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<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>You Did It! </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Governor Deval Patrick reinstates funds for vital water quality monitoring.</span></div>
<br /><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Return of the Right Whales </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our right whale research team is shifting into top gear in preparation for another season in the air and on the water.</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',' Verdana',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';"><strong>New Collaborations, New Projects </strong>Introducing a</span>n exciting new Center-wide environmental study. <br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',' Verdana',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';"><strong>Show your love for the whales, and your friends! </strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',' Verdana',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',' Verdana',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';"> u</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',' Verdana',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';">nique gift for a very special cause.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Upcoming Events and Activities</strong><br /></div></td></tr></table><table class="CC_Divider" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>Remember back in November, when we asked you to petition MA Governor Deval Patrick to save state budget funding that was critical for protecting our waters? Well - YOU DID IT! </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>We received unofficial word towards the end of December that the Governor had reinstated the line item, which included $150,000 for the Center's Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Program. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>Thank you so much to everyone who responded to our call to action; evidently the public response had much to do with Governor Patrick's decision. Whatever you said, it was strong and convincing, and proof positive that your voice CAN make a difference!</span></div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>Return of the Right Whales</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On the afternoon of December 22, 2014 the Center's right whale population studies team spotted five rare and critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during an aerial survey of Cape Cod Bay. This was the first confirmed sighting of the season.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Center's aerial surveys, which take place weekly throughout the December - May season, have shown that, on average, one-half of the total estimated population of 520 right whales have visited the Bay each winter and spring during the last 5 years, drawn by dense concentrations of the zooplankton upon which they feed. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As always, the CCS right whale habitat team will be on the water whenever weather allows, collecting samples to determine the concentration and type of zooplankton currently in the Bay, and <span>documenting the whales feeding patterns and behaviors.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comparisons of these data with those from previous years should eventually allow Center scientists to document ongoing changes in the whales' critically important habitat and their use of its rich food resources. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><em>CCS is grateful to survey pilot Joe Chronic and his colleagues at New England Specialized Aviation Services (NESAS) for their skill and dedication.</em></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Center has long fostered a collaborative approach to research, encouraging parterships both with other environmental organizations <em>and </em><span>between our own diverse but complementary programs. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The latest of these Center-wide projects is an environmental study of Pleasant Bay that brings together scientists from the Center's seafloor mapping and coastal geology programs, marine fisheries initiative, and seal studies project. </span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span><span>Pleasant Bay is the largest estuary on Cape Cod, and one of the most biologically diverse and productive marine habitats on the East Coast. Located just north of the Cape's "elbow", its watershed is spread over four towns: <span>Orleans, Chatham, Harwich and Brewster.</span></span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>The Pleasant Bay Marine Resource Assessment Project, which is funded by the <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vwUPRLbe3TgMYU3ODQS79sanbBtdyqIxvzxDIGEg9wLBPvNxDSrr-y-B4EziEkjic7pc1v9CCwJ8Pw6OtBgiW3uEqtGj674sBcpJ3RyGYuQNARzyuR9gDnwjWRv7GPye1&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" linktype="1" target="_blank">Friends of Pleasant Bay</a> and <span>developed in cooperation with the </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vVIzMLv8b1JlZvwBdpf4RAfy2dksnX_nZZ4jAM0DaBjOnmgEYLesF7BIsFicxxI_mi7k-reyMH66d0tpe1EsO3SJVnYAxOhfuVjKkgbvuDI0=&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" linktype="1" target="_blank">Pleasant Bay Alliance</a><span> and State environmental scientists, </span>got underway in summer 2014. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This two-year long study will provide detailed maps of <span>features such as bottom type, submerged aquatic vegetation, shellfish beds, and other features such as sediment transport pathways, derelict fishing gear and marine debris, marked and unmarked mooring blocks, and hazards to navigation. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>Researchers will also create an inventory of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">shellfish and finfish species, and will m</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">onitor gray and harbor seal haul outs inside the Bay.