NATURE NOTES - 1975					NA
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Jan. 75		The Heavens Cooperated:  Phoebe Snetsinger presented an
		interesting talk on what was going on in the December skies at
		the Astronomy Group meeting
Jan. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look up in January
Feb. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look up in February (1975) - With February sky chart
Mar. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look up in March (1975) - With March sky chart.
May. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look Up in May
Jun. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look up in June, July and August
Nov. 75		WGNSS member, Ed Friton, was presented with the Amateur
		of the Year Award by the St  Louis Astronomical Society in
		their mid-state meeting  in Fayette, Mo.
Dec. 75	Friton, Edwin E.	Look up in December (with star map)
BOTANY
Jan. 75	Sullivan, Father Jim	Winter Botany:  Plant identification is not that difficult in the
		winter months.
Jan. 75	Christ, Art	Winter Botany:  A great deal can be learned from plants during
		this time of the year.
Feb. 75	Denison, Edgar	Downy Gentian (Agentiana Puberulenta) - with illustrations
Feb. 75	Christ, Art	Missouri Clubmosses
Mar. 75	Christ, Art	Missouri Horsetails
Mar. 75	Denison, Edgar	Oaks in Missouri (with data on distribution and pictures of leaves
		and acorns)
Apr. 75	Christ, Art	Key to Spring-Flowering Liliaceae (Lily Family)
May. 75	Suillivan, Father James	The Rock of Lower Rock Creek:  An excellent description of this
		scenic area of Madison County
May. 75	Denison, Edgar	Nemastylis - The Celestial Lily
May. 75	Christ, Art	Shadbush (Amelanchier Arborea)
May.75	Wegmann,  Larry	Plant Variation
May. 75	Denison, Edgar	Dear Larry:  Comments on the above article on plant variation.
Jun. 75	Denison, Edgar	About Violets in General and the Green Violet in Particular
Jun. 75	Christ, Art	Spice Bush (Lindera Benzoin)
Jun. 75	Wiese, Mary	Botanizing by Bus Or Around the Mediterranean in Fourteen Days
Sep. 75	Denison, Edgar	Verbascum Lichnytis - A New Plant for Missouri
Sep. 75	Christ, Art	Showy Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium Reginae)
Oct. 75	Denison, Edgar	Another New Flower Species for Missouri:  a variety of teasel not
		found in Steyermark, Dispsacus Lacinatus
Oct. 75	Christ, Art	False Dragonhead (Physostegia Virginiana)
Nov. 75	Christ, Art	Key to the Fall-Flowering Leguminosae
Nov. 75	Denison, Edgar	Sabatia Angularis - The Rose Gentian
Dec. 75	Christ, Art	American Bittersweet (Celastrus Scandens)
CONSERVATION
Feb. 75		Mastodon State Park Update
Feb. 75	Spener, Claudia	Report from the Coalition for the Environment (deals with Union
		Electric's suit against the EPA)
Mar. 75		Notes from the Coalition For the Environment - February meeting
Apr. 75		The National Woolgrowers Assn. is launching an all-out
		campaign to persuade President Ford to cancel the ban on the
		use of poisons for predator control on private lands.  Letters
		to the President and Secretary of the Interior recommended.
Sep. 75	Denison, Edgar	Letter opposing the proposal to replace the old Lock and Dam #26
		at Alton, written by request for the President of WGNSS.
Oct. 75	Spener, Claudia	WGNSS Gives $250 to Mastodon Park
Nov. 75	Denison, Edgar	Creve Coeur Lake - Dredging and Rehabilitation:  The County Parks
		Dept. is dredging Creve Coeur Lake to save this ox-bow water
		from being silted into oblivion.  Dredge spoil is being deposited
		hydraulically in an area surrounded by an earthen dam.  Walking
		on the dam could be dangerous
Nov. 75	Denison, Edgar	Letter to Senators Symington and Eagleton deploring the
		exclusion of proposed Missouri wilderness areas (named) from
		the 1974 Eastern Wilderness legislation.  (Written on behalf of
		the president of WGNSS)
Dec. 75		! ! ! HELP ! ! ! :  $39,000 must be raised by year's end to make
		Mastodon Park a reality.  Please send in your contribution promptly!
