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Friends of the Cape Cod
Museum of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vernal Pools-</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our backyard Wildlife
Sanctuaries</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">with Ian
Ives, </span></font></b><i><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal;font-style:italic">Director <font color="black"><span style="color:black">at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable
Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape
Cod</span></font></span></font></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">Tuesday,
March 12, 2013</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" 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"> Museum</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold"> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
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6A, Brewster, MA 02631</span></font></b></p>
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x 133 <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT124"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ccmnh.org">www.ccmnh.org</a></span></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2013 </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">Contact:
Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT125"><a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net" target="_blank">gck1@comcast.net</a></span>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vernal Pools-</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our backyard Wildlife
Sanctuaries</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">with Ian
Ives</span></font></b><font size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:
normal">, <i><span style="font-style:italic">Director <font color="black"><span style="color:black">at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable
Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape
Cod</span></font></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold">Ian Ives</span></font></b><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">, Director at
Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable Great Marsh and Skunknett
River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape Cod, will speak about Vernal Pools which are
rare freshwater habitats scattered around our Cape Cod landscape. They are
home to a variety of secretive creatures. These creatures have amazing stories
to tell. Many are poorly understood by even the most avid naturalists, hiding
many secrets about our environmental health, including but not limited to
climate change and pollution. Given their bountiful biodiversity, accessibility
and "pocket size", they make for perfect living classrooms with which
to educate people of all ages. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Join Ian for this colorful slide
presentation and you may be inspired to become a kid in your </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">backyard sanctuary again! </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold">Ian Ives</span></font></b><font color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> holds a Master's
degree in conservation biology from Antioch
University New Hampshire.
His job responsibilities include overall management of the sanctuaries and
staff, community outreach, advocacy, environmental stewardship and education.
One of his primary goals is to engage the community in Mass Audubon's mission
work and expand activities at the wildlife sanctuaries he oversees. Formerly,
Ian was a Field Biologist for Hyla Ecological Services in Concord
MA, and was a zookeeper at the Franklin Park
Zoo in Boston. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">1:00 Friends Meeting</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">1:30 Talk by Ian Ives</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Friends/free, Guests/$3</span></font></p>
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