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     THE BONSHAW HILLS TRAIL CLEAN-UP slated for Saturday, May 7 suffered 
     
    

    
     two postponements but finally got under way at 5:30 on the evening of 
     
     May 19. Bob Perry and a small cohort from the NHS hit the trail at 
     
     Bonshaw with saw, axe and orange paint and cleared up the 3 mile stretch 
     
     to the Mill Creek Road. Now if you "follow the orange" there is little 
     
     liklihood of going astray on that part of the trail. A clean-up of 
     
    

    
     the remaining sections of the trail is scheduled for Saturday, October 1. 
     
     Participants will meet at the service station in Bonshaw at 1:00 p.m. 
     
    

    
     but should Saturday be rainy, the clean—up will be held on Sunday. 
     
    

    
     The Trail Club is planning additional signage to mark the trail. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FORMER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY PRESIDENT LEAVES PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     0n the first of September, Diane Griffin and her family moved to 
     
     Edmonton, Alberta. Diane has taken a job with the Alberta Provincial 
     
     Government as Natural Areas Coordinator in the Department of Energy 
     
     and Natural Resources. In 1973 Diane completed her M.Sc. in botany 
     
    

    
     at Acadia University. She then returned to P.E.I. and was employed 
     
     for the past four years as an interpretive planner with the Provincial 
     
     Department of Tourism, Parks and Conservation. During that time Diane 
     
     became enthusiastically involved in environmental and conservation 
     
     organizations and activities on Prince Edward Island. She served on 
     
     the executives of H.O.P.E., and the Bonshaw Hills Trail Club and was 
     
     an extremely active member of the Natural History Society. For the 
     
     last two years she served as President of the Natural History Society. 
     
     In addition to her provincial activities she has represented Prince 
     
     Edward Island's conservation interests nationally on the boards of the 
     
     Canadian Society of Interpreters and the Canadian Nature Federation. 
     
     Diane is a botanist of note and frequently provided liason and assistance 
     
     between various levels of government, the University of Prince Edward 
     
     Island and the general public. Those of us involved in environmental 
     
     acitivties will miss keenly her energy, enthusiasm and ideas. Diane 
     
     has indicated that she will remain involved in the planning of the 
     
     1978 annual meeting of the Canadian Nautre Federation to be held in 
     
     Charlottetown and she will return next August to help with last minute 
     
     details. We wish Diane all the best in her new job and hope that she 
     
     and her family enjoy their stay in Edmonton. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     GRANVILLE OSPREYS HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS 
     
     In 1976 ospreys were often observed flying over the peninsula between 
     
     the Granville River and the Trout River in North Granville. That 
     
     we were never near their nest was apparent from the lack of agitation 
     
     in their behaviour. In the early fall a cottager on the west side of 
     
     the Granville River reported that the nest was in view from one spot 
     
     on his property, and back across the river we found the nest near the 
     
     wooded hilltop. The ospreys were not around, probably having migrated. 
     
     During the winter the nest blew down. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     This spring, 1977, the ospreys returned — but where was their new 
     
     nest? In August the same cottager informed us of the new location on 
     
     the east side of the River. Presumably there had been young birds 
     
     this year - judging by the protective behaviour of the adults around 
     
     the nest. Once again, disaster struck. The nest in an old pine tree 
     
     was blown down in the wild wind storm of September 14 and 15, 1977. 
     
     Fortunately any young birds should have fledged by this time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Margaret Mallett 
     
     Charlottetown