<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">New England
Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) / Captain John Whale Watching and Fishing
Tours announce …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">BEACH CLEANUP AT SCUSSET BEACH</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Time: 9 am to 11 am</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Location: Scusset Beach within the
Scusset Beach State Reservation</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">For the past six
years, the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), Captain John Whale
Watching and Fishing Tours and the Department of Conservation and Recreation
(DCR) have teamed up to conduct a fall beach cleanup at Scusset Beach. This
cleanup effort is part of COASTSWEEP, the Commonwealth’s annual coastal cleanup
program that is organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone
Management and the Urban Harbors Institute of the University of Massachusetts
Boston.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last year, over
2,900 COASTSWEEP volunteers collected over 20,000 pounds of trash from beaches,
marshes, rivers, ponds, and the seafloor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Join NECWA, Captain
John Boats and DCR on Saturday, October 29th from 9 am to 11 am as we work
together to clean up Scusset Beach located within the Scusset Beach State
Reservation. Our rain date is Sunday, October 30, 2011 from 9 am - 11 am. Check
the NECWA News blog (<a href="http://necwanews.blogspot.com">necwanews.blogspot.com</a>) for updates on this event.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The public is
invited to participate in this cleanup effort. Let’s have fun spending time
walking the beach and making Scussett Beach free from marine debris. NECWA and COASTSWEEP will provide all the
necessary supplies including protective gloves, garbage bags and data sheets
for this cleanup effort. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">After the event,
cleanup participants are invited to join us for drinks and snacks. And NECWA will raffle off a number of nature-related
items like t-shirts and DVDs to thank everyone for joining us that morning. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">For additional
information, please contact:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tammy Silva<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">NECWA Staff
Member and CJB Naturalist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">508-410-9749<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="mailto:tsilva1620@yahoo.com">tsilva1620@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> ------------------------------------</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Additional Links
and Contacts: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">NECWA at
<a href="http://necwa.org">necwa.org</a> and <a href="http://necwanews.blogspot.com">necwanews.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Captain John
Boats at <a href="http://captjohn.com">captjohn.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DCR at Scusset
Beach at <a href="http://mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/scus.htm">mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/scus.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">COASTSWEEP at
<a href="http://coastsweep.umb.edu">coastsweep.umb.edu</a> or call the Urban Harbors Institute at 617-287-5570 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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