NATURE NOTES - 1982
DATE AUTHOR TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 82 Christ, Art Hairy Primrose Willow (Jussiaea leptocarpa)
Feb. 82 Christ, Art Water Violet (Hottonia inflata)
Mar. 82  Menke,Nell To BI(nomial) or not to BI(nomial);  Satire on the use of Latin
names for species.
Mar. 82 Christ, Art Purple Gerardis (Gerardia purpurea)
Mar. 82  Feigley, Margaret and The Lilliputian World of the Slime Molds
Nagel, Lillian
Apr. 82 Christ, Art Spilanthes Americana var. Repens
Apr. 82 Denison, Edgar Of Rain and the Lack of It:  Effect on wildflowers
May. 82 Christ, Art Trelease's Larkspur (Delphinium treleasei)
Jun. 82 Christ, Art Hymenopappus Scabiosaeus
Oct. 82 Nellums, Betty The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
Oct. 82 Christ, Art Bulbous Blue Grass (Poa bulbosa)
Oct. 82 Menke,Nell The Flowers that Bloom in the Fall……
Nov. 82 Turner, Joanna Plant Distribution in the Rocky Mountains
Nov. 82 Christ, Art The Yucca Species of Missouri
Dec. 82 Turner, Joanna On Naming Plants:  History, etc.
Dec. 82 Christ, Art Yam Dioscorea Batatas
CONSERVATION
Apr. 82 Wegman, Larry In Memory of Hidden Valley
May. 82 Anderson, Clyde Tezar's Wood Trail:  On May 2 work will continue on building
this trail in the MDC's Urban Wildlife Center (Tezar's Woods)
Jun. 82 McCormick, Pat The Clean Air Act:  Asks for support for the Waxman Bill, H.R.
5555, and describes provisions
Dec. 82 WGNSS has contributed $150 to the Missouri Prairie Foundation,
and, as a result, is considered an "acre-maker" for that 
organization.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 82 Wiese, Mary Australia - Fauna and Flora
Jan. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann November Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jan. 82 Lengthy list of typographical errors in January 1955 issue of
Jaan. 82 Nature Notes in article by Jim and Florence Comfort
Feb. 82 Laffey, Dr. Ralph W Hither, Thither and Yon, but Mostly Around Creve Coeur Lake:
Experiences in birding in various places.
Feb. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann December Birding in the St. Louis Area
Feb. 82  Hallett, Floyd P. Birds of the Month 1981 (Sketches)
Mar. 82 Menke, Nell To BI(nomial) or not to BI(nomial):  Satire on the use of Latin
names for species.
Mar. 82 Andrew, Marion We Met Our Waterloo (or an Australian in Winterland):
Looking for an owl in Iowa during a snow storm.
Mar. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann January Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 82 Hallett, Floyd   The Far Island:  Attu, a birding trip there.
Apr. 82 Heard, Vera Migration:  A poem
Apr. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann February Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 82 Day, Henry F. Blackbirds that Aren't:  An almost totally black downy woodpecker
May. 82 Jonsson, Dr. Valgard Chirrup!  Description of birds to be seen in Iceland, author's 
birthplace; also describes visit to Okefenokee Swamp.
May. 82 Coles, Richard W. WGNSS Volunteers Conduct Tyson Bird Census
May. 82 Denison, Edgar  Birds Without Tails - An Explanation for.
May. 82 Buchanan, Barbara Birders Under Glass:  How a psychologist might view birders.
May. 82  Bodman, Rose Ann March Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jun. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann Spring Birding in the St. Louis Area
Sep. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann Late Spring and Summer Birding in St. Louis Area
Sep. 82 Renick, Kevin An Arizona Birding Odyssey Or Transfixed in Trogonland
Oct. 82 (Not given) August Birding in the St. Louis Area
Oct. 82 Rudden, Bill East St. Louis Heron Colony Healthy
Oct. 82 Wiese, Mary C. Some Very Personal Notes (about birds)
Nov. 82 Curtis, Jim Point Pelee Weekend (at Mt. Pelee National Park, Canada)
Nov. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann September Birding in the St. Louis Area
Dec. 82 Christmas Bird Counts:  How they got started, early statistics, 
rules for counts, timing, history of two counts currently sponsored
by WGNSS, etc.
