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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary Presents:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">2015 Spring Field Studies Programs for Outdoor Education
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">The Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary offers a bi-annual program of multi-day field courses in which nature enthusiasts can explore the dynamic coastal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Nature Photography on Cape Cod<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Dates: May 13-16, 2015</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd. Barnstable, MA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Instructor: Laura Gingerich, Photographer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Through hands-on learning, participants will explore the art of digital photography in one of Cape Cod’s most beautiful settings–
Sandy Neck Barrier Beach. The class will emphasize the aesthetic and technical aspects of composing a shot in order to bring your outdoor photography to the next level.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The class will begin with basics and move into the manual modes using all that the camera has to offer. We will have rare classroom
access to the remote field station located on the edge of the 8,000-acre Barnstable Great Marsh as well as to the legendary Sandy Neck Lighthouse. With plenty of time among the dunes, salt marshes, and woodlands of the area, the day will be a feast for the
lens. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">With its diverse and unique wildlife habitats including migrating dunes, beaches, tidal flats, wetlands, and maritime forests,
Sandy Neck is a coastal wilderness experience and a photographer’s dream. The “golden hours” of photography will determine the field schedule with plenty of time for lectures, class discussions, and photo critiques.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the Instructor:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Laura L. Gingerich is an award-winning freelance photographer specializing in the documentation of mission and relief worldwide.
She’s worked throughout the countryside of India, Haiti, Mexico, Jamaica, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Pakistan providing images and documentation material for non-profits and international NGO’s. Her images along the Khyber Pass, the West Bank, Gaza,
and Abbottabaad were portrayed in the show, “Crossing the Line, A Journey through Islam”. In the past two years Laura has been working extensively in Haiti on a project to alter the way the world provides “help” to developing nations. When Laura is not on
assignment, nature provides a sense of balance as well as a classroom for her very popular photography workshops.</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">To Register:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register online</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> at the Mass Audubon website
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=39391">
here</a>.</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Grassland Bird Conservation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Dates: May 30-31, 2015</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd. Barnstable, MA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Instructor: Dr. Jon Atwood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Under the direction of leading ornithologist, Dr. Jon Atwood,
<i>Grassland Bird Conservation</i> will introduce participants to the work of professional conservation biologists. The class will explore strategies being pursued by MassAudubon scientists and other organizations to conserve species such as Eastern Meadowlark,
Grasshopper Sparrow, Bobolink, Eastern Towhee, Brown Thrasher, Prairie Warbler and Northern Bobwhite.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We will discuss the behavioral ecology of these birds and discover their specialized lives firsthand at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Frances
A. Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth. This habitat is one of the most important areas in the state for grassland and shrubland bird conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the Instructor:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Jon Atwood has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for 30 years. Working at the Manomet Center
for Conservation Sciences he led a 30 year landbird banding effort and spearheaded federal protection of the California Gnatcatcher under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. From 1998-2011 he directed the Conservation Biology Program at Antioch University, New
England, taught classes in Ornithology, Ecological Research Design, and GIS, and mentored over 70 graduate students working on various wildlife studies. He currently he is a Bird Conservation Fellow with MassAudubon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">To Register:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register online</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> at the Mass Audubon website
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=39273">
here</a>. </span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Osprey Field Expedition<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Dates: June 6-7, 2015</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd. Barnstable, MA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Instructor: Ian Ives, Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As part of a two-day experience this June, the class will lead participants into unique locales to learn more about the osprey’s
role as one of New England’s top predatory birds. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The osprey field school will treat audiences to fascinating knowledge about osprey biology, ecology, current conservation threats
and tagging efforts. During the first day, participants will venture onto Barnstable Harbor for an eco-tour with Sanctuary Director Ian Ives to spot some of these awesome predators.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Joining with MassAudubon’s Allen’s Pond Wildlife Sanctuary on the second day, the class will take a remote excursion to kayak
the Westport River. This location on Massachusetts’s South Coast is home to over 100 nesting sites and annually receives one of the largest osprey breeding populations in North America.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:92%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:92%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Instructor: Ian Ives is Sanctuary Director at Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary in Cummaquid. He holds a Master's
Degree in conservation biology from Antioch University – New Hampshire. Ian has a strong background in wetland conservation and endangered species management and is leading environmental advocacy and conservation projects across the Cape to help protect rare
wildlife and the threatened natural resources they depend on. Ian enjoys sharing his awe and understanding of the natural world and leads many trips for Mass Audubon, including Cuttyhunk and Elizabeth Island tours, natural history walks, and kayak adventures
throughout the Mid and Upper Cape. When Ian is not at work, he enjoys family time, mountain biking, and outdoor travel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register online</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> at the Mass Audubon website
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=39797">
here</a>.</span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">***See Long Pasture’s
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/long-pasture">
Website</a> for details, directions and registration***</span></u></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">For more information, contact: Josh Wrigley,
<i>Education Coordinator</i> (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">508) 362-7475 Ext 9355. E-mail</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">:
<a href="mailto:jwrigley@massaudubon.org">jwrigley@massaudubon.org</a> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joshua Wrigley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Education Coordinator<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassAudubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">345 Bone Hill Rd. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barnstable, MA 02637<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jwrigley@massaudubon.org">jwrigley@massaudubon.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 508-362-7475 Ext. 9355<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 518-810-9478<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="www.massaudubon.org">www.massaudubon.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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