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Month="5"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Wednesday May 9,
2007</B></st1:date><B
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face="Times New Roman">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Media Release 5.2<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tanya Gabettie:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>508.237.1920</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">‘Bay in May’
Nature Walks Sponsored by PCCS’s </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Bay</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">
</SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Ocean</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> Sanctuary
Program<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">(</B><st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Provincetown</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, </B><st1:place><st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod</B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, </B><st1:State><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">MA</B></st1:State></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">) – </B>Bring<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>comfortable walking shoes and stroll
the barrier beach systems, mudflats, marshes and shore along Cape Cod Bay at
three <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">‘Bay in May’ Nature Walks</B> in
Plymouth, Sandwich, and Eastham, sponsored by the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary Program</B>, a
conservation initiative of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
(PCCS).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cape
Cod</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is the
southernmost region of the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Gulf</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and the largest coastal bay in
the <st1:place>North Atlantic</st1:place>, measuring about 603 square
miles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“It is a state ocean
sanctuary deserving of continued study, protection and appreciation,” said
Theresa Barbo, director of the Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary Program. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Asking people to walk with us, and
experience the coastal marine ecosystem, will help bring awareness to how
important it is to protect <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cape Cod</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,” she added. </FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Experienced naturalists and scientists
will lead the two-hour walks that are free and open to the public.</U><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Attend all three, or choose one or
two:</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Monday,
May 21<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:time Hour="10"
Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">10 a.m.</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> - </B><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="0"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Noon</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Led by John J. Galluzzo<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Public Program Director for Massachusetts Audubon’s South
Shore Sanctuaries<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>What you will see:</U><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A late spring day on
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Duxbury</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Beach</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will offer sightings of
endangered species including piping plovers and least terns as well as greater
yellowlegs, summering common eiders, and more.]<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Tuesday,
May 22<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:time Hour="10"
Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">10 a.m.</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> – </B><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="0"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Noon</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">First</B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Encounter</B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Beach</B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, Eastham<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Led by Dr. Graham Giese<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Coastal Geologist and Director,
</B><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Land</B></st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sea</B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Interaction Program,
PCCS<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>What you will see:</U><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our objective is to see the Eastham bay
shore as a single coastal system consisting of eroding glacial bluffs, beaches,
tidal flats, barrier beaches, dunes and marshes. We will explore the
relationships between these coastal landforms, the roles they play as habitats
within diverse ecosystems, and their dependence upon each other. We will also
see examples of human interactions with this coastal system, and discuss their
implications for the future. <U><o:p></o:p></U></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Saturday, May 26<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:time Hour="10"
Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">10 a.m.</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> – </B><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="0"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Noon</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Horizon’s Beach, </B><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sandwich</B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Led by Gilbert D. Newton
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Teacher/Marine Biologist/Botanist,
</B><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sandwich</B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> H.S., </B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod</B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Community
College</B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>What you will see:</U><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will survey the diverse marine plant
and animal species found along the shore, by the jetties, and in the tide pools.
Using a hand lens, we will learn how to identify many common
species.]</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><U><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></SPAN></o:p></U></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 5.5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bring sunscreen, a sun-shielding hat, snack,
and bottled water. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><U>For questions
or to register, call 774.263.4219, or e-mail:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:ccbay@coastalstudies.org">ccbay@coastalstudies.org</A></U><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>**</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary Program</B>
(CCBOSP) is a conservation and public policy initiative of the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Provincetown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Coastal Studies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Its mission is to inform the public and
decision makers about the natural resources of the Bay, and threats to the Bay,
through workshops, forums and special events. The program’s theme is <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stewardship &
Sustainability.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>**</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The <STRONG>Provincetown Center for Coastal
Studies</STRONG> is a private, independent non-profit, founded in 1976 and is
dedicated to researching and protecting marine mammals and marine ecosystems in
the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Gulf</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> through research, conservation
and public education programs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>PCCS is internationally renowned for its whale research, and is a leading
authority in science-based resource management policies in
<st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>To learn more about the Sanctuary Program and
PCCS, visit us on the web at coastalstudies.org.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3># # #</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PCCS Contacts<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tanya Gabettie</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Communications Coordinator</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>508.237.1920</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="mailto:tgabettie@coastalstudies.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>tgabettie@coastalstudies.org</FONT></A></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Theresa Barbo</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Director, <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cape Cod</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Bay</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType>Ocean</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sanctuary Program</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>774.263.4219</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="mailto:ccbay@coastalstudies.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>ccbay@coastalstudies.org</FONT></A></P>
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