Newsletter / Bulletin IN THIS ISSUE: • Saskatchewan: Hunter and Anglers Contribute to the Economy • Alberta: Cold Enough For Ya? • Territories: Industrial Activity • Rachel Carson Inspires Sense of Wonder • Cows, Pigs, Sheep: World Greatest Threats • Bed Bugs: World-Wide problems With Bed Bugs • Arctic Sea Ice “Faces Rapid Melt” VOLUME 63 NUMBER 4 WINTER 2006 CSEB Newsletter / Bulletin SCBE VOLUME 63, NUMBER 3, 2006 CSEB Website http://www.cseb-scbe.org Webmaster: Shawn Martin • Email: [email protected] In this issue National Executive & Regional Chapter Listings .............. 1 Saskatchewan News ............................................................7 CSEB Objectives/Objectifs de la SCBE .............................2 Alberta News ...................................................................... 8 National News British Columbia News ......................................................11 President’s Report ............................................................... 3 Territories News ................................................................13 Regional News Article: Minister’s Round Table Under the Species Atlantic News ..................................................................... 3 at Risk Act ................................................. 14 Quebec News ...................................................................... 6 Article: Florida Plan to Create Reef Ends With Ontario News ...................................................................... 6 Underwater Tire Dump ....................................... 15 Manitoba News .................................................................. 7 Membership Application .................................................. 16 Date of Issue - November 2006 Cover Photo: Biologist former CSEB president Patrick Stewart Printed in Canada (right) and biological technician Gail Corkum of Envirosphere Consultants sample surface sediment from the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia in 2004. Sampling was part of an Environment ISSN: 0318-5133 Canada study of long-term impacts of a pulp and paper plant on the benthic marine environment 2 Postage paid at Main Post Offi ce, in the area. The sampler, an 0.2 m Van Veen grab, is in the background. Edmonton, AB Submitted by Patrick Stewart, Envirosphere Consultants Limited, Halifax, NS. Canadian Publication Mail Agreement No. 40050477 CSEB/SCBE Logo designed by C.C. Lindsey NATIONAL EXECUTIVE 2006 REGIONAL DIRECTORS Alberta: Manitoba Contact: Douglas J. 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Ash Greater Toronto Area Chair: Membership: Vacant (Work) 780-930-8666; (Fax) 780-483-1574 Saskatchewan: Wendy Thomson (E-mail) [email protected] Joseph Hnatiuk (2009) (Home) 905-723-9217 Chapter Webmaster: Ajay Pradhan (Work) 306-751-0120; (Fax) 306-585-0614 (E-mail) [email protected] Territories (E-mail) [email protected] *Term of Directorship Vice-Chair: Grant LaFontaine Contact: Anne Wilson (2010) Jeff Hovdebo (2007) (Work) 416-695-3390 (Work) 867-669-4735; (Fax) 867-873-8185 (Work) 306-780-8107; (Fax) 306-780-8722 (E-mail) [email protected] (E-mail) [email protected] (E-mail) [email protected] La Société Canadienne des Biologistes de l’Environnement BULLETIN The Canadian Society of CSEB NEWSLETTER 2006 Vol. 63, Number 3 Fall 2006 Environmental Biologists The Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists Newsletter is a quarterly publication. 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