and Wildlife Service's publication. In addition, the Society assisted the 
     
     P.E.I. National Park on the Piping Plover Protocol Committee to review the 
     
     plover research work. 
     
    

    
     The deteriorating condition of the 
     
     Hillsborough Piers made it unsafe to 
     
     attempt to install the gull exclosures this 
     
     year. In response, the Society established 
     
     a committee to research and bring forward 
     
     recommendations for gull control techniques 
     
     to aid the population of Common Terns 
     
     nesting on the Hillsborough Bridge Piers. 
     
     After a lengthy discussion at a Society 
     
     meeting and presentations to the Executive, 
     
     the committee was asked to intercede with 
     
     the CWS to encourage the implementation of 
     
     gull control techniques and, if they were 
     
     unwilling, to obtain the necessary permits 
     
     and implement a gull removal program. 
     
    

    
     Three Greater Black-backed Gulls were 
     
     removed from the piers and tern nesting 
     
     success increased significantly. A report 
     
     is in the preparation stage on this 
     
     project. 
     
    

    
     The phone alert system for rare bird sightings established in 1991 was 
     
     enhanced by better advertising of its existence and by efforts to do follow—up 
     
     visits on rare sightings for confirmation purposes. Documentation forms 
     
     completion also increased significantly and a review system was established to 
     
     obtain feedback on these rare or unusual bird reports. 
     
    

    
     The NHS participated in a review of the National Parks Policy and a 
     
     review on documents on the Cavendish waste treatment system. In addition, 
     
     Society volunteers provided input into Sustainable Forests the new national 
     
     forest sector strategy, the Coastal Area Discussion Paper, the Environmental 
     
     Impact Assessment process on the Biomass Cogeneration proposal, the Environment 
     
     Week Advisory Committee, and the environmental management plan for the proposed 
     
     fixed link. In addition, the Society led opposition to the construction of a 
     
     parking lot on the edge of the dunes at Cousin's Pond and sent information 
     
     requests to government agencies on the proposed cormorant shooting season, 
     
     waterfowl populations and hunting seasons. , 
     
    

    
     A number of changes in the Island Naturalist were 
     
     implemented during the year. The most significant of 
     
     these were the contributions of Carmel-Smith Bachand 
     
     and Jacqueline Badcock in the preparation of original 
     
     illustrations for the newsletter. In addition, the 
     
     cover was redesigned to allow laser printing and the 
     
     text production process was modified to utilize a 
     
     laser printer. Six issues of the Island Naturalist 
     
     were published and distributed to our members, school 
     
     libraries across the Island, the National and 
     
     Confederation Centre Libraries, and the U.P.E.I. 
     
     Science Fair natural history winners. 
     
    

    
     The Society co-hosted bird identification and feeding workshops in 
     
     conjunction with the Island Nature Trust and Agro Coop at the Farm Centre in 
     
     October and with the Trust at Eptek Centre. It donation money to the Canadian 
     
     Nature Federation and contributed American Birds to the Robertson Library 
     
    

    
     Our guest speaker schedule was impressive. The Society's Annual Meeting, 
     
     delayed by a storm to February, was followed by Diane Griffin's presentation 
     
     "Where are We Going".