ENTOMOLOGY
Feb. 75	Sullivan, Father Jim	Yellow and Black Means Warning (in insects)!
Jun. 75	Talbot, Mary	Acorn Dwelling Ants
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area November Birding
Feb. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	The Area 200 Birders in 1974.  Joe Eades led wih 249.
Feb. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area December Birding
Feb. 75	Comfort, Jim	Weldon Spring 1974 Chrismas Bird Count (with details)
Feb. 75	Wessseling, Kurt, Jr.	Orchard Farm 1974 Christmas Bird Count (with details)
Mar. 75	Hallett, Vi	1975 Bluebird Nesting Box Study at Sunny Ranch:  WGNSS
		wants to continue its participation in this nature study project for
		the eighth year; volunteers are needed.
Mar. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area January Birding
Apr. 75	Lammert, Warren	Sand Hill Cranes and White Fronts
Apr. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area February Birding
May. 75	Barksdale, Tim	Cape Hatteras Birding
May. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area March Bids
May. 75	Miller, Glen R.	Division Manager of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge at
		Annada, Mo., has asked for WGNSS help in making regular
		censuses
May. 75		A Guide to Finding Birds in the St. Louis Area is available from
		John Molyneaux, WGNSS Treasurer, for $1.25
Jun. 75	Jones, Dave	Extracts from the Diary of Otto Widmann, Old Orchard, Mo.,
		Jan. 24, 1890:  A lengthy treatise on the purple martin, Pt. 1
Jun. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area April Birding
Sep. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Late Spring and Summer Birding
Sep. 75	Erb, F. J.	The Bird of the Month (illustrations)
Sep. 75	Jones, Dave	Extracts from the Diary of Otto Widmann, Old Orchard, Mo.,
		Pt. 2, continued from the June 75 issue.
Oct. 75	Barksdale, Tim	Massachusetts Miracle:  Sighting of  a Ross' gull
Oct. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area August Birding
Nov. 75	Comfort, Jim	Busch Area Checklist:  The Missouri Dept of Conservation, in
		cooperation with WGNSS, has published a revised edition of
		"Birds of the August A. Busch Memorial Wildlife Area".  It
		lists 271 species plus four identifiable races.
Nov. 75	Arhos, Kaathryn	Pere Marquette Christmas Count:  Set for Dec. 20;  we hope
		many WGNSS members can participate.
Nov. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area September Birding
Dec. 75	Pickering, Burrell and Ruby	1975 Eastern Bluebird Nesting Box Study
Dec. 75	Barksdale, Timothy Reese	Missouri's 1st Record of Thayer's Gull (Lanus Thayeri)
Dec. 75	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area October Birding
Dec. 75		Pere Marquette Christmas Count (will be on Dec. 20)
Dec. 75	Barksdale, Tim	WGNSS members are invited to participate in a new Christmas
		count at St. Mary's Mo. On Jan. 3
Dec. 75		Busch Area Christmas Count will be held on Sunday, Dec. 28
PEOPLE
Feb. 75		Zoomorphid Sculpture - Weathered Wood of the West:  Clarence
		Zacher, Jr. has some pieces of his wildlife sculpture at the Joan
		Ruesing Gallery in the Lindell Terrace Apartment Bldg. at Lindell
		and Taylor
Feb. 75		Lillian and Jim Sharpe now living in Ironton, Mo.
Mar. 75		A note from Claire Van der Linden, recently moved to Kansas
		City, says "I still enjoy reading about the exciting finds" in the field
		in St. Louis.
Mar. 75		News from Germany (from Ludwig and Anneli Nagel)
May. 75		A very good book of our native wildflowers has been written by
		Edgar Denison.  Published by the Missouri Department of
		Conservation, it is sold in most area bookstores.
