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size=3>Contact: Joan Muller, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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size=3><SPAN class=696084718-16042009>"Where Have All the Herring Gone?" (in
English and Portuguese)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN class=696084718-16042009></SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3> Walk <SPAN
class=696084718-16042009>along the Quashnet River (meet at Waquoit Bay Reserve
VC)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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size=3>Waquoit Bay Reserve will host a presentation entitled “Where Have All the
Herring Gone?” on Sunday, April 19 from <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="14">2-4
pm</st1:time>. The program will begin in the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Reserve</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName>Visitor</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> with a short introduction
after which participants will carpool to the Quashnet River Trailhead on
<st1:Street><st1:address>Martin Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, just a few
minutes away, for an easy walk to view the herring habitat first hand. Scientist
Rita Oliveira Monteiro will lead the walk in both English and
Portuguese.</FONT></P>
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size=3>Rita will include information about the lives of our local herring and
her research as she explores the questions, “Why has the herring fish population
dropped so much in the last fifty years? How is what we do on the land connected
to the lives of these fish?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She
will also share stories from her life as a researcher. Ms. Monteiro is a
graduate student at the State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, working at the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ecosystems</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole with Professor Ivan Valiela. She is a NOAA fellow
studying at Waquoit Bay Reserve through the National Estuarine Research Reserve
System graduate research assistant program. A native of
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Portugal</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Rita
is comfortable speaking in Brazilian Portuguese and will offer the program in
both English and Portuguese.</FONT></P>
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size=3>For more information, call <st1:phone o_x003a_ls="trans"
phonenumber="$6457$$$">508-457-0495</st1:phone> x107 or check the Reserve’s
website, </FONT><A href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>www.waquoitbayreserve.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> or e-mail </FONT><A
href="mailto:joan.muller@state.ma.us"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>joan.muller@state.ma.us</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">. The program is free and sponsored by the Waquoit Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan C. Muller</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Education Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>508-457-0495 x107</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Box 3092</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Waquoit, MA 02536</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:joan.muller@state.ma.us">joan.muller@state.ma.us</A></FONT></DIV>
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