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</SPAN>Melissa Lowe (Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary): 508 349-2615</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Mass Audubon
Sponsors Cruise to Horseshoe Shoals to Observe Wildlife and Learn About Windfarm
Proposal</SPAN></DIV>
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MA</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">. –
Horseshoe Shoals is the name given to a large area of shallow water in Nantucket
Sound located about six miles from Hyannis and nine miles from Martha’s
Vineyard. Prior to Cape Wind Associates proposal to build an offshore wind farm
comprising 170 wind turbines covering 26 acres, Horseshoe Shoals was only known
locally by fisherman, boaters, and other marine enthusiasts. The proposed wind
farm would be the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the
world. Needless to say, it has generated much attention and publicity and
Horseshoe Shoals has found its way onto the “public map,” so to speak.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Many individuals and
organizations are concerned about the impact such a large project may have on
the marine life and birds that use the area. However, little scientific data is
available to support or refute these concerns. For the second season, biologists
with Mass Audubon will be conducting surveys of tern activity within Nantucket
Sound to assess the potential avian impacts of the proposed wind farm. Common
and Roseate terns forage within or pass through the Sound between early May and
late September as they move to and from their colonies, foraging areas, and
staging sites. Using aerial and boat surveys, Mass Audubon researchers hope to
gather information that will shed some light on the actual abundance, dispersal,
and daily movements of these terns within Nantucket Sound and around Horseshoe
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary has organized a public cruise to take participants into this
area of controversy. Bob Prescott, sanctuary director will lead this trips
aboard the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tiger Shark </I>out of Hyannis
Harbor. The focus of the three-hour cruise will be on learning about the birds
and marine life of the area. Sightings may include several species of terns that
use the area for feeding, leatherback sea turtles and seals. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The cruise is scheduled for Sunday,
September 14 from 9 a.m. – Noon.</B> The cost is $40 for Mass Audubon members
and $45 for non-members. Registration is required and reservations can be made
by calling the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615.
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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the west side of Route 6,
immediately north of the Eastham/Wellfleet town line.<SPAN
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$5 adults, $3 children for non-members. Call (508) 349-2615 for
information.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>****************************************<BR>Melissa Lowe<BR>Education
Coordinator<BR>Massachusetts Audubon Society<BR>Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary<BR>PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663<BR>Phone: 508-349-2615
Fax: 349-2632<BR>mlowe@wellfleetbay.org</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>