NATURE NOTES - 1979
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 79	Christ, Art	Coralberry (Symphoricarpos Orbiculatus)
Feb. 79	Christ, Art	Fragrant Sumac (Rhu Aromatica)
Feb. 79		Spring Flora/Fauna:  Research Projects at Tyson:  Washington
		University Continuing Education Course
Mar. 79	Christ, Art	Toothwort (Dentaria Laciniata)
Mar. 79	Denison, Edgar	Milkweeds - An Evolutionary Puzzle (with illustrations)
Apr. 79	Christ, Art	Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza)
May.79	Chist, Art	Trout Lily (Erthrnium)
Jun. 79	Denison, Edgar	The Blue-Eyed Mary (with illustrations)
Jun. 79	Christ, Art	Prairie Violet (Viola Pedatifida)
Jun. 79	Dyers, Anne	Please Don't Pick
Sep. 79	Christ, Art	Some Rare Plants of Southeastern Missouri
Oct. 79	Christ, Art	Loesel's Twayblade (Liparis Loeselii)
Nov. 79	Wiese, Mary	The Rocklpile in September
Dec. 79	Sullivan, Fr. Jim	A Meeting With History:  At Swamp Pond, a remnant of the
		original Tupelo-Bald Cypress swamp forest of southeastern
		Missouri
Dec. 79	Feigley, Peg	Lower Plants Field Trip to Hawn Park
CONSERVATION
Apr. 79	Humke, John W.	Save Clarksville Island; help the Bald Eagles; write Cecil Andrus,
		Secretary of the Interior
Nov. 79		Recent Board Actions:  $100 to Eagle Valley Environmentalists for
		the purchase of one acre in EVE's eagle sanctuary in southwestern
		Wisconsin, and $152.50 to Walter Crawford's Raptor Rehab Project
		in memory of James Comfort.  The latter was money donated to
		WGNSS in Jim Comfort's memory.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 79	Hallett, Floyd	Northeast (Bay of Fundy Area) Birding
Jan. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	November Birding
Jan. 79		Mississippi Water Birds Decline
Feb. 79	Snetsinger, Phoebe	Why Arizona in July?
Feb. 79	Herson, Kathryn	Request for assistance in compiling a list of birds that eat salt.
Feb. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	December Birding in the St. Louis Area
Feb. 79		The (1978) 200 Club:  Phoebe Snetsinger at top with 276;
		the composite list was 292 species.
Mar. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	January Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 79	Symes, Bill, Jr.	A Day's Birding at Busch Willife - Feb.11, 1979
Apr. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	February Birding in the St. Louis Area
May. 79	Wiese, Mary	March Notes  from the Rockpile
May. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	March Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jun. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	April Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jun. 79		Help Wanted on Two Projects:
		Dave Jones is Collecting information on heron rookeries for
		Cornell University's Colonial Bird Register
		Bruce Schuette, Naturalist at Cuivre River State park, wants
		information on bird species seen there for a park bird list
Jun. 79		Birding Big Day - Saturday, May 5 - 178 species were seen,
		Jack van Bentuysen was tops with 126.
Sep. 79	Goodloe, Mary Frances	Some Western Birding
Sep. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	Spring and Summer Biding in the St. Louis Area
Oct. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	August Birding in the St. Louis Area
Nov. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	September Birding in the St. Louis Area
Nov. 79	Wiese, Mary	The Rockpile in September
Dec. 79	Galambos, Barbara	An Adventure on Bonaventure: A seabird rookery island off the
		coast from Perce, Quebec, on the Gaspe Peninsula.
Dec. 79	Bodman, Rose Ann	October Birding in the St. Louis Area
PEOPLE
May. 79	Pickering, Burrell	The Story of Sunny Ranch (reprinted from May 69 issue of
		Nature Notes)
Jun. 79		New Publications by WGNSS members:
		James Jackson, The Biography of a Tree, Jonathan David, Inc.,
		Middle Village, N.Y., 191 pages
		William Brush, Flowers and Plants, Concordia Pub. Co., St.
		Louis, Mo., June 1978
		Edgar Denison, Missouri Wildflowers, 3rd Ed., Missouri Dept. of
		Conservation
Nov. 79	Christ, Art	Dr. Julian Steyermark Returns to St. Louis:  While here presented
		with the Henry Shaw Medal by the Missouri Botanical Garden and
		WGNSS made him an honorary member.  He was a past member
		of WGNSS and Chairman of its Botany Group.  Good information
		re his botanical writings.
