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ve<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Style1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>149 Waquoit Highway (Route 28)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Style1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Falmouth, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Style1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p><p class=Style1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>For More Information, Please Call 617.626.4973<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Style1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Also, follow us on Twitter at </span></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MassDCR"><span style='color:black'>MassDCR</span></a></span></i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:1.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Directions from Boston: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>Follow Route 3 South over the Sagamore Bridge onto Route 6. Take Exit 2 (Route 130). Turn right off the ramp and follow 130 South 7.2 miles to Great Neck Road, just after Dunkin Donuts (which is on the left). Turn right onto Great Neck Road and follow it to the Mashpee Rotary.&nbsp; Halfway around the rotary, take Route 28 North toward Falmouth/Woods Hole. The reserve is located 3.5 miles from the rotary on the left. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>