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style="FONT-FAMILY: &apos">)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: &apos"> – The
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Program</B> will
launch its second field season at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">1
p.m., Monday, May 7</B>, at Rock Harbor in Orleans with remarks delivered by
State Representative Sarah Peake (4<SUP>th</SUP> Barnstable District).<SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: &apos">The Cape Cod Monitoring Program is a follow-up to the
Center’s four-year study on the effects of the Boston Effluent Outfall.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The monitoring program will study
downstream sources of pollution and analyze their effects on the ecosystem of
the bay, in addition to assessing water quality.<SPAN
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