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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'"> of Natural History --
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">“Collision Course: Whale
Tracks and Ship Routes”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">Dr. David Wiley,
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">March 28<SPAN
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Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </SPAN></B><st1:date Month="3"
Day="5" Year="2007"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">March 5, 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black">Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink><A
href="mailto:adminsupport@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoHyperlink><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>On Wednesday, March 28 from 7:00-9:00 pm the Cape Cod Museum of
Natural History in Brewster will host “Collision Course: Whale Tracks and Ship
Routes,” presented by Dr. David Wiley of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary.<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">This lecture, the fourth in a six-week
lecture series on the critically endangered </B><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">North Atlantic</B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Right Whale, is being sponsored by the
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (N.A.) and the Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">A critical seasonal feeding area for right,
humpback, fin and minke whales, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is
also the site of large commercial shipping routes converging into the
</B><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Port</B></st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> of </B><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Boston</B></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">. A conservation effort to move shipping
lanes may reduce the risk of ship strikes to endangered right whales by up to
58% and to all baleen whales by up to 81%.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The charge per class will be $5.00
for students and members of CCMNH or WCDS, $6.00 for non-members.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Twelve Professional Development Points
are available for educators attending all six programs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Each lecture will be supplemented by an
extra 45 minute session that provides resource materials and ideas for classroom
activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fee for all six
lectures is $30.00.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">For further
information, please contact the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> of Natural
History, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">508-896-3867,
Ext. 129.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></P>
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