Please note the two upcoming opportunities to help in cleaning up our local environment. On Saturday, April 19th Joe Haselmayer is leading a group of volunteers on a cleanup of Highway 40. Meet at Wawanosh Wetlands at 8:45 a.m. where Joe will give direction, safety vests and assign locations.

Also on Sunday, April 27th there is a cleanup of the Howard Watson Nature Trail. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. near the corner of Cathcart and Modeland across from the interpretive centre where bags will be issued and sections allocated.

In both cases please wear clothing appropriate for the weather as well as boots and gloves.

John Teasel

Please don't forget that the organizers need 2", 4", 5", and 6" plastic pots for use in transplanting. Also donations of plants, shrubs, and trees which are surplus to members needs. Please deliver the pots to 1267 Lakeshore at any time. Plants should be delivered a week or two before May 10th.

John Teasel

The Bert Miller Nature Club of Fort Erie is hosting a Rally to Preserve Marcy Woods on Saturday April 26, 2003 at the Stevensville Conservation Clubhouse on Ott Road in Stevensville (Fort Erie). I will forward you the flyer as soon as I have them printed but wanted you to know in advance since you had offered to help in anyway. Our guest speaker for the day will be CBC's Bob McDonald from Quirks and Quarks. More info. later but thought you could pass info. along to any of your conservation/naturalist friends. Look forward to having you join us on the 26th of April.

Deanna
Deanna Lindblad
Bert Miller Nature Club
905-834-8370
deanna@niagara.com

I wanted to let you know about an upcoming conference on Parks and Protected Areas to be held at the University of Western Ontario, on May 8th, 9th, and 10th, 2003. The theme for PRFO 2003 will address Protected Areas and Watershed Management. Speakers and commentators will explore this theme in terms of its current applications nationally, and then explore potentials and challenges to its broader application in Ontario. The second day involves several parallel sessions of volunteered papers on Parks and Protected Area research. The second day of the conference will also feature an afternoon workshop on the Canadian Heritage Rivers System. On the third day of the conference, an optional field trip will explore the Upper Thames River Watershed of southern Ontario, hosted by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority.

This is an exciting conference program and, as the sixth PRFO event, it continues an excellent tradition of research exchange. Details on the facilities and local arrangements at Western are available on the conference brochure. .

The conference program, registration form, accommodations listing and other information on the conference is available on the PRFO website (www.prfo.ca). We hope you will consider participating in this event, and please contact us if you have any questions. .

Cost for Registering for PRFO 2003 is : Professionals, $70.00; Students, $35.00. .

If you have any questions please contact:

Christopher J. Lemieux
PRFO Coordinator Heritage Resources Centre
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
Fax (519) 746-2031
hrc@fes.uwaterloo.ca

or

Dr. Michael Troughton
Professor and Local Conference Coordinator

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Join the International Joint Commission on September 19-20, 2003 in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2003 IJC Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality.

Mark your calendars now!

The IJC's Biennial Meeting has long been a forum for the Great Lakes and the people who care about their future. Our goal is to educate the Great Lakes basin community and energize its citizens to work together, along with governments at all levels, to carry out the purpose of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. At the meeting, basin residents will come together to celebrate progress, assess and comment on current action, share strategies for restoring the Areas of Concern and discuss new and emerging issues regarding the cleanup and restoration of the greatest body of fresh water on Earth.

For more information contact: DayJ@windsor.ijc.org