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     MARCH MEETING REPORT. The regular monthly meeting was held on Mar. 9 after inclement 
     
     weather forced a postponement. Rosemary Curley reported that the Barrow's Goldeneye 
     
     surveys had been successfully completed. Members were updated on the society's 
     
     efforts to have The Plants of P.E.I. reprinted and on plans for the protection of 
     
    

    
     the Piping Plovers in P.E.I. National Park. Dan McAskill announced that the Island 
     
     Nature Trust has recently signed a 50 year lease for management rights on two of 
     
    

    
     the key properties at Point Deroche. Society members decided not to support at 
     
    

    
     this time the concept of a marine mammal sanctuary off P.E.I. National Park. 
     
    

    
     Members were asked to express their support to the move to have a provincial museum 
     
     established in P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     The evening's program featured another of Andy Dean's excellent slide—tape 
     
     presentations, this time on the south shore of Nova Scotia. The beautiful slides, 
     
     and the very fitting music and commentary convinced us all to plan a Visit to the 
     
     area soon. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     APRIL MEETING REPORT. .At the April meeting plans to mark Environment Week were 
     
     discussed. Prise winners in the natural history category of the recent science 
     
     fair were announced. 'Members were alerted to be watching for the arrival of the 
     
     House Finch on P.E.I. A proposal was presented for the establishment of a Christmas 
     
     Bird Count in the Montague to Murray River areas. Interest was expressed for more 
     
     participation by society members in Breeding Bird Censuses. 
     
    

    
     Speaker for the evening was Dr. Lawson Drake of the U.P.E.I. Biology Department. 
     
     Using slides of some of the Island's more common butterflies, Dr. Drake provided 
     
     a witty and informative presentation on this relatively small but colourful group 
     
     of Island insects. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS. Congratulations to the prize winners in the natural history 
     
     and environmental category at the recent science fair held at U.P.E.I. Winners 
     
     and their projects are as follows: 
     
     Senior High (grades 10, 11 and 12) 
     
     First (tied) - Methane production by anaerobic digestion - Barry Linkletter, 
     
     Winsloe, R.R. 2 (Colonel Gray) 
     
     First (tied) - Toxic wastes: an industrial legacy — David Ready, Charlottetown 
     
     (Colonel Gray) 
     
     Junior High (grades 7, 8 and 9) 
     
     First — A comparison of various supplements of seedling growth - Edward 
     
     , Dabkowski, Summerside (Air Marshall Johnson) 
     
     Second - Wood: a renewable energy resource — Mina Maden, Charlottetown (Queen 
     
     Charlotte) 
     
     Elementary (grades 4, S, and 6) 
     
     First - Weather — Christina MacDougall, North Bedeque (Elm Street School) 
     
     Second - Volcanoes - Melissa Wicks, Sherwood (Sherwood School) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A NEST RECҤ3DS SCHEME. Now that spring is rapidly approaching, birds 
     
     99 will soon be nesting (in fact some are at it already) .‘ If you 
     
     Y should discover a nest, the Maritime Nest Records Scheme in Sackville, 
     
    
   
   
    
     N.B. would appreciate having the information reported to add to its 
     
     files. Nest record cards for this purpose will be available at the 
     
     May meeting or from Winnie Cairns. At present the scheme's holdings 
     
     for P.E.I. consist of 2,695 cards representing 100 species. In 
     
    

    
     1981 12 Islanders submitted a total of 99 cards, down considerably 
     
     from the peak year of 1966 when 395 cards were turned in. Let's 
     
    

    
     all make a special effort to raise the Island total in 1982. 
     
    
   
   
    
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