Nov. 79		Recent Board Actions:  $152.50 was given to Walter Crawford's
		Raptor Rehabilitation Project in memory of James Comfort.  This
		amount was received by WGNSS in Jim Comfort's memory.
Dec. 79		A WGNSS member, Herb Brammeier, has been cartooning for
		Audubon Magazine for the past ten years under the name "Bram"
Dec. 79	Rudden, Bill	Bird Identification Trivia Quiz
Apr. 79	Heinze, Dorothy Boyer	You are invited (by the Mastodon Park Committee) to a showing of
		Indian dolls at the Jefferson College on Hwy. 91 on April 8.
Sep. 79		Native Plant Society forms:  Officers are:
		President - Jon L. Hawker
		V.P. - Edgar Denison
		Secretary - Paul Nelson
		Treasurer - Jim Henry Wilson
		Editor - Erna Eisendrath
		Directors - Ken Olson, Arthur Christ, Melvin Conrad, Mary Wiese
		John Karel, and Robert Mohlenbrock
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 79		New WGNSS Members (12 total)
Feb. 79		Nominating Committee:  Members are Vivian Liddell, Nell Menke,
		Sallie Phillips, Bill Rudden and Marshall Magner (Chairman)
Mar. 79		W.G.N.S.S New Members (18 total)
Mar. 79		Proposed Slate of Officrs:
		President - Karen Haller
		1st. V.P. - John Molyneaux
		2nd V.P.- Victor Douglas
		Secretary - Martha Gaddy
		Treasurer - Audrey Anderson
		Membership Chairperson - Mary Frances Goodloe
		Editor - Margot Holsen
		Election will be held at the General Meeting in March
Mar. 79		At its February Meeting the Executive Bord made the decision to
		join the Missouri Wilderness Coalition
May. 79		Welcome New Members WGNSS (17 total)
Jun. 79		Welcome New Members of WGNSS (5 total)
Sep. 79		Welcome New Members of WGNSS (9 total)
Nov. 79		Claudia Spener is editor this month because Editor Margot
		Holsen is recovering from surgery.
Nov. 79		Welcome New Members of WGNSS (12 total)
Dec. 79		Magot Holsen resigns as Editor of Nature Notes because of recent
		surgery, and from the WGNSS Board.  Acting Editor Claudia
		Spener becomes permanent editor.
Dec. 79		New Members (8 total)
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Apr. 79	Knobbe, Janet	1978 Audubon Camp in Maine.  Letter from WGNSS Audubon
		Camp Scholarship describes her experiences.
MEETINGS
Jan. 79		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 12, St. Louis County
		Library, Lindbergh at  Clayton.  David Ulmer will talk about his trip
		to Bear River Refuge, Utah
Feb. 79		WGNSS general meeting canceled so members can attend
		Allen King's Audubon Wildlife Film "Song of the Northern Prairie"
		at the Ethical Society on Clayton Road
Mar. 79		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March, at St. Louis
		County Library.  Karen and Albert Haller will present a slide show
		on their recent trip to Australia and New Zealand.
May. 79		WGNSS general meeing, 8 PM, Friday, May 11 at St. Louis
		County Library; Walter Crawford, Bird Keeper at St. Louis Zoo and
		Ornithologist at Tyson Research Center, will present a program on
		raptors.
Sep. 79		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Sept. 14, at St. Louis
		County Library.  Nikolajs Cirulis of the Audubon Nature
		Photography Section, will speak on and show slides of the
		Smokey Mountains
Oct. 79		General meeting canceled so members can attend the St. Louis
		Audubon Wildlife Film "Quebec, Whales and Labrador Tales
		at the Ethical Society on Clayon Road
Nov. 79		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 9, at St. Louis
		County Library.  Richard Thom, Natural Areas Coordinator for
		The Missouri Dept. of Conservation will speak on "The Natural
		Areas of Missouri".
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Apr. 79		Another Invitation:  The WGNSS Annual Banquet will be Friday,
		April 20, at Grant's Cabin Restaurant, 8352 Watson Road.  The
		program will be "The High Country" by Lee and Ed Mason
Apr. 79		Annual Banquet, April 20, at Grant's Cabin Restaurant
May. 79		Annual Spring Outing at Sunny Ranch, May 6
Nov. 79		WGNSS Christmas Party on Dec. 14
Dec. 79		WGNSS Christmas Party on Friday, Dec. 14, 8 PM, at Mary
		Frances Goodloe's, 108 S. Rock Hill Rd., Webster Groves