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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 27.0pt 6.75pt 27.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Special Lecture and Book signing</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 2, 2016; 7:00 pm <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Audubon Society of Rhode Island<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Environmental Education Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI 401-245-7500<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Restoring Endangered Seabirds: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Lessons From Puffins and Terns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lecture by World Renowned Birder and Author Dr. Stephen W. Kress, PhD</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK26"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK28"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 27.0pt 6.75pt 27.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'>Dr. Stephen Kress, Director of National Audubon Society's Seabird Restoration Program and Hog Island Audubon Camp, will review how techniques developed on Maine islands have led to the restoration of puffins and terns to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. Dr. Kress will also discuss how techniques developed in Maine are helping seabirds worldwide. His lecture includes reviews of several case studies in seabird restoration that have benefited including restoration of Common Murres in California, relocation of Short-tailed Albatross off of an active volcano in Japan, rescuing the endangered Bermuda Petrel from rising oceans and defending the world's rarest seabird the Chinese Crested Tern from egg poachers. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'> Dr. Kress will also share the recent discovery of the previously unknown winter home for puffins - to an area known as the 'coral canyons' off New England's continental shelf and a new opportunity to save this biologically diverse habitat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'>Seating is limited. Go to <a href="http://www.asri.org">www.asri.org</a> to reserve your seat. Lecture is free with donation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'>Dr. Kress will be available after the lecture to sign copies of his book</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#111111;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><i><span style='color:#111111'>Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock. </span></i><span style='color:#111111'>Available at the<i> </i></span><span style='color:black'>Audubon Society of Rhode Island Environmental Education Center Nature Shop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#111111;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'><o:p> 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02809</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel: 401-245-7500 ext. 3116<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: 401-245-9339<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:adimonti@asri.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>adimonti@asri.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please Note: I work a Tuesday-Saturday schedule<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=65 height=59 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D14AD0.4394C010" alt=asrilogo2> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Connecting People With 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