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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black">Climate Connections Speaker Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">presented by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIRENEW)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">In this spring speaker series, offered on alternating Saturdays at 2 p.m. at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, we invite you to explore with us the connections between people, wildlife, and the changing
climate.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday, March 29, 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">John Rogers, senior energy analyst and author, Union of Concerned Scientists<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cooler Smarter</span></em> shows you the most effective ways to cut your carbon-dioxide emissions by 20 percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global
problem. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Learn more and register:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33176" target="_blank">http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33176</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Richard Primack, Professor, Boston University<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For the past twelve years, Professor Richard Primack (Boston University) and his team have been using Thoreau’s records and other data sources to document the dramatically earlier flowering and leafing out
times of plants, the earlier ice out at Walden Pond, the more variable response of migratory birds, and the changing abundance of plants due to the warming climate. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Learn more and register</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33187" target="_blank">http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33187</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Final Flight: The Impact of Climate Change on Birds and Their Habitats<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Trevor Lloyd-Evans, Banding Director, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The booklet <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Final Flight</span></em> highlights 10 iconic birding spots in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada that are at risk from
climate change. This presentation is augmented by the stunning photography of longtime Manomet bird bander and shorebird researcher Ian Davies. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Learn more and register</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33204" target="_blank">http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33204</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Green Grid: Electricity Independence for Homes, Vehicles, and Communities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Luke Hinkle (My Generation Energy, Inc.) and Chris Powicki (WEEinfo Services)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are you ready to act to reshape the future of energy on Cape Cod and address climate change? Identify how you can get involved in modernizing the grid, making green power affordable and available to all, and
fueling the regional energy transition.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Learn more and register</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33351" target="_blank">http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33351</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pre-registration is required for all programs. You may register by calling us at 508.349.2615, or by signing up
<span style="color:black">online at <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay">
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We hope to see you at the sanctuary soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Amy Fleischer, Education Director/ Public Programs Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">afleischer@massaudubon.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">508-349-2615, ext 114</span> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Fall/ Winter/ Spring Office Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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