<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MAKING WAVES IN COASTAL CONSERVATION ON JANUARY 30 AT 2 PM IN PLYMOUTH</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A coastal stewardship and youth conservation training program for </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">high school students is the subject of Goldenrod Foundation’s next presentation in the speaker series: <i>Making Waves in Coastal Conservation</i>, where experts present innovative ideas, exemplary projects and new technologies in the areas of coastal wildlife, water and habitat conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Saturday, January 30 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Plymouth at Brewster Hall on Church St. (uphill from Town Square), Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe will speak about the Audubon CT WildLife Guards program that serves to educate beach visitors about the beach-nesting birds and coastal habitat, and train urban youth for possible careers in conservation biology.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This innovative and collaborative program provides job training, mentoring, and employment in bird conservation and resource management for selected Bridgeport high school students. Audubon Connecticut (Audubon CT) works in partnership with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History and the City of Bridgeport's Department of Youth Services. The former, along with Audubon CT, provides hands-on training in bird monitoring, coastal ecology, and public outreach. The latter provides general job training.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Folsom-O’Keefe is the Important Bird Areas Program Coordinator for Audubon CT, a state office of the National Audubon Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mark your calendars for future presentations in the series. All begin at 2 p.m. at Brewster Hall.</span></p><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span style="line-height: 16px; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Calibri;">February 13: <b>Dorie Stolley,</b> O is for Osprey: A Conservation Success Story</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">February 27: </span><b style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Meredith G. Morehouse</b><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">, </span><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Shorebird Lifecycle Protection in the </span><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Americas: It Takes a Network</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Calibri;">March 12:<b> Glorianna Davenport,</b> New Technologies for Conservation at Tidmarsh Farms and the Living Observatory</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Calibri;">April 2: <b>Student Presentations, </b></span><span style="line-height: 16px; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Middleboro high school senior Jordan Baker will speak about a cutting-edge green energy technology called </span><span style="line-height: 16px; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">vortex induced vibration for aquatic clean energy (VIVACE). Other speakers to be determined.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find details and directions here: <a href="http://www.goldenrod.org/blog/making-waves-2016">www.goldenrod.org/blog/making-waves-2016</a>.</span></p><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div>Dorie</div><div><br></div><div>Dorie Stolley<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Program Manager</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Goldenrod Foundation</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div>P.O. Box 3854</div><div>Plymouth, MA 02361</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tel: 757-777-6601</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Website: <a href="http://www.goldenrod.org/">www.goldenrod.org</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Email: <a href="mailto:dss@goldenrod.org">dss@goldenrod.org</a></div><div><br></div></span></div></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br></span></div>
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