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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>2011 Wellfleet OysterFest<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Educational Lecture Series<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please join us for educational programs organized by SPAT (Shellfish Tasting and Promotion) in partnership with Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All talks listed below are free. No pre-registration is required. <b>Lectures held at Preservation Hall, Main Street, Wellfleet.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>1:00 – 1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lecture: Oysters as First Responders<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>One oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water per day. So can oysters be used as a first step to improving poor water quality in our local embayments? Rick York, Mashpee’s Shellfish Constable, is putting oysters to the test in Mashpee River.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>2:00 – 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lecture: Oyster Reef Restoration Project Update<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, in cooperation with the Town of Wellfleet, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, established an oyster reef habitat to study how it is impacted by natural mortality, disease and harvest. Wellfleet Bay’s science coordinator Mark Faherty will discuss the project.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>10:30 – 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lecture: Fisheries in Hot Water: How Climate Change Threatens New England’s Most Storied Industry</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are changing the temperature and chemistry of the ocean, with potentially dire consequences for marine life. As a result, scientists say we could see up to a one third decline in fish and shellfish harvests by mid-century. Heather Goldstone, WCAI’s science editor and creator of NPR’s <i>Climatide</i> blog, will lead this discussion. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>1:30 – 2:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lecture: Whales, Sturgeon, Sea Turtles…Oh My! Protected Marine Species in the Northeast<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alison Rosner, Marine Mammal Policy Specialist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, will lead this discussion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information contact Melissa Lowe, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at <a href="mailto:mlowe@massaudubon.org">mlowe@massaudubon.org</a> or 508-349-2615 x107<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>**********************************************<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Melissa Lowe, Outreach & Special Programs 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> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>