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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Maine Audubon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s successful efforts to restore Atlantic Puffins to the New England coast will be the subject of a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">FREE talk</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> by Juliet Lamb,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Project Puffin</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> research intern</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Saturday, April 19, 2 p.m.</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Below are more details of the talk and speaker</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s background. The talk is free and no registration is requi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">red.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The sanctuary is located in South Wellfleet on the west side of Route 6 just north of the Eastham and Wel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">l</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">fleet town</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> line. For more information call 508-349-2615.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">Each spring, as hundreds of puffins return to the coast of Maine from winters at sea, a small group of biologists heads out to remote offshore islands to protect and study their breeding colonies. Project Puffin was started by Dr. Stephen Kress of the National Audubon Society in 1973, when only one pair of puffins nested in the state. His innovative techniques allowed puffin colonies to be reestablished in Maine, and the efforts of interns and volunteers allow them to remain. Juliet Lamb, a Brewster resident who has spent the past two summers working on the Project, will share some of the experiences she has had while living and working among the seabirds, and provide a unique look at the challenges and rewards of seabird conservation, in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">Juliet Lamb, a Nauset Regional High School graduate, has been conducting field research on birds since completing her college degree in 2005. She's interned as a rehabilitator at WildCare in Orleans, tracked Harpy eagles through the Panamanian rainforest, trapped egrets in the Everglades, and banded hawks in Oregon. Next fall, she will begin a more stable life as a graduate student researching seabird breeding ecology.</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wi</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ldlife Sanctuary</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mlowe@massaudubon.org</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">508-349-2615, ext 107</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</FONT></SPAN></P>
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