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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts and Mass Audubon Presents: A Grasslands Management Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Date: October 9th, 2015
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Time: 8:00am – 12:30pm</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnstable, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Who Should Attend:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Members of non-profit and environmental organizations, town & other
land protection professionals & volunteers, land stewardship practitioners <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> $20 (Space is limited, pre-registration/payment required. To pay in advance by
credit card, email mark@thecompact.net for online credit card link.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Format:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> 8-11am Grassland dynamics; 11-12:30pm outdoor field study<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">About the Workshop:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Grassland birds, which feed and nest only in grasslands and hayfields
are disappearing at an alarming rate. In Massachusetts, many breeding grassland birds are identified as needing urgent conservation action. As a land manager or owner, you can make a real difference in protecting these species by implementing a number of simple
management practices that are greatly beneficial for grassland birds. Our aim for this workshop is to help land owners and managers understand the issue and develop sustainable management practices. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Instructors:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Dr. Jon Atwood has been a practicing ornithologist
and conservation biologist for 30 years, specializing in integrating behavioral studies of rare and endangered bird species with habitat conservation planning. While working at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences during the early 1990’s he collaborated
in the analysis of the first 30 years of Manomet’s land bird 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
where he taught classes in Ornithology, Ecological Research Design, GIS and mentored over 70 graduate students. During 2011-2013 he worked as Science Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute in Southern Maine. Currently he is a Bird Conservation Fellow
with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, focusing on conservation of grassland bird species.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lindall Kidd is a Bird Conservation Associate at Mass Audubon. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Lindall received her Master’s degree
in Ornithology from the University of Oxford, UK, where she specialized in life history modeling and long-term population monitoring. Lindall has worked on a multitude of bird related studies with a particular focus on population ecology, and is interested
in the processes that drive natural populations. For the past year, Lindall has been helping to coordinate the Grassland Bird Program at Mass Audubon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ian Ives is the Director of Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary. Ian leads the Mid and Upper Cape Sanctuaries’ conservation projects aimed at protecting our
local biodiversity and rare natural communities. Through a combination of conservation, education and advocacy these programs connect people and nature to inspire action. Ian is currently leading the pioneering Eastern Spadefoot Toad (<i>Scaphiopus holbrooki)
</i>and Wetland Restoration Project at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary. Now in its 5th year, this project involves spadefoot headstarting and translocation, comprehensive field monitoring, educational outreach and habitat<b><o:p></o:p></b></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">jwrigley@massaudubon.org<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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