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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Friends of the </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Monitoring </span></font></b>Cape
Cod Bay: <i><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>Tracing
the link between nitrogen, eelgrass, invasive species and pharmaceuticals</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>with </span></font></b>Dr.
Amy Costa<span style='font-weight:normal'>, <i><font color="#071d27"><span
style='color:#071D27;font-style:italic'>Director of the Cape Cod Bay Monitoring
Program at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies</span></font></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday,
November 8, 2011</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>, at </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:30pm</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Cape
Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>869 Rte
6A, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Brewster</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MA</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>02631</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>508-896-3867
x 133 www.ccmnh.org</span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>October 26, 2011</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Contact:
</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Gayle Kenerson</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> 508-385-2192 or <a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net">gck1@comcast.net</a>
</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friends of CCMNH monthly
program will be held on<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tuesday, November 8, 2011</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> at </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:00pm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Followed by a talk at </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:30pm</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Monitoring </span></font></b>Cape
Cod Bay: <i><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>Tracing
the link between nitrogen, eelgrass, invasive species and pharmaceuticals</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>with </span></font></b>Dr.
Amy Costa<span style='font-weight:normal'>, <i><font color="#071d27"><span
style='color:#071D27;font-style:italic'>Director of the Cape Cod Bay Monitoring
Program at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies</span></font></i></span></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Amy Costa</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, Director of the Cape Cod Bay Monitoring
Program at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, will talk about how in
spring of 2006, the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) began a
long-term monitoring program to study the health of Cape Cod Bay, focusing on
water quality and related indicators of ecosystem health and the <br>
additional goal to understand the impact from “local
polluters”. The realization of the interdependence of many other
facets of the C.C.Bay ecosystem has expanded the scope of study. In
addition to water <br>
quality, PCCS now regularly is monitoring eelgrass habitat, marine invasive
species and has conducted preliminary research on the occurrence of organic wast
water contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products) in the </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Cape Cod</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Bay</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> ecosystem.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Amy Costa</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> also serves as adjunct faculty at
the </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>University</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> of </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Massachusetts</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>, </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Boston</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. she completed her PhD in
Biological Oceanography through the </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>University</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> of </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Rhode Island</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>’s Graduate School of Oceanography in 2005.
Prior to coming to PCCS, Amy worked as a research ecologist for USGS in </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Alaska</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>. In 1999, she received her Master’s in Marine
Biology from </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Western</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Washington</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>University</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>.</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:00</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Friends Meeting </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:30</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Talk by Dr. Amy
Costa
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Friends/free, Guests/$3 </span></font></p>
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