garbage bags, and data collection cards. For more information 
     
     Contact: Sharon Labchuk, 126 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, PE ClA 
     
     1H9 or phone: 566—4696 days; 964—3438 evenings and weekends; or Fax 
     
     566-4037. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWS FROM ABOUT - by Dan MCASkill 
     
    
   
   
    
     In January, the Hon. Alan Graham announced the creation of a 
     
     wilderness area of 6,800 hectares in the Kennedy Lakes area of New 
     
     Brunswick. This designation will protect a rugged and secluded 
     
     chain of waterways. (External Affairs and International Trade 
     
     release, Trade Communications Report) 
     
    

    
     The provisions of the Environmental Bill of Rights 
     
     establishing an Environmental Commission to act as a watchdog over 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     government is now in effect in New Brunswick. (External Affairs 
     
     and International Trade release, Trade Communications Report) 
     
    

    
     The end of the cold war has led to 
     
     the release of top secret technology used 
     
     by the U.S. Navy to track Russian 
     
     submarines. The system, called IUSS or 
     
    

    
     “‘ g fl“ —‘ _\ the Integrated Underwater Surveillance 
     
     - g i» System, uses a worldwide network of 
     
    

    
     —” . hydrophones (underwater microphones) 
     
     M fl linked to shore based listening posts 
     
    

    
     I’ that allow monitoring of huge tracts of 
     
     /v,\\ ocean. The Cornell Laboratory of 
     
    

    
     ' Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research 
     
    
   
   
    
     Program Director Christopher Clark 
     
     completed 7 months of monitoring whale sounds from this system in 
     
     May and is currently analysing the massive amount of data. (adapted 
     
     from "We’re in the Navy Now" by Russ Charif in Birdscope 8:1) 
     
    

    
     The Friends of Jasper Park, a non—profit cooperative venture 
     
     with Parks Canada, through their Jasper Institute of the Rockies, 
     
     offers small sized, short courses in natural history in Jasper 
     
     National Park. The two to five day courses range from birding to 
     
     mountain raptors to wolves to advanced wildflowers taught by some 
     
     of the masters of the particular field. Contact the Institute at 
     
     P.O. BOX 2337, Jasper, Alberta TOE 1E0 403-852-4152/4012. Most 
     
     offerings are betWeen July 8th and August 21. 
     
    

    
     The Island Nature Trust is producing a new newSletter for 
     
     private landowners of natural areas titled THE STEWARD. 
     
     Congratulations go to the Trust, particularly Jackie Waddell for 
     
     getting this project underway. 
     
    

    
     Project PigeonWatch, that's right 
     
     - Pigeons' aka Rock Doves! The 
     
     Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology J 
     
     has commenced a new volunteer study 
     
     of birds focused on inner cities. 
     
    

    
     This project utilizes the Rock Dove 
     
     to introduce children to the marvels 
     
     of bird behaviour while at the same 
     
    
   
   
    
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