TRAIL AND NATURE MAP COMPLETED: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Utilizing funding from the Active Living in the Environment Program and 
     
     other sources, the Island Nature Trust and Island Trails have produced the 
     
     Prince Edward Island Trail and Nature Map. This 1:277,000 scale map (1 inch 
     
     equals 4.37 miles or 1 cm equals 2.77 km) features the locations of hiking 
     
     trails across the province as well as sites for: birdwatching (coastal, 
     
     woodlands, shorebirds, raptors, etc), seal. watching, dolphin/porpoise 
     
     sightings, scenic heritage roads, parks, heritage sites, scenic lookouts, and 
     
     other features. 
     
    

    
     This map was coproduced by Kate MacQuarrie and Dan McAskill under 
     
     contract to the Island Nature Trust and under direction from both the Trust 
     
     and Island Trails. The map will be on sale from both Island Trails and the 
     
     Island Nature Trust as well as at local sales outlets. You can obtain a copy 
     
     by contacting the Trust at 566-9150, Island Trails at 894-7535, or by 
     
     dropping by Ravenwood. It will be sold for $4.50 at the Trust office and 
     
     bookstores. Add $1 for mail orders through the Trust. 
     
    

    
     CANADIAN NATURE FEDERATION AT WORK: adapted from Nature Alert 5:3 
     
    

    
     The Natural History Society is affiliated with the Canadian Nature 
     
     Federation, its compatriot national organization. The CNF has had a 
     
     difficult year adjusting to the changing economic situation but, despite 
     
     this, it has had a very productive year. The CNF was active in the following 
     
     areas in 1994-1995. 
     
    

    
     For the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, the CNF 
     
     assisted with the production of a module on sustainable agriculture to be 
     
     presented at agricultural conferences, a set of environmental criteria for 
     
     farm support programs, a computer network to link rural institutions, 
     
     groups, and farmers, farm environment handbooks, training modules for 
     
     banking and loans staff to emphasize the social and environmental aspects of 
     
     farming, and a "How-to" guide of ideas for use at the local level. 
     
    

    
     The CNF joined forces with seven other organizations to form the 
     
     Biodiversity Convention Advisory Committee. They prepared a national 
     
     strategy on biodiversity which was presented for public review in 1994. In 
     
     addition to biodiversity, the CNF provided scientific input into the COSEWIC 
     
     endangered species list and the recovery plans for species on that list. 
     
    

    
     The EPIC program (Endangered Plants and Invertebrates in Canada), which 
     
     CNF advocated, has yielded the addition of invertebrates such as snails, 
     
     molluscs, butterflies, and moths and non-vascular plants such as mosses, 
     
     liverworts, algae, and fungi to the COSEWIC endangered species list. 
     
    

    
     CNF worked with the Body Shop and its 106 stores, the CNF affiliates, 
     
     the Sierra Legal Defense Fund, and the Union quebecoise pour la conservation 
     
     de la nature to pursue Canadian Endangered Species legislation. It joined 
     
     with five other conservation groups to form the Endangered Species Coalition 
     
     which has pursued the legislation effort. 
     
    

    
     In addition to these efforts, the CNF: continued its opposition to the 
     
     Yukon wolf kill; worked with the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee and 
     
     regional workshops to prepare a draft national marine conservation strategy; 
     
     made representations for changes to strengthen species protection of the 
     
     Migratory Birds Convention Act and the Canadian Wildlife Act; signed an 
     
     historic mining accord which commits industry and government to more 
     
    
   
   
    
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