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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mass Audubon’s
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is hosting a talk:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Oyster Reef: Build It
and They Will Grow”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, August 18, 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary worked with the Town of Wellfleet, The Nature Conservancy, NOAA, and
other partners to establish an oyster reef habitat on the sanctuary’s
tidal flats off Lieutenant Island. In addition to restoring this former
habitat, the goals of the project included studying how the reef and oysters
are impacted by natural mortality, disease, and harvest. The reef’s
ecological benefits to the area are also being examined. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this presentation, Mark
Faherty, Wellfleet Bay Science Coordinator, will share information on the
project’s goals, implementation, and update on how the reef is
progressing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The talk is held at the
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary located at 291 State Highway Route 6, South
Wellfleet, MA. Admission is $3 for Mass Audubon members and $5 for non-members
and proceeds benefit Wellfleet Bay’s educational programs. No
registration is required. For more information contact the sanctuary at 508-349-2615.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>**********************************************<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Melissa Lowe,
Education Coordinator</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mass Audubon's
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PO Box 236,
South Wellfleet, MA 02663</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mlowe@massaudubon.org</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>508-349-2615,
ext 107</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protecting
the Nature of Massachusetts</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span>
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