<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><font face="georgia,serif" size="3">Tuesday, October 27, 2009</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Provincetown</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Center</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> for Coastal Studies Announces Fall Lecture Series</b></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif">(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies will host a discussion on the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan on November 5th at 6 p.m. as part of the annual fall lecture series at the Hiebert Marine Lab, 5 Holway Avenue in Provincetown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lectures will run every first Thursday of the month through December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> PCCS </span>Lectures are free and open to the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif">John Weber, Ocean Services Manager for Mass. Office for Coastal Zone Management</font></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif">5 Holway Ave., Provincetown</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Massachusetts</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Ocean</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Management Plan </b></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><font face="georgia,serif"><font size="3">Learn about the Mass. Ocean Management Plan and what it means for the future of Massachusetts’ waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John Weber will explain the plan in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Following, PCCS and John will discuss the Center’s comments on the plan, opening the floor for discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Representatives from the Cape Cod Commission, Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) and the Cape Cod Hook Fishermen’s Association will participate in the discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span>Come learn about and contribute to the future of your coastal waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif">John Weber has 11 years of experience in the environmental field and has focused on coastal and ocean management issues. As the Ocean Services Manager for the MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, he manages the day-to-day activities necessary for the development of the MA ocean management plan. John's previous experience at CZM included review of Boston waterfront development and planning activities, and prior to joining CZM he worked on dredging and wetland restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay area. John has a B.S. in Coastal Geology from Long Island University and an M.S. in Marine Resource Management from Oregon State University.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="georgia,serif">The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving marine mammals and ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine and beyond through research, education, public policy initiatives, and management strategies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To learn more about our work, visit <a href="http://www.coastalstudies.org">www.coastalstudies.org</a></font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="georgia,serif" size="3"> </font></span></p><br clear="all"><br><font face="georgia,serif">-- <br>Tanya L. Grady<br>Communications Coordinator<br>
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 508.487.3622 x 103<br>508-247-7665<br>E: <a href="mailto:tgrady@coastalstudies.org">tgrady@coastalstudies.org</a><br><br></font>