_ MchLLAN MAKES 
     
     GOOD BEGINNING 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from Nature Alert, September, 1985) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Newly appointed Environment Minister 
     
     Tom McMillan has made two quick moves 
     
     to establish rapport with the 
     
     conservation commmity. with the 
     
     announcement of his new portfolio, 
     
     McMillan told reporters that national 
     
     parks would be safe from miners and 
     
     loggers and that "beginning today" he 
     
     would move to establish closer ties 
     
     wit environmental groups. 
     
    
   
   
    
     By day three he had made good on the 
     
     second promise, telephoning the 
     
     Canadian Nature Federation to 
     
     introduce himself and request the 
     
     CNF's help in carrying out his 
     
     mndate. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Greg Sheehy, Conservation Director 
     
     for the Nature Federation said that 
     
     "Mr. NCMillan has taken some very 
     
     positive first steps. We look 
     
     forward to having him as an ally to 
     
     achieve cur conservation goals." 
     
    
   
   
    
     POLLUTION DAMAGE 
     
     TO FORESTS SLOWS 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from the Halifax Cronicle Herald) 
     
     (Oct. 12, 1985) , 
     
    

    
     BONN (Reuter) - The rate of damage to 
     
     West German forests from pollution 
     
     slowed in the last year for the first time 
     
     since 1982 but more than half the 
     
     country's trees were still affected, the 
     
     Agmflmre Ministry said Wednesday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The ministrysaidin areportthatby the 
     
     endof August, 52 percentof West 
     
     German trea were dead, dying or 
     
     damaged. That compares with 50 
     
    
   
   
    
     figentlast year and 34 percent in 
     
    
   
   
    
     "The rapid increase in forest damage 
     
     observed since 1982 has, in overall 
     
     terms, not oontinued...but it would be 
     
     wrong to speak of a standstill," the 
     
     report said, noting favorable weatha' of 
     
     the last two years. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     millet 
     
     Blue Jays sunflower seeds, 
     
    
   
   
    
     cracked corn 
     
    
   
   
    
     Chickadees and sunflower seeds 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nuthatches 
     
    

    
     Mockingbirds hulled sunflower 
     
     seeds 
     
    

    
     Blackbirds cracked corn, 
     
     seeds: 
     
    

    
     Grosbeaks and sunflower seeds 
     
    

    
     Cardinals 
     
    

    
     Small Finches sunflower seeds 
     
     and thistle seed 
     
    

    
     Sparrows seeds and cracked 
     
    
   
   
    
     corn 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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