2011

The next meeting of the Natural History Society of PEI take place on Tuesday Jan 3rd at 7:30 pm at the Farm Center, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown and is free to the public. The topic for the January meeting is being presented by Scott Roloson and is titled  Tracking rainbow trout movements in PEI river systems. […]

From The Guardian – Oct 25, 2011 by Ryan Ross Opposition is growing to a proposed plan that would see a highway built through Strathgartney Provincial Park. Julie-Lynn Zahavich is one of the people against it and said it’s a huge natural area that shouldn’t be disturbed by the highway. “I guess I’m just a

To help inform the public about species that are unique to Strathgartney Park, the Natural History Society of PEI released a fact sheet on the park. It is now available in PDF format. Please sign the online petition to show your support for keeping Strathgartney Park intact.

To learn that our Provincial Government is considering de-designating Strathgartney Park which is, protected under the Natural Areas Protection Act, to construct a new raised highway blasted through the middle of this amazing park is shocking. Please get involved with this issue by: Attending public presentations on the highway proposals in your area Upcoming Public

As published by The Guardian, September 16, 2011 by Doug Sobey Commentary We are all aware of the criticism the provincial government has been receiving over the attempt to recreate the Bonshaw Hills in Borden – or is it waves? But I have become aware of a threat to the Bonshaw Hills themselves. A rumour

By Wendell M. Profitt, as published in The Guardian September 28, 2011 Guest opinion Editor: I would like to add my support to the recent letters regarding the irresponsible proposal to divert the Trans-Canada Highway through Strathgartney Park. I endorse the very valid concerns expressed by Dr. Doug Sobey (Sept. 16), Carl Mathis (Sept. 17)

 Editorial Published on October 1, 2011 in The Guardian Transportation officials should stay clear of the park in improving highway in Churchill One wonders about the thought process in our provincial Department of Transportation to even consider blasting a roadway through Strathgartney Park to divert the Trans-Canada Highway around the big curve in the Bonshaw

The next meeting of the Natural History Society is set for Tuesday Nov. 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm: at the Farm Centre, University Ave. Charlottetown. The guest speaker is Paul Giroux – The Ecological Intergrity of PEI National Park.

As published in The Guardian September 17, 2011 Editor: The proposed bypass surgery proposed for the Strathgartney Provincial Park seems ill-advised. If the vertical distance to be saved is only 15 metres, as Dr. Doug Sobey has said in his commentary (‘Stop this ridiculous idea\’, The Guardian, Sept. 16, 2011), the millions of taxpayer dollars