The City of Charlottetown Parks and Recreation Department would like to invite the community to participate in an interactive presentation about creating a plan to restore the remnant Acadian forest at the end of Greenwood Drive. Come out and share your experiences, ideas and suggestions. This presentation will be facilitated by Gary Schneider, Supervisor of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project.

The presentation will take place in a meeting room at Le Carrefour de l’Isle Saint-Jean,
5 Promenade Acadienne, at 7pm, Tuesday, December 13th.

If you cannot make the meeting but have comments to share, please contact Gary at macphailwoods@gmail.com or 902-651-2575.

For additional information please contact the Charlottetown Parks office at 629-4024.

There is going to be public meetings on the proposed highway relocation project that will move the highway through the heart of the Strafgartney Provincial Park.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
2:00 to 4:00 pm and 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Dutch Inn, Cornwall
100 Trans Canada Highway

Thursday, October 27, 2011
2:00 to 4:00 pm and 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Crapaud Hall, Crapaud
Civic #36, Route 13

Take a look at this site for more information, including detailed maps of the proposed changes.

http://www.gov.pe.ca/tir/gateway

From the Tourism PEI website

Strathgartney has one of the most beautiful scenic views of all the Provincial Parks with self-guided nature trails, playground, kitchen shelters and washroom facilities.

http://www.tourismpei.com/provincial-park/strathgartney

You may want to participate in this on-line petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-highway-construction-through-strat...

Why can't they just upgrade the existing highway. That new stretch of pavement they laid did a lot to help and I am sure it would be cheaper just to upgrade what we have. Would it not be better to update our existing highway and leave Strafgartney provincial park alone? I think so.

The PEI Model Forest Network is holding a photo contest "What does the Forest Mean to Me". Take a picture of what the forest means to you and enter it into the contest. Deadline for entries is February 29, 2012. For more information, please visit www.peiforests.ca

The PEI Model Forest Network will also be hosting a photo workshop on Oct 22, 2011 from 9am to 11am at the Beach Groove Forestry Office. Located at 170 Beach Groove Rd. This 2 hour workshop will have experts on hand to provide demonstrations and answer questions. For more information, please visit www.peiforests.ca