CANADIAN NATURE FEDERATION 
     
     CONFERENCE 
     
    
   
   
    
     THEME - NATURE IN THE GULF 
     
     ISLAND, MAN AND SEA 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Annual Meeting of the Canadian Nature Federation 8 
     
     a; 
     
     University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown 'nk 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hosted by the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island 
     
     with the assistance of the New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists 
     
    
   
   
    
     August 17 — 21, 1978 
     
    
   
   
    
     Program: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Friday, August 18 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Introduction 
     
    
   
   
    
     Session I. Heritage and Harvest 
     
     9:30 a.m. - Keynote address: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The early natural environment of the Maritimes: 
     
     the impact of settlement on natural systems 
     
     - Hinrich Harries. 
     
    
   
   
    
     11:00 a.m. - The history of forestry and shipbuilding on Prince 
     
     Edward Island — Marvin Moore. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     11:30 a.m. - Fisheries in the Maritimes — Bill Murphy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Session II. Wildlife in the Wake of Change 
     
    
   
   
    
     1:30 p.m. - Extinctions and introductions of mammals on Prince 
     
     Edward Island — Randall Dibblee. 
     
    

    
     2:00 p.m. - Lobsters and lobstering - Jim Jenkins. 
     
    

    
     2:30 p.m. - A century of avifaunal changes - David Christie. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Session III. Special Places; a Rationale for Preservation 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     3:30 p.m. - Sand dunes; a dynamic habitat of national 
     
     significance - Bob Gray 
     
    
   
   
    
     4:00 p.m. - Flora and fauna of the deep — Eric Mills 
     
    
   
   
    
     4:30 p.m. — The intrinsic value of nature; a photographer's 
     
     statement — Freeman Patterson 
     
    
   
   
    
     Entertainment Down East style — Ready for an evening of Square 
     
     Dancing, Folk singing and Jigging? — Sponsored 
     
     by P.E.I. Department of Tourism, Parks and 
     
     Conservation