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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span class=subtitle><b>9<sup>th</sup> Annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p><span class=subtitle><b>November 5, 2011<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p><span class=subtitle><b>Held at Wellfleet Elementary School</b></span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></p><p>The goal of this FREE conference is to distribute information about current and ongoing research, monitoring projects, and issues related to Wellfleet Harbor and its watershed. Both oral and poster presentations are featured. Subjects focused on in this year’s conference include:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Models of Mayo Creek and Herring River restorations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Insights into common eider mortality<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Details on red tide in the region<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contaminants of concern in private wells<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Scientific value of marine sanctuaries<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Results of breeding bird censuses on Cape Cod<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p>A free continental breakfast is provided, donated by many generous vendors and local businesses including Box Lunch Wellfleet, Dunkin’ Donuts, Mac’s Seafood, Wellfleet Marketplace, and The Wicked Oyster.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Funding for the 9th Annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference is provided by Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Friends of Herring River, Mass Audubon, Mid-Cape Home Centers, Town of Wellfleet, and Wellfleet Conservation Trust.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The conference is free and no pre-registration is required. For more details, including a detailed schedule of presentations, <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Wellfleet/news.php?id=1765&event=no">click here</a> or visit the “News & Special Events” section at <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</a><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>