Diane's conservation achievements have been recognized by her receipt of 
     
     several prestigious awards, including the “Canadian Outdoorsman of the Year“ in 
     
     1986 and the "Governor General's Conservation Award" in 1989. 
     
    

    
     Diane is one of those individuals who can motivate people to participate 
     
     and , when that doesn't work, cajole them in such a manner that they 
     
     participate in the environmental projects for which they are needed. Through 
     
     her efforts and those of teams she has worked with, she has successfully 
     
     lobbied Ministers to have protective laws passed to help ensure the 
     
     conservation of natural areas, the protection of sand dunes, the protection and 
     
     designation of Scenic Heritage Roads, and the establishment of an Environmental 
     
     Protection Act. While tackling these tasks she has been one of the principal 
     
     forces behind the Trust's Fund Raising Dinners and Auctions. 
     
    

    
     You probably didn't know that, due to the legal proceedings on the 
     
     Greenwich Hearings, Diane at the last minute postponed a very deserved vacation 
     
     to New Zealand for a year. During this postponement period she assisted the 
     
     Natural History Society with the Boughton Hearings which absorbed hundreds of 
     
     hours of work. 
     
    

    
     While carrying out these tasks Diane has found the time to be a Director 
     
     of the Board and Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Canadian 
     
     Wildlife Federation, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Wildlife Habitat Canada, a 
     
     moving force behind the P.E.I. Conservation Strategy (Canada's first completed 
     
     provincial conservation strategy), a member of the National Steering Committee 
     
     for Wildlife '87, a director of the National Round Table on the Environment, a 
     
     member of the Provincial Round Table, the champion "new member getter“ for the 
     
     Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists, a founding member of a 
     
     coalition of groups in the Maritimes working on land conservation issues, a 
     
     member of the Canadian Nature Federation's Education and Nominating Committees, 
     
     chairperson of the Education Committee and board member of the Canadian Council 
     
     on Ecological Areas, a board member of the Canadian Environmental Network, a 
     
     very active speaker on environmental issues, and a formidable fund raising 
     
     ticket salesperson for many organizations. 
     
    

    
     Her practical approach to issues is portrayed by her work in lobbying for 
     
     and assisting with the planning for the Tourism and Nature Workshop in the 
     
     Spring of 1987 and the subsequent "Touch Nature" tourism theme for Prince 
     
     Edward Island in 1988. This effort helped to bring the Tourism Association Of 
     
     Prince Edward Island more firmly on the side of wildlife conservation. Before 
     
     going head to head with the Greenwich developers in the Land Use Appeal 
     
     hearings, she arranged a land swap that would have allowed the developers to 
     
     exchange their land for nearby properties which could have been developed thus 
     
     supporting the development in the community while allowing the protection of 
     
     the sensitive dunes. The developers refused the trade. In yet another example, 
     
     she assisted the Eastern Kings Tourism Association in the identification of 
     
     lands suitable for resource development which would not conflict with the 
     
     conservation of identified natural areas. 
     
    

    
     In spite of all this, Diane still manages to find time to participate in 
     
     the Christmas Bird Counts, a gourmet club, the Wildlife Federation and a host 
     
     of other activities. Diane, as one Islander, I'm very glad you put the 
     
     basketball tenacity you displayed at Saint Dunstan's on the side of a better 
     
     environment. Thanks from all of us! 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Early to mid August: For the adventuresome, a trip to the Bay of Fundy will 
     
     provide an opportunity to see mass migrations of shorebirds. There are 
     
    
   
   
    
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