Sep. 75		Fall Flora - A field oriented course at Tyson Research Center by
		Erna R. Eisendrath, Assoc. Prof. Emerita of Biology (and
		colleague)
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 75	Kierstead, Clara, Ed.	More About Squirrels
Feb. 75	Heinze, Dorothy B.	Seein' Snakes (at her home)
Apr. 75	Sullivan, Father Jim	Facts from Paleontology About the Missouri Ozarks
Jun. 75	Denison, Edgar	Nature Trails for WGNSS Members:  George Winter, Jr., has
		given WGNSS members permission to use the extensive trails on
		1,000 acres of property near Valley Park for hiking and nature
		study.  With map.
Jun. 75		Shaw's Garden Guide Program (starting shortly after Labor Day
		and continuing for eight weeks)
Sep. 75	Coles, Richard	Animal Survival in Unusual Environments, a course at the Tyson
		Research Center
Sep. 75	Shaw, Joan	Kirkwood Scouts Chirp with Joy:  A WEE walk with Earl Comfort,
		Kyrle  Boldt and Frank Erb in Kirkwood Park
Dec. 75	Denison, Edgar	A Prairie National Park:  Support requested for H.R. 8726  for
		establishing a Tallgrass Prairie National Park in the Flint Hills of
		Kansas
ADMINISTRATIVE
Mar. 75		It's That Time Again:  Report of the Nominating Committee
		consisting of Mary Wiese, Chairman, Peg Feigley and Kyrle
		Boldt.  Nominations are as follows:
		President - Walter Liddell
		First V.P. - Claudia Spener
		Second V.P. - Tom Brooks
		Secretary - Pat Summerfield
		Treasurer - John Molyneaux
		Editor - Sallie Phillips
Mar. 75		A recent Board action was a donation of $125 to the Prairie
		Foundation
May. 75		Welcome to the following new members of WGNSS (8 total)
Jun. 75		Welcome to the following new members of WGNSS (7 total)
Sep. 75		Welcome to the following new WGNSS members (8 total)
Oct. 75		Welcome to the following new WGNSS members (3 total)
MEETINGS
Jan.75		General Meeting, 8 PM, Jan. 10, St. Louis County Library,
		Lindbergh and Clayton.  Tom Johnson of the St. Louis Zoo will
		give a program on "Familiar Reptiles of Missouri".
Feb. 75		General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 14, at St. Louis County	St.
		Library.  Program will be an Envonmental Defense Fund movie
		on "Planning for Floods".  Joint meeting with St. Louis Audubon
Mar. 75		General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March 14, at the St. Louis
		County Library.  Program will be about the proposed Mastodon
		Park presented by Mrs. Albert Heinze and Mrs. Rita Maes
May. 75		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 2, at St. Louis
		County Library.  Paul Bauer will give the program entitled
		"Birding in San Blas and Mexico's West Coast".
Sep. 75		WGNSS Indoor Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Sept. 12, St. Louis
		County Library.  Roger Pryor will make a presentation "Wilderness
		in Missouri" on proposed wilderness areas.
Oct. 75		WGNSS Indoor Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Oct. 12, St. Louis County
		Library.  Mike Flieg and Bob Starr will present "Photographers
		Look at Our Local Bird Life".
Nov. 75		WGNSS Indoor Adveneture, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 14, St. Louis County
		Library.  Thane Bopp, amateur astronomer and photographer,
		looks at the firmament.
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Jan. 75		Annual Banquet of WGNSS, Friday, April 4, at the Heritage
		House on South Lindbergh
Apr. 75		Annual Banquet, Friday, April 4, at the Heritage House, 3612
		S. Lindbergh, 6 PM.  Jim Jackson will present a program
		entitled "Wyoming Trek".
Apr. 75		WGNSS Spring Picnic at Pickering's Sunny Ranch, Sunday,
		April 27, all day
Sep. 75		Annual WGNSS Outing at Sunny Ranch on Oct. 12
Oct. 75		Annual WGNSS Fall Outing at Sunny Ranch on Oct. 12
Nov. 75	Liddell, Walter	Needed:  A volunteer!  To lend a home for our annual Christmas
		party on December 12.
Dec. 75		WGNSS Annual Christmas Party will be at the home of Allen
		and Mary Frances Goodloe, 108 S. Rock Hill Rd., Webster Groves