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<div align="center"><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Waquoit</span></font></b><b><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><b><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Bay</span></font></b><b><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> Reserve
Goes National
for </span></font></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><font
size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">National
Estuaries
Day</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" color="#08134c"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(8, 19, 76);">Celebrate
National
Estuaries Day by participating in <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Estuary
Live</span></b>, a live, free, interactive field trip over the
Internet. Classrooms
across the country can choose to visit any of seven estuaries over the
course
of two days, asking questions of the trained naturalist and educators
leading
the expeditions. Field trip leaders will respond to the students during
the
live broadcast.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve in </span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Massachusetts</span></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> will broadcast live on the internet
Thursday, Sept. 23 from </span></b><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">12:20</span></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> to </span></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">1:30 p.m. EDT</span></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></b> This program will explore the
rich cultural traditions of
the Wampanoag and their use of the estuary. Joan Avant-Tavares, of
Mashpee,
will host a <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">traditional Wampanoag
clam bake</span></b>,
created with the bountiful ingredients gathered from Cape Cod’s coastal
waters. The clam bake will tie the various program topics together
while
students are challenged to answer such questions as “how is a clam like
a
tree?” and “how do people’s activities on the land affect the
bay?”. Mindy Todd, host of National Public Radio’s “The Point,”
will narrate the program and interview scientists from Waquoit Bay
Reserve and
the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program as well as other local
individuals who
use the bay for pleasure or a livelihood. <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Students
are invited to submit questions during the broadcast.</span></b>
Questions will
be answered live, as time permits. *</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Be
sure to check out the lesson plans specific to the </span></font>Waquoit
Bay
area which will be posted at <a
href="http://www.estuaries.gov/mass.html">http://www.estuaries.gov/mass.html</a>
and <a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Log
on for everything you need to know about Estuary Live, including
complete
instructions for how to participate with your class, to: <a
href="http://www.estuaries.gov/">www.estuaries.gov</a> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Don’t
miss out on this unique educational opportunity!<br>
<br>
For
more information, contact: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Pat
Harcourt, Community Educator, (508)-457-0495 x106, <a
href="mailto:pat.harcourt@state.ma.us">pat.harcourt@state.ma.us</a> or
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Joan
Muller, Education Coordinator, (508)-457-0495 x107, <a
href="mailto:joan.muller@state.ma.us">joan.muller@state.ma.us</a> . </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">*
Teachers may also have students submit questions ahead of time (e-mail
Pat
Harcourt at <a href="mailto:pat.harcourt@state.ma.us">pat.harcourt@state.ma.us</a>
with the question, name, grade and school of student).<br>
<br>
<br>
Pat
Harcourt<br>
Waquoit</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bay</span></font><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> National Estuarine
Research Reserve<br>
PO Box</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> 3092<br>
Waquoit
MA 02536<br>
(508)
457-0495 x 106<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pat.harcourt@state.ma.us">pat.harcourt@state.ma.us</a></span></font></p>
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