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The purpose of the project is to gather data that will help to inform policy, public education, and environmental protection of Pleasant Bay and its estuaries. It will also provide an important snapshot of the state of natural resources in the Bay on which to base a long-term monitoring program to document <span>environmental changes.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Progress By The Numbers</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The seafloor mapping team has spent <strong>16 days</strong> conducting high resolution side scan sonar surveys of the seabed, encompassing <strong>749 track-lines</strong> and <strong>280 miles</strong>. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>192 benthic samples</strong> <span>(sediments collected from the upper layers of the seafloor) </span>were collected from <strong>48 locations</strong>; these are undergoing analysis in the lab to determine the both the sediment type, and the number and range of invertebrate animals at each location. <span>As of December 2014, scientists have analysed <strong>17 percent</strong> of the samples, and have already counted over <strong>6,000 individual invertebrates</strong> and identified <strong>45 species</strong>. </span></span></p>
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<img height="125" vspace="10" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.576" hspace="10" width="200" src="https://files.ctctcdn.com/576acb99001/12012057-139c-4034-af1b-4a0cbc0693d7.jpg" align="left"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Late last year an imaginative, talented and passionate friend of the Center came up with a brilliant scheme to help support the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) program. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In her own very limited spare time, and using her own resources, CCS member Sheri Lee designed and produced this unique cuff bracelet. Hand-crafted from brushed aluminum, the bracelet features the Center's logo and the numbers 24/7-365, which represent the hours and days the MAER team is on call to respond to entangled whales, sea turtles and other marine animals. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Each bracelet is just $20 and, thanks to Sheri's amazing generosity, 100% of revenues will go directly to the MAER program. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">To purchase a bracelet for yourself, a friend, and/or family member, and to support the disentanglement team, please email <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="mailto:store@coastalstudies.org" linktype="2" target="_blank">Beth Larson</a> or call 508-487-3622 x 103. </p></img></div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>Wednesday, February 4 at 7 pm: CCS Lecture Series at <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vSX3J8iqqw2pH-74KP8Bst2lQslQTrXhPCXDuiUuMvkHg0GtPG6khWmD4HuGC4IALgqE5IbY4rd7MNvYGV8Bul0hUwAlu4u0tzto1JQ4ua9mLllEr4j9Vyg==&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Napi's Restaurant</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em> <img height="135" vspace="10" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.574" hspace="10" width="198" src="https://files.ctctcdn.com/576acb99001/c2943a7d-9ddf-40d2-8079-e68d470d4a13.png" align="left"> Phytoplankton: Cirque du Soleil in Cape Cod Bay, presented by Beth Larson</img></em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Learn about the vital role these microscopic plants play in the marine ecosystem. <span>Beth is a research assistant </span><span>in the Ecology Department </span><span>at the Center for Coastal Studies. She currently studies both the zooplankton and phytoplankton of Cape Cod Bay.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><br /><br />Friday, February 6 to Sunday, February 8: <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vphf35Vvy2_8A2DjaCw5u0Ov_w5D5PMRxMSjP45FHHANkiRu2lEuzTYjfoF_t2j38QW_TiwEDN-hUhizvwd37RnesQ7t566jRae8W7hBrWSQwCuxaCCxeUBBus4pIL2fMO4bqKe3L2ZRFSfvUVa59CQ==&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Boatbuilders Show on Cape Cod</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img height="109" vspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.577" border="0" hspace="5" width="250" src="https://files.ctctcdn.com/576acb99001/920d9282-e10b-41ee-90c6-4e1a5275b110.jpg" align="left"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Visit the Center for Coastal Studies booth at the Boatbuilders Show at the </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vTfyfwWJ9eON7KmsYE98gr0auUXicDvy8WF72Da9vpAL4naR_2JeNvKBCe1w3QHc0bQyRQ3-cc92xKIGnqqctuuVZ37BLRDtHULtK6jmTE3OOOhyqJZjeWfpu9HquN7M6HOETzX4qEDA=&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. Chat with Center staff, f</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ind out what's happening in the lab and on the water, and take advantage of special Boat Show discounts on gifts and memberships. Admission to the show is just $5; children under 12 are free, and there is plenty of free parking. Show hours are Friday from 2PM to 7PM, Saturday 10AM to 6PM, and Sunday 10AM to 4PM. </span></img></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>Wednesday, February 25 at 7 pm: CCS Lecture Series at <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001n5Jvb9aWEy88NCUxG7p0X4yn7_azhQnftSqzNsZ0XNKzV5D7urTrw3A8wcW9BN5vSX3J8iqqw2pH-74KP8Bst2lQslQTrXhPCXDuiUuMvkHg0GtPG6khWmD4HuGC4IALgqE5IbY4rd7MNvYGV8Bul0hUwAlu4u0tzto1JQ4ua9mLllEr4j9Vyg==&c=MxTfrqqZMHZLrQS8yMmuDxbGPDm3-SaVLbTunlfxWdxJ4seD3bW1Yg==&ch=r_54ny9I7GXkvUGy8EtVAe7S_1yFGRAwekwe7vxODbOLPlQr-TEV5A==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Napi's Restaurant</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em>White Sharks, presented by Cynthia Wigren, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy</em></p>
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