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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0143_01CD23CB.107DB720 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all The next presentation of the Pictou Co. Naturalists Club will be Tues., = May 1, at 6:30 pm at the program room of the New Glasgow Library and = will feature Harry Thurston with an illustrated talk on "The Atlantic = Coast: A Natural History". Harry is well known to us as he has given a = couple of great talks in the past. Below is a little bio on Harry and = some info on his latest book. All welcome- come on out and bring a = friend.=20 Ken Guest speaker Harry Thurston will give an illustrated talk on his highly = regarded, "The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History". About the author: = Harry Thurston is the author of numerous books of poetry and non-fiction = and is a former Writer in Residence for the Pictou-Antigonish Regional = Library. Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy garnered all = three Atlantic region book awards in 1991. Thurston's articles have = appeared in Audubon, National Geographic, and Canadian Geographic, and = he has served as contributing editor and field correspondent for Equinox = since its inception in 1981. He lives in Amherst, Nova Scotia.=20 About the book: The Atlantic Coast of North America-a region that = stretches from Newfoundland and Labrador to Cape May at the mouth of the = Delaware Bay-is the place where north meets south; where the great = northern boreal forest intermingles with the mixed coniferous-hardwood = forests farther south and where the cold, iceberg-studded Labrador = Current swings down from the Arctic to mix with the warm Gulf Stream. = This book examines the geological origins of the region, the two major = forest realms and the main freshwater and marine ecosystems. Along the = way, it describes the flora and fauna that characterize each of these = habitats. The book ends with a look at what has been lost, what remains = of the natural heritage of the region and how it might be conserved in = future. Written by the Atlantic region's best-known nature writer, Harry = Thurston, The Atlantic Coast draws upon the best and most up-to-date = science on the ecology of the region as well as the author's lifetime = experience as a biologist and naturalist. It is both a personal tribute = and a comprehensive guide to a unique and intriguing ecosystem.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0143_01CD23CB.107DB720 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The next presentation of the Pictou Co. = Naturalists=20 Club will be <STRONG>Tues.,</STRONG> <STRONG>May 1,</STRONG> = at=20 <STRONG>6:30</STRONG> pm at the program room of the New Glasgow Library = and=20 will feature <STRONG>Harry Thurston</STRONG> with an = illustrated=20 talk on "<STRONG>The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History</STRONG>". Harry = is well=20 known to us as he has given a couple of great talks in the past. Below = is a=20 little bio on Harry and some info on his latest book. All = welcome-=20 come on out and bring a friend. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3Devent-description>Guest = speaker Harry=20 Thurston will give an illustrated talk on his highly regarded, "The = Atlantic=20 Coast: A Natural History=94. About the author: Harry Thurston is the = author of=20 numerous books of poetry and non-fiction and is a former Writer in = Residence for=20 the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library. Tidal Life: A Natural History of = the Bay=20 of Fundy garnered all three Atlantic region book awards in 1991. = Thurston=92s=20 articles have appeared in Audubon, National Geographic, and Canadian = Geographic,=20 and he has served as contributing editor and field correspondent for = Equinox=20 since its inception in 1981. He lives in Amherst, Nova Scotia. = <BR><BR>About the=20 book: The Atlantic Coast of North America=97a region that stretches from = Newfoundland and Labrador to Cape May at the mouth of the Delaware = Bay=97is the=20 place where north meets south; where the great northern boreal forest=20 intermingles with the mixed coniferous-hardwood forests farther south = and where=20 the cold, iceberg-studded Labrador Current swings down from the Arctic = to mix=20 with the warm Gulf Stream. This book examines the geological origins of = the=20 region, the two major forest realms and the main freshwater and marine=20 ecosystems. Along the way, it describes the flora and fauna that = characterize=20 each of these habitats. The book ends with a look at what has been lost, = what=20 remains of the natural heritage of the region and how it might be = conserved in=20 future. Written by the Atlantic region's best-known nature writer, Harry = Thurston, The Atlantic Coast draws upon the best and most up-to-date = science on=20 the ecology of the region as well as the author's lifetime experience as = a=20 biologist and naturalist. It is both a personal tribute and a = comprehensive=20 guide to a unique and intriguing ecosystem.=20 <BR><BR></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0143_01CD23CB.107DB720--
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