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: Society news; The Society's General Council and committees: prepare briefing material for discussions regarding the creation of a PEI natural history museum; coordinate with the Island Nature Trust to voice concerns over the status of public lands previously designated by the province as Natural Areas that may now be endangered by the government's proposal to sell some provincially owned golf courses adjacent to these properties; plan for a multi-organizational PEI Wildlife Workshop for Spring 2014; pursue the development of a rare bird display and the co-publication of a book with the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation; apply to the Wildlife Conservation Fund for support of further research on PEI lichens; and hold a public raffle drawing at their December 2013 meeting

: Society's president's report; Summary of 2013 activities of Nature PEI-Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island

: Soil analysis needed to control nitrate levels; Dr. David Burton, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, was one of the keynote speakers during the recent 4R nutrient stewardship farm tour on PEI., ***unscanned

: Soil and crop group combines meeting with department seminar; PEI Soil and Crop Improvement Association and Department of Agriculture and Forestry co-sponsor a two day workshop combined with a business meeting of the Soil and Crop Association.

: Soil compaction; From "Down to Earth: Island Farmers share sustainable advice".

: Soil compaction; From the column Down to Earth: Island Farmers share sustainable advice

: Soil conservation awards recognize Kinkora and Darnley farmers; Profiles the winners of the PEI Soil and Crop Improvement Association's 2017 Soil Conservationist of the Year award and outlines soil conservation measures taken by each farmer. Winners were Kenneth and Jacqueline Lawless of Kinkora in the livestock category and Myles and Gary Hickey of Darnley in the cash crop category. [Includes photographs.]

: Soil workshops planned for mid-January; "The Atlantic Canada Organic Regional Network and the PEI Certified Organic Producers Coop will be jointly sponsoring two days of workshops in January with two of the major players in the Rodale Institute.", ***unscanned

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