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<h2><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Horseshoe Crab Conference</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Saturday, April 13, 2013</b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>9 </b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span></b><b>–12:30
</b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">PM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This FREE conference is open to the public and will feature presentations focusing on the interactions of humans and horseshoe crabs; results of current horseshoe crab research on Cape Cod; and related issues surrounding their management,
harvest and conservation. Additionally, Wellfleet Bay will be recruiting volunteers to help with spawning censuses and a tagging project in Wellfleet Harbor. Details on how to get involved with this project will be shared.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference agenda is below. <a href="https://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=661-WF13SP1">
Register on-line</a> or contact the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or
<a href="mailto:wellfleet@massaudubon.org">wellfleet@massaudubon.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9–9:10 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span> Arrival and Refreshments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9:10–9:15 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span>
<b>Opening Remarks: </b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in">Bob Prescott, Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in">9:15–10 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">
AM</span> <b>From Horses to Horseshoe Crabs: Insights From Some Terrestrial Wildlife Conflicts</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in">Allen Rutberg, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Animals and Public Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10–10:10 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span> Q&A, Break, View Art Exhibit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10:10–10:40 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span>
<b>Current Horseshoe Crab Population Status in Wellfleet Harbor<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b>Mark Faherty, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10:40–11 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span>
<b>The Evolution of Managing the Horseshoe Crab Fishery<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b>Sarah Martinez, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11–11:15 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">AM</span> Q&A, Break, View Art Exhibit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in">11:15 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">
AM</span> –12:15 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">PM</span> <b>Panel Discussion:</b>
<b>Envisioning the Ideal Future through Research and Management<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><u>Panelists Include:</u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in">Michael Dawson, Associates of Cape Cod, Inc.<u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in">Mark Faherty, Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in">Sarah Martinez, Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in">Daniel McKiernan, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in">Allen Rutberg, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><u>Moderator:<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in">Brenda Boleyn,<b>
</b>Committee for the Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12:15–12:30 <span style="font-size:9.0pt">PM</span> <b>Closing Words & Volunteer Recruitment<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in">Bob Prescott, Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">**********************************************<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Melissa Lowe</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Field School and Outreach Coordinator<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">mlowe@massaudubon.org</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">508-349-2615, ext 107</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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