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le='font-family:"AGaramond","serif";color:black'>alison.leschen@state.ma.us</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy'>Laurie Tompkins</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Event Coordinator</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>P.O. Box 3092</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Waquoit, MA 02536</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Tel. 508-457-0495 x108</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Fax 617-727-5537</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.waquoitbayreserve.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/contactmaint.aspx?mode=new"><span style='color:blue'>Please sign me up to receive e-news from Waquoit Bay Reserve</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>