Dec. 82 Kress, Stephen W. Call for Bird Feeder and House Designs:  New Audubon
Society Handbook will include innovative designs.  Original
designs, inprovements, solicited
Dec. 82 Bodman, Rose Ann October Birding in the St. Louis Area
PEOPLE
Jan. 82 Gleanings from the Archives - WGNSS Member Attains 
National Fame, Nature Notes, May, 1937.  Professor Arthur
Christ picture in April issue of National Geographic on p. 516 
standing by a saguaro in the Saguaro National Forest
May. 82 Chirrup! By Dr. Valgard Jonsson:  Includes description of 
birds in his native Iceland.
May. 82  Magner, J. Marshall Thanks for outpouring of love and sympathy regarding loss of 
sons Tom (geologist) and David (landscape architect):  "The 
torch we handed them has been extinguished with potential
to better mankind unattained".  (Killed in plane crash)
Sep. 82 Rudden, Bill  Little Lady in Sneakers:  Kathryn Arhos, 1903-1982
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 82 Coalition for the Environment - Benefit Concert
Jan. 82 McCormick, Pat Audubon Environmental News Bulletin:  Available to non-members
Feb. 82 Coles, Dr. Richard W. Life Beneath the Snow
Feb. 82 Global 2000 Conference, Feb. 22, Chase-Park Plaza Hotel:  
Subject - Projected loss of species during the next twenty years.
Apr. 82 WGNSS members and friends invited to participate in the
stewardship program of Nature Conservancy by volunteering to
take people on hikes through nearby Nature Conservancy 
preserves.
May. 82 The Missouri Botanical Garden offering an eight week training
course for new Garden guides.
Nov. 82 Coles, Dr. Richard W. WGNSS to Support Tyson Project:  An effort to broaden the 
education of urban youth about their natural heritage.
Dec. 82 The Great Ice Conspiracy:  To sell faster melting cubes rather
than blocks to campers.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 82 Welcome to 1981 New Members (Partial List of 24)
Jan.82 (Officers of) Webster Groves Nature Study Society (est. 1920)
Feb. 82 Nature Notes Honor Roll:  Several people of prominence have 
responded to requests for Nature Notes articles.  Additional
incentive offered for best article of the year.
Apr. 82 Welcome to (22) New Members
Apr. 82 Election of Officers will be held at the annual meeting.
May. 82 1981 Financial Report Webster Groves Nature Study Society
May. 82 No General Meeting in May.
Sep. 82 Welcome to 1982 New Members (28, not previously reported)
MEETINGS
Jan. 82 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, St. Louis County Library, 
Lindbergh and Clayton, Jan. 8.  John Madson, author for National
Geographic and Audubon Magazines will talk on "Tall Grass
Prairies".
Feb. 82 WGNSS General Meeting??  At 8:15, Ethical Society, 9001 
Clayton Rd.  Audubon Wildlife Film, "Romance of the West", 
presented by Allen J. King.
Mar. 82 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, St. Louis County Library, 
Dr. Richard Coles will present "Natural History of the Beaver".
May. 82   (No general meeting in May)
Sep. 82 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, St. Louis County Library, 
Sept. 10; Jim jackson will present "Biography of a White Oak".
Oct. 82 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, St. Louis County Library, 
A Dept. of Conservation speaker will present a program on
"Missouri's Natural Areas".
Nov. 82 WGNSS General Meeting?? At 8:15, Ethical Society, Clayton 
Road.   Aludubon Wildlife Film, Smoky Mountain Magic.
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Feb. 82  Annual WGNSS Banquet, Flaming Pit Banquet Center, 
11715 Manchester, on Friday, April 16
Mar. 82 Higgins, Mrs. Robert J. Annual WGNSS Banquet, Flaming Pit Banquet Center, 
11715 Manchester, on Friday, April 16.  Program:  Dr. Owen
Sexton, Biology Professor at Washington University, will present
"Adventures in Panama".
Nov. 82   WGNSS Annual Christmas Party at the home of Karen and 
Albert Haller.
Dec. 82 December 10, 7:30 PM, WGNSS Annual Christmas Party at the
home of Karen and Albert Haller, 618 Spring Meadow Dr.