<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Friends of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Presents</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Seals: Making a Comeback</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">with</span></font></b> Jesse Mechling, <i><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Marine education director at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday,May 14, 2013</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Museum</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> of Natural History</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">869 Rte 6A, Brewster, MA 02631</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">508-896-3867 x 133 <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT33" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ccmnh.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">www.ccmnh.org</a></span></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2013</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact: Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT34" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">gck1@comcast.net</a></span></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Seals: Making a Comeback</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">with</span></font></b> Jesse Mechling, <i><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Marine education director at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jesse Mechling, </span></font></b><i><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Marine education director at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies</span></font></i><b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">will speak about the resurgence of seals on the Cape. Come learn about the natural history of these marine mammals, where they came from, what we are learning about them, and what the future holds.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jesse has over a decade working in education, formal and informal, interpretation, and marine policy. Jesse received his BA from Colby College in Maine, has a Masters Degree in marine affairs from the University of Rhode Island and was a John A. Knauss Marine Policy fellow in NOAA's Ecosystem Goal Team. As PCCS marine education director, Jesse collaborates with the Cape Cod National Seashore leading weekly seal walks in the summer at High Head and holding weekly talks on the marine environment at the Province Lands Visitor Center. He currently lives in Eastham with his wife and young son.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1:00 Friends Meeting</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1:30 Talk by Jesse Mechling</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></p></div></body></html>