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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Mass Audubon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is hosting the following talk on Wednesday:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Restoring the Wellfleet Oyster</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Presentation by Boze Hancock of The Nature Conservancy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 p.m.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is working with the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Town of Wellfleet, The Nature Conservancy,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are investigating the possibility of establishing an “oyster reef” and restoration project on the tidal flats off the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">to reestablish a healthy, wild population of oysters in Wellfleet.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The goals of the proposed project are to restore a habitat that is now missing in the Wellfleet Harbor ecosystem while understanding how natural mortality, disease, and harvest influence these reefs. Project investigators will also study the ecological benefits that the oyster reef will provide to the area. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">In the scheduled presentation, s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">peaker Boze Hancock, TNC-NOAA National Partnership</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Coordinator, Global Marine Team, will introduce this concept and highlight s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">imilar projects in the New England region.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The talk will be held at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Route 6, South Wellfleet. Cos</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t is $7 for Mass Audubon members and $9 for non-members. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">For more details please contact Melissa Lowe at 508-349-2615 or mlowe@massaudubon.org</FONT></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 Wildlife 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-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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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