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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Public Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Draft Management Plan <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Monday, June 30, 2014 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>131 Waquoit Highway (Route 28)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Waquoit, MA 02536 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The public is invited The Waquoit Bay Reserve to a presentation and overview of the five year draft Management Plan’s contents and recommendations. The purpose of the Waquoit Bay Reserve’s Management Play lays out the strategy for meeting the Reserve’s mission over the next five years. The Mission of the Waquoit Bay Reserve is to promote science-based decision-making that leads to healthy coastal ecosystems. This plan will replace the plan approved in 2006. It outlines the administrative structure; the research & monitoring, education, training, and stewardship goals of the reserve. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=maintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=maintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The full draft plan is available for viewing on the Reserve’s website at </span><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>www.waquoitbayreserve.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> and, in hard copy, at the Reserve’s Visitor Center at 131 Waquoit Highway, Waquoit, MA. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=maintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Written comments on the draft plan will be taken until July 31, 2014. Comments can be submitted via email to <span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="mailto:Waquoit.bay@state.ma.us"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Waquoit.bay@state.ma.us</span></a></span> or submitted by mail to: Waquoit Bay Reserve, P.O. Box 3092, Waquoit, MA 02536. If you have questions about the public meeting, please call 508-457-0495 x 108.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy'>Laurie Tompkins</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Event Coordinator</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>P.O. Box 3092</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Waquoit, MA 02536</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Tel. 508-457-0495 x108</span><span style='color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#244061'>Fax 617-727-5537</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.waquoitbayreserve.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/contactmaint.aspx?mode=new"><span style='color:blue'>Please sign me up to receive e-news from Waquoit Bay Reserve</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>