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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:white'>Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:white'>Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Advisory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#003366'>COTTONTAIL
HABITAT MANAGEMENT MEETING, FALMOUTH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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INVITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#003366'>habitat
management activities on portions of the Quashnet Woods State
Reservation and Wildlife Management Area, co-owned by the Department of
Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife (MassWildlife) in Mashpee. The meeting, hosted by DCR and
MassWildlife, will take place on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Headquarters, 131
Waquoit Highway (Rte. 28) in Falmouth at 7 P.M.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#003366'>Learn more about the uncommon New England cottontail
rabbit and how DCR and MassWildlife are working together proactively to
enhance, create, and maintain appropriate habitat conditions for New
England cottontails and other wildlife which depend on shrublands and
young forests. Proposed habitat management activities will also
address fire safety concerns by reducing the amount of available
material that could fuel a serious wildfire.</span><span
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#003366'>Virtually
identical in appearance to the common Eastern cottontails seen in many
backyards, New England cottontail populations in Massachusetts and
surrounding states have fallen 86% in the past 50 years. Because of
these declines, this rabbit is a Candidate Species for listing by the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under the federal Endangered Species
Act. The rabbit's population decline is related to landscape-scale
habitat changes. On Cape Cod, New England cottontails live in a variety
of habitats, but are most frequently found in pitch pine/scrub oak
habitats. As a result of fire suppression, these forests have matured
to a point where they are no longer viable habitats for New England
cottontails and other wildlife such as Bobwhite quail and Eastern
towhee. Furthermore, the amount of flammable woody plant material (fuel
load) in some remaining areas of mature pine barren forests has
substantially increased and potentially threatens public safety and
property. Management activities in the Quashnet Woods State Reservation
and Wildlife Management Area such as understory mowing, tree clearing,
and prescribed fire are all methods which will address both the needs
of wildlife in conservation need and the protection of property and
people. For more information, email David Scarpitti at the Division of
Fisheries and Wildlife, at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#003366'>david.scarpitti@state.ma.us <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#003366'>or by
phone at (508) 389-6377.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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