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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nantucket Soundkeeper and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society present the five-part lecture series, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Change</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>: Survival of Marine
Wildlife in Today’s Oceans – Impacts, Implications and Improvements</span></i>,
on the effects of climate change on the ocean and local marine wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The free public presentations are being held on Wednesdays
between July 18<sup> </sup>and August 15 at 7:00p.m. at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Harwich</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">100 Oak Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On August <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>8<sup>th</sup></span></font>,
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Sarah Herzig, stranding coordinator
for the Cape Cod Stranding Network, addresses the changes in seal populations
on <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place> over the past 30 years, including
resident and transient seal populations, as well as patterns in stranding
frequency, seasonality, and location. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The final presentation in the series will
be on August 15<sup>th</sup> with </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Charles ‘Stormy’ Mayo
from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>s</span></font>peaking <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>to the critical role </span></font>plankton <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>plays in the ocean’s food webs and
how whales are impacted by changes in the marine eco-system, especially to
shifts in plankton production at the bottom of the food web. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information on any of the talks, please c<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>ontact </span></font>Nantucket Soundkeeper
at 508-775-9767. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Heather D.
Rockwell, <em><i><font face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Program
Officer</span></font></i></em></span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Nantucket</span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
size=1 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Book Antiqua";color:navy'> Soundkeeper</span></font></b></strong><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Hyannis</span></font></st1:City><font size=1 color=navy
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:navy'>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02601</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>ph: 508-775-9767,
fax: 508-775-9725</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><a
href="mailto:heather@nantucketsoundkeeper.org">heather@nantucketsoundkeeper.org</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.nantucketsoundkeeper.org"><font size=1 face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>www.nantucketsoundkeeper.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Nantucket
Soundkeeper is working to preserve the Sound's unique ecological, cultural,
recreational, and aesthetic qualities through advocacy, public education, and
legal action. Protect Today, Preserve Forever.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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