892-9578 for further information. 
     
    

    
     Jul. and Aug. - The Strathgartney Inn will feature watercolour 
     
     painting workshops, a drawing workshop, and.2a multi-media 
     
     workshop. Contact 675-4711 for details on these 5 day 
     
     workshops. 
     
    

    
     Mid-July - a comet is predicted to strike Jupiter 
     
    

    
     Jul. 22 - The Institute of Island Studies and the Island Nature 
     
     Trust will co-host the launch of Like the Back of My Hand, a 
     
     1/2 hour video production featuring the natural history of 
     
     P.E.I. through the writings of Geoff Hogan. With a script 
     
     prepared by Deirdre Kessler and the video and production 
     
     wizardry of Henry Dunsmore, this should be an entertaining 
     
     evening. The Launch will be at the new Arts Centre in the old 
     
     Royal Bank Building on the corner of Queen and Richmond St. 
     
     The inaugural award of the Geoff Hogan Biology Honours 
     
     Research Fund will be made. The fun begins at 8:00 p.m. 
     
    

    
     Jul. 29 to Aug. 2 - The Canadian Council on Ecological Areas will 
     
     be held at Acadia University. Contact Dale Smith, N.S. Dept. 
     
     Natural Resources, Belmont RR # l, N.S. BOM 1C0 902—662-3030 
     
     OR FAX 662-2160 
     
    

    
     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. 
     
    

    
     Aug. 9 to 11 - There will be a shorebird course offered at Mount 
     
     Allison University taught by the internationally renowned 
     
     birder Stuart Tingley. Seats are limited and tuition is $100. 
     
    

    
     Aug. 12 to 14 - Atlantic Waterfowl Celebration in Sackville, N.B. 
     
    

    
     Sept. 20 to 23 — The Coastal Zone Canada ’94: Cooperation in the 
     
     Coastal Zone conference will be held in halifax, N.S. 
     
     Contact the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 
     
     1006, Dartmouth, N.S. BZY 4A2 OR fax 902-429—9491. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WOODLOT OWNER OF THE YEAR y .by Ken Mayhew 
     
    
   
   
    
     John Curley, a woodlot owner from Fort Augustus, was presented 
     
     with the Woodlot Owner of the Year Award for 1994 at his woodlot on 
     
     June 6th by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, 
     
     Walter Bradley. This is the fifth. year for' this award ‘which 
     
     recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication in the field of 
     
     forest management. . 
     
    

    
     Mr. Curley owns a 300 acre woodlot in Watervale, several miles 
     
     south of Fort Augustus. The forest is composed of white spruce, 
     
     red spruce, and balsam fir with a scattering of white pine and 
     
     various hardwoods, particularly red maple, throughout. This 
     
     property holds a special attraction for Mr. Curley because it has 
     
     been in his family for several generations. 
     
    

    
     "My father out most of the trees off of the property in the 
     
     305", noted Mr. Curley. "Unfortunately he didn't plan for the 
     
     future, because all that came back after the harvest was poor 
     
     quality trees. Over the years it's become a labour of love trying 
     
     to rebuild this small forest."