince Edward Island. 4xgg, ‘ 
     
     The launch will start at 7 pm at the I j‘ «- 
     
     Farm Centre on Universit Avenue. Re resent— 
     
     atives of ACOA and Tourigm PEI will b: BLAN?lElfi“MYS 
     
     present and the authors will sign copies. 5‘~r 
     
     For further information contact Inga Petri at vmww 
     
     Ragweed Press, 566-5750. Your Guide to 
     
     Nature Trails of Prince Edward Island will be 
     
     on sale at the Island Nature Trust office at 
     
     Ravenwood and at local book stores and 
     
     tourism outlets. It will retain for $14.95. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWS FROM ABOUT compiled by Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our congratulations go out to Stuart Tingley and David Christie who have 
     
     established the first nature chat line (e-mail/discussion group) in New Brunswick. 
     
    

    
     At first glimpse it showed lots of interesting information. Contact tingley@ 
     
     nbnet.nb.ca (derived from R. Gautreau e-mail excerpt from nbnatureannet.nb.ca) 
     
    

    
     Horse Chestnut derives its name from its use by the ancient Turks who fed the 
     
     nuts to horses to cure the heaves. Like many tart nuts, the bitter taste can be . 
     
     washed out of the ground nut meats using water. In the Horse Chestnut, the taste 
     
     disappears on maturity. A tasty flour can be produced from the mature nuts and it is 
     
     used in the cosmetics industry to add sparkle and colour to blush. 
     
    

    
     New Brunswick birders were thrilled with the sighting by Benoit Hebert of the 
     
     first recorded Tufted Duck at the Tracadie Sewage Lagoon. The second Black-throated 
     
     Gray Warbler was reported at MacLaren Pond on October 27. (Adapted from N.B. 
     
     Naturalist 22(4): 104.) 
     
    

    
     The Quebec Labrador Foundation’s Atlantic Centre for the Environment has 
     
     announced its deadline for its Sustainable Development Caring for the Earth Award. 
     
     This award celebrates the achievements of an individual working in either a volunteer 
     
     or professional capacity to support sustainable development. Nominations will be 
     
     accepted if postmarked no later than July 1, 1996. 
     
    

    
     In July, Environment Minister Sheila Copps announced the banning of lead shot 
     
     in Canada in 1997. This will reduce lead deposition in wetlands as well as the 
     
     poisoning of waterfowl picking up this shot from marshlands. (adapted from Nature 
     
     Views # 105) 
     
    

    
     Congratulations to Island Nature Trust on the creation of a new nature trail at 
     
     their Blooming Point property adjacent to Deroche Pond. (from Island Nature Trust 
     
     Update # 48) 
     
    

    
     Newfoundland naturalists and birders were very pleased with the December 1st 
     
     designation of Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve. This new protected area will 
     
     provide sanctuary and key habitat protection for large numbers'of storm-petrels, 
     
     Northern Gannets, murres, eiders, kittiwakes, and puffins. (adapted from Fresh 
     
     Tracks: PAA Prints Winter 1995-96) 
     
    

    
     The proposed new federal Fisheries Act has been moved into another round of 
     
     consultations. 
     
    

    
     The Cape Breton Naturalists Society has sponsored a new research group called 
     
     Biodiversity Research Associates to begin work monitoring changes in biodiversity on 
     
     a nature reserve near Whycocomagh. The Bornish Hill Nature Reserve site is composed 
     
     largely of plants from the Acadian forest, an element between the northern 
     
     Appalachian and Boreal floral groups. Biodiversity and phenology (periodic . 
     
    
   
   
    
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