Edward Island. In 1993/4, the investments have been for the 
     
     Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project ($10,000), the Island 
     
     Nature Trust's Landowner Contact - Stewardship Program ($44,950), 
     
     and the P.E.I. Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Wetland Stewardship 
     
     Program ($41,650). The primary source of funds for the WHC is the 
     
     sale of the Duck Stamp and Print. These can be obtained locally 
     
     from the Island Nature Trust at 566-9150. 
     
     © The New Brunswick Nature Trust has acquired its 5th nature 
     
     preserve called Pickerel Pond through a donation by local cottage 
     
     owners. The 78~hectare property on Maquapit Lake in Queens County 
     
     is mostly lowland swamp but it also includes a shingle spit, and 
     
     part of a keyhole lake. Unusual species include burr oak and swamp 
     
     milkweed. (adapted from N.B. Naturalist, Vol. 20 Dec. 1993) 
     
     Congratulations to the N.B. 
     
     Federation of Naturalists on the 
     
     opening of the Mary's Point 
     
     Interpretive Centre in 1993. This 
     
     site was purchased as part of the 
     
     Shepody National Wildlife Area in 
     
     1978 and dedicated as a Western 
     
     Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve as 
     
     part of Wildlife ’87. The 
     
     Federation’s first development 
     
     project was to establish a parking 
     
     Kg lot and trail to the beach and it 
     
     then hired student wardens and 
     
     interpreters. Increased visitation, 
     
     5,000 in 1993, led to the develop- 
     
     ment of an interpretation centre 
     
     over the past 3 years. (adapted from 
     
     N.B. Naturalist, Vol. 20 Dec. 1993). 
     
     The successes and failures of Piping Plover recovery 
     
     initiatives were on the discussion table in Sackville on November 
     
     14th and 15th as Piping Plover Recovery Team members and 
     
     representatives of a variety of groups working on the recovery plan 
     
     met. The decline of the Piping Plover population in Atlantic 
     
     Canada, despite all the efforts of the last decade, led to an 
     
     evaluation of the techniques that have been used in this region. 
     
     The U.S. Piping Plover Recovery Team has been very successful in 
     
     their efforts perhaps in part due to the tougher laws and much more 
     
     rigorous commitment of the various agencies involved. The work of 
     
     Parks Canada in this region was particularly outstanding as was the 
     
     work of certain beach guardians, in particular that of Neil and 
     
     Sally Bennett on P.E.I. The Iles-de-la-Madeleine group’s success 
     
     continues to be an encouragement to other groups working with 
     
     Piping Plovers in this region. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Dec. 8 - The P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation invites members 
     
     and Beaconsfield Historic House Friends to the Beaconsfield 
     
    
   
   
    
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