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<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Palatino"><b>Nature's Circle</b></font></div><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b><i>(Box 186, Woods Hole, MA 02543</i></b></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="3" color="#002fd7" style="font: 12.0px Palatino; color: #002fd7"><a href="http://vsb.cape.com/%7Enature"><u><b><i>http://vsb.cape.com/~nature</i></b></u><u><b><i></i></b></u></a></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="3" color="#002fd7" style="font: 12.0px Palatino; color: #002fd7"><a href="mailto:nature@cape.com"><u><b><i>nature@cape.com</i></b></u><u><b><i></i></b></u></a></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b><i>Alison Robb </i></b><a href="tel:508-564-4331"><font color="#002fd7" style="color: #002fd7"><u><b><i>508-564-4331</i></b></u></font></a><b><i>)</i></b></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b><i> July 2, 2011</i></b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b>Press Release</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>“4TH JULY” BUTTERFLY COUNTS ON THE CAPE, 2011</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>TRURO.</b> July 9, 2011, Saturday, (July 10, rain date) . </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">9:00 am. Truro.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Tor Hansen, leader, 508-648-1515, <a href="mailto:torhansen@comcast.net">torhansen@comcast.net</a>, Alison Robb, co-leader, 508-564-4331, <a href="mailto:nature@cape.com">nature@cape.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Please register ahead of time, if possible.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Directions: North Truro. Rte 6, Highland Light exit. Go east on Highland Rd. Meet at the first parking lot for Highland Light.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>BREWSTER.</b> July 23, 2011, Saturday, (July 24, rain date). 9:00 am. Brewster for the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Alison Robb, leader; Please register with Alison Robb, 508-564-4331 or <a href="mailto:nature@cape.com">nature@cape.com</a>.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Directions: Take Exit 9B off Rte 6 and follow Rte 134 North to Rte 6A, then turn right and follow 6A to The Museum, on the left at # 869 Rte. 6A, Brewster.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>FALMOUTH.</b> July 17, 2011, Sunday, 10:00 am. Falmouth.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Alison Robb, leader. 508-564-4331. <a href="mailto:nature@cape.com">nature@cape.com</a>. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Tor Hansen, co-leader.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Please register ahead of time, if possible.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Directions: Crane WMA, Rte. 151, Hatchville, Falmouth. Turn north between the baseball field and the Nickelodeon theater. Go to the farthest parking area.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>BARNSTABLE. </b> July 30, 2010, Saturday, (July 31, rain date), 9:00 am. Barnstable, for the Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Ian Ives, leader, Tor Hansen, co-leader. Please register, if possible. Ian Ives 508-362-7475 or <a href="mailto:iives@audubon.org">iives@audubon.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Directions: From Rte. 6, Cape Cod, take exit 7 north toward Yarmouth Port, going one mile north on Willow Street, Go left 1 mile west on 6A, and right on Bone Hill Rd. Go 1/3 mile north on Bone Hill Rd (until you can see the ocean) then take your next left to the Audubon Long Pasture headquarters.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Alison Robb, Nature’s Circle</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><a href="mailto:nature@cape.com">nature@cape.com</a>, 508-564-4331</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b>July Butterfly Count</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> The North American Butterfly Association "Fourth of July Butterfly Counts" will be held on four weekends in July on the Cape. Since 1975 the annual butterfly count has been held in the U.S., and now in Canada and Mexico as well. Each count area is a circle 15 miles in diameter and the count is a one-day census of all butterflies observed within that circle. </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> The count promotes interest in butterflies, and provides results useful to scientists who are monitoring butterfly populations and habitats. An official report is available in the Spring of the following year. Everyone is encouraged to participate either as a member of the group that visits sites selected by the count leader or as an observer in their own garden.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> This year we hope more volunteers will join us. The sites we will visit are the same sites we visited in past years, so that a comparison can be made. There are many reasons for population changes; weather, insecticide use, and habitat decrease or increase. Butterflies are not only pretty to observe but also are important pollinators.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> Knowledgeable butterfliers are needed on the count, and others who want to have the experience to get started are also welcome. We do important work, and we also have a good time out among the wildflowers. Anyone who would like to join us by treking with the group or by counting in their own garden should call to sign up. It will run from 9 or 10 am to about 3 pm. Do join us. Please bring a lunch and binoculars, if you have them. You can come for only part of the time if you wish. Alison Robb, </b><a href="tel:508-564-4331"><font color="#002fd7" style="color: #002fd7"><u><b>508-564-4331</b></u></font></a><b>, </b><a href="mailto:nature@cape.com"><font color="#002fd7" style="color: #002fd7"><u><b>nature@cape.com</b></u></font></a><b>. For details and directions. </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" color="#130b15" style="font: 12.0px Palatino; color: #130b15"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; color: rgb(19, 11, 21); min-height: 16px; "><br></div></div></body></html>