great improvement for many of the refineries, there is still a lot of room for 
     
     improvement! 
     
    

    
     The Saint John Naturalists' Club reported that the Harbour Bridge 
     
     Peregrine Falcons fledged one chick from their eyrie atop the concrete pillars 
     
     at the bridge. Last year 2 chicks were fledged but, unfortunately, one was 
     
     struck and killed on the bridge a few days later. The adults were nest mates 
     
     from the 1988 releases in the Fundy National Park. (Nov./Dec. Bulletin, 1990) 
     
    

    
     Scott Makepeace and Dwayne Sabine have completed the second year of 
     
     studies on the impacts of forest management on breeding bird populations on 
     
     Prince Edward Island. Their work this year was recommended by the P.E.I. Forest 
     
     Research Advisory Committee and it was funded by Forestry Canada under the 
     
     Canada/Prince Edward Island Forest Resource Development Agreement. 
     
    

    
     Transport Canada issued its initial response to the 107 recommendations in 
     
     the report of the Public Review Panel on Tanker Safety and Marine Spills 
     
     Response Capability to which our Society presented a brief. Their initial 
     
     actions are to include: consultations with tank-ship owners and operators on 
     
     double bottoms or hulls; a review of vessel traffic services for high-risk and 
     
     environmentally-sensitive areas; an examination of adequate compensation for 
     
     those directly affected by spills and levies on the companies; the need to 
     
     clearly define and strengthen the Canadian Coast Guard's role and 
     
     responsibilities as lead agency in responding to spills; a complete assessment 
     
     of Canada's state of contingency planning for marine spills; and the 
     
     development of standards for barges carrying oil and noxious substances. 
     
     (Transport Canada Information #240/90). (Editor's Note: It is unfortunate that 
     
     verbs marking substantive immediate change are lacking in this release!) 
     
    

    
     The Island's Pesticide Clean-up day was a real success. More than a 
     
     tractor trailer load of unwanted pesticides was collected and shipped to 
     
     Ontario for processing in a disposal facility. Congratulations to the Potato 
     
     Producers Association, the Environmental Partners Fund, the participating 
     
     government agencies, the volunteers, and those who turned in the unwanted 
     
     pesticides. 
     
    

    
     Did you know that the "Commons" and "Wanderers Grounds" in Halifax were 
     
     once a vast swamp west of the center of activity in Halifax? This landfill area 
     
     was once the fresh water source for Halifax. (from Between the Issues VIII#3). 
     
    

    
     The Canadian Student Environmental Network was founded last spring at Mt. 
     
     Allison University to act as a coordinating resource for student environmental 
     
     action groups and other concerned Canadians. Their address is Box 2001, 
     
     Sackville, N.B. EOA 300 (506)536-1957. (from Between the Issues VIII#3) 
     
    

    
     The four year cycle was complete again this year and the Adams River (near 
     
     Kamloops) ran red with 1.8 million sockeye salmon, the result of a rebuilding 
     
     process begun in the 19305 after railway workers in the Fraser Canyon caused a 
     
     rockslide in 1913 that blocked Hell's Gate and decimated the population. 
     
     250,000 people came to the Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park on the Adams 
     
     River to view the spectacle. (Edmonton Journal, October 28, 1990) 
     
    

    
     Strathcona County (just east of Edmonton, Alberta) launched its 
     
     ConservACTION program on November 30th. This 3 year wildlife habitat 
     
     conservation program follows on the heals of a successful pilot project in 
     
     1989. The program will focus on working with landowners to preserve and enhance 
     
     wildlife habitat by planting trees and shelterbelts, installing nest boxes, 
     
     fencing to control livestock access to streams, installation of nesting rafts 
     
     for waterfowl, seeding 40 acre blocks of upland adjacent to wetlands to provide 
     
     dense nesting cover, and providing incentives to preserve continuous blocks of 
     
     wildlife habitat. ConservACTION is a cooperative program of the Environmental 
     
     Partners Fund, Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife - Fish and Wildlife 
     
    
   
   
    
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