NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     _MEETINGS are held of the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, 
     
     August, and September) at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, 
     
     Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your coffee 
     
     cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by mail to the 
     
     Society c/o the Treasurer. Annual membership rates are : $12. Renewals are 
     
     due in January. Membership expiry dates are in the top right hand corner of 
     
     the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 
     
     1992 Executive: President..............Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 
     
     Vice-President...........Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569—2665 
     
     Past President....Patrick Wootton, Sharam~Point -569-1829 962—3641 
     
     Secretary.................Carolyn Meincke, Charlottetown 368-1704 
     
     Treasurer.....................Sue Stephenson, Springvale 368-1224 
     
     Directors.......................Roberta Palmer, Brackley 368-1862 
     
     .....................Donald Wilkinson, Sherwood 566-1279 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi—monthly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, 
     
     reports, drawings, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you 
     
     have seen anything unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have 
     
     your observations recorded so that others may learn from them. All 
     
     contributions should be send to: 
     
    

    
     Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor 
     
    

    
     Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island Ltd. 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown RR # S, Donagh, P.E.I. clA 7J8 
     
     Thanks to Linda Thomas for folding, stuffing, and mailing newsletter # 124. 
     
     The next newsletter deadline is January 21, 1993. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Dover Publications, 
     
     Inc. and Elizabeth A. McClelland who prepared the drawing on the cover and to 
     
     Rudy Stocek for the Pete Stafford's sugar maple illustration on page 8. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the 
     
     Department of Tourism and Parks and the Department of Education which enables 
     
     distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries and to members. The 
     
     Natural History Society is an affiliate of the Canadian Nature Federation and 
     
     has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The Society is a 
     
     registered, non-profit organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax receipts are 
     
     issued for donations to the Society and these funds are used to further the 
     
     work of the Society. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy 
     
     classroom materials are welcome to reprint articles from the Island Naturalist 
     
     (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgment must be provided to the Island 
     
     Naturalist, the author and the illustrator. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTHS COVER 
     
    

    
     The meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus starts breeding in the winter under 
     
     the snow. Its high reproductive capability allows it to produce very high 
     
     populations when food and snow conditions are right. Thus it contributes 
     
     significantly to the girdling of trees and shrubs in heavy snow years. 
     
    
   
   
    
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