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-FORESTRY LIBRARY OPENS

The Forestry Division of the P.E.I. Dept. of Agriculture & 'orestry has recently completed

organizing and storing its information in a small library at the main office Hurry Road, West Royalty.

Most of the information is technical; the majority is published by various governments and concerned industrial and professional organizations. Silvi- culture, Forest Protection (Pests and Fire), Harvesting, Products

and Utilization, Soils, and

4 Management are some Of the subjects directly concerned with forestry. There are also publications indirectly concerned with forestry such as wildlife and environment. There are also various professional journals such as Woodland Notes, P.E.I. Environeer, merican orests and Forest Science.

nyone wishing to use this nformation resource is welcome, as long as the material is kept within the library as the material is not, as yet, prepared for circulation.

Louise Mould

Forestry Branch,

Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry

B.Y.0.M. At the November meeting, a light lunch will be offered. To fétiliate things it would be appre— ciated if everyone would bring their own mug (B.Y.0.M.). Thankyou.

"CANADA GEESE DROP IN .

Oh’Monday, Octoper b, a pair of

Canada geese , feeling the pressure

of the first day of the hunting season, deemed it wise to move to safer grounds. Trading the crowded bay for a spaCious garden and the bark of a dog on a

leash for the bark of a hunter's gun, the geese settled into their new sur- roundings.

Many Canada geese use P.E.I. as a stop-over area in their long flight from their northern summering areas to their southern wintering areas. However, not everyone was as fortnate as I to have a pair of geese stop- over in their front yard.

After Spending 5 days in my yard, the geese did not return. Hopefully

they are continuing their trip south- ward. BON VOYAGE.

Clare Martin Stanhope, P.E.I.

RACCDON DOG A member of the canine family, the raccoon dog is one of

the wild furbearers of northern Europe. This fox-size dog is brownish gray above and yellowish-brown below with dark areas around the eyes from which it gets its name. The raccoon dog was recently brought to Canada from Finland by an Ontario fur farmer who plans to bred the dog for its prized pelt. The fur of the raccoon dog

is sold under the name of "Dssarian raccoon" or "Japanese fox”.

Nature canservationists have criticized the federal and Ontario governments

for allowing the introduction of this exotic animal as it could cause de- struction to Canadian wildlife.

The C.N.F. is one of the more vocal groups urging that the dogs be re- turned to Finland. To support their arguement examples of other introduct- ions and the results are given. Ex- amples include the introduction of

the starling to North American and

the resultant destruction of crops and habitat of native birds.

(From Press Release issued by C.N.F.)