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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
August 26,
2015
Teresa Izzo<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i>Naturalist & Author Peter Trull<br>
“The Gray Curtain”<br>
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</b>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, MA
presents <i>The Gray Curtain; The Impact of Seals, Sharks &
Commercial Fishing on the Northeast Coast</i> with educator, naturalist
and author Peter Trull<i>,<b> </i>Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 1pm.
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</b>Through enthusiastic discussion and vivid images, author and Field
Naturalist Peter Trull will discuss and explain the relationship between
commercial fishing, expanding Gray Seal populations, and Great White
Sharks along the beaches of Cape Cod and the northeast coast. This
"Gray Curtain" has come about as a result of geologic and
environmental changes, as well as animal migrations and population
increases that have impacted the area. Each has had an effect on the
location and, though daily and seasonal changes are accepted as normal,
there are great transformations taking place that may go unnoticed, some,
unexplained. While fishermen and scientists don't always agree on why the
changes have occurred, both have played a role in these dynamic coastal
changes. In the minds of many commercial fishermen, the return of the
now-protected gray seal has played a major part causing a new charismatic
apex predator to enter the picture; the Great White Shark. This
enlightening and colorful program will bring together the main factors
that have created the phenomenon of <i>The Gray Curtain</i>.<br>
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Peter Trull has been involved in Research and Education for 35 years. He
presently teaches 7th grade Science at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter
School in Harwich MA, and holds a Master’s Degree in Education. He has
written six books about Cape Cod natural history. His newest book <i>The
Gray Curtain </i>was released in June 2015.<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
</b>For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
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