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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Winter Adventure at Tripps Mill Brook - Mattapoisett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Buzzards Bay Coalition conservation staff for a snowshoe/hike and guided nature walk to explore one of the Bay Coalition’s newest conserved properties along Tripps Mill Brook. This unique property in Mattapoisett is the location of recently retired cranberry bogs and a planned wetland restoration project. It offers beautiful vistas of the bogs, freshwater marshes, and wooded swamps that are all the more peaceful under a blanket of snow. Please bring your own snowshoes or hiking boots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, February 22, 2012<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time:</span></strong> 9am-11am<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Location:</span></strong> Acushnet Road, Mattapoisett (~0.6 mi south of Hereford Hill Road)<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cost:</span></strong> FREE for Bay Coalition Members, $10 for non-members(<a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/page.aspx?pid=3161">Become a Member</a> of the Bay Coalition)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reservations requested. Contact Rob Hancock @ 508.999.6363 or <a href="mailto:hancock@savebuzzardsbay.org">hancock@savebuzzardsbay.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit: <a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/bayadventure">www.savebuzzardsbay.org/bayadventure</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Shannon McManus, </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799C8'>BUZZARDS BAY </span></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799C8'>COALITION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566D11'>Main - 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566D11'>Cape - 21 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566D11'>Tel - 508-999-6363 x.226<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799C8'><a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/"><span style='color:#6799C8'>www.savebuzzardsbay.org</span></a></span></b><span style='color:#6799C8'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>