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<!--StartFragment--><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b>Friday, May 27,
2016</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i>For information contact:</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Lindsey B. Counsell, Exec. Dir. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thomas Trigg, Head of School<o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a name="h.gjdgxs"></a>Three Bays Preservation, Inc. Cape
Cod Academy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.3bays.org"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">www.3bays.org</span></a> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.capecodacademy.org">www.capecodacademy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">508-420-0780 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>508-428-5400
x 214<o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a href="mailto:lcounsell@3bays.org"><span style="color: blue;">lcounsell@3bays.org</span></a> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:ttrigg@capecodacademy.org">ttrigg@capecodacademy.org</a></span><a href="mailto:ttrigg@capecodacademy.org"></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a href="mailto:ttrigg@capecodacademy.org"></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a href="mailto:ttrigg@capecodacademy.org"></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ttrigg@capecodacademy.org"></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Three Bays Preservation, Inc., Presents Four Projects for
Cape Cod Academy’s 2nd Annual ‘Water Day’ </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hands-On
Projects Designed to Address Barnstable’s Water Quality Challenges</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Osterville, Mass.) – Cape Cod’s
waters—freshwater rivers, streams and ponds, and marine environments—may <i>look </i>healthy, but they’re far from
pristine ecosystems. Nitrogen from septic systems is the main cause. Stormwater runoff and fertilizers are also
significant sources. Stormwater contains
pathogens and nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorus, metals, and from motor
vehicles: petroleum hydrocarbons.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To nurture environmental knowledge
and stewardship in its students and raise significant awareness about water
issues, Cape Cod Academy hosted its 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Water Day on Monday,
May 23<sup>rd</sup>. Water Day is the brainchild of Keith Lewison, a teacher of
humanities <span style="color:windowtext">and Environmental Club advisor at
CCA, who believes that an “interdisciplinary education is one of the best ways
for students to both see how their academic learning matters, and to care about
and save places that sustain us all, including, of course, the Three Bays
watershed and Cape Cod.” </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Four programs in <b>green technology</b> designed and developed
by Scott Horsley, a consultant to Three Bays Preservation, Inc., and co-founder
of Horsley Witten Group, Inc., a Sandwich-based environmental engineering firm,
were a significant part of Water Day. Seventy-three students from Grades 9
through 11 piled onto buses and visited those <b>four key program project sites:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">➢<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mill Pond</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> in
Marstons Mills, an iconic landmark with a rich history that dates back 300
years. Sitting at the juncture of Routes
28 and 149, Mill Pond remains one of the most photographed ponds in the Town of
Barnstable because of its bucolic setting. But its ecological function has been
significantly impaired by long-term sedimentation. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">➢<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;">CCA students toured the area of the <b>North Bay Aquaculture Project</b> that will
begin this summer.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">➢<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cotuit Town Dock Project</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
on Oyster Place where a newly installed rain garden filled with indigenous
plants was designed to remove pollutants from water runoff before it flows into
Cotuit Bay. This unique green technology is a <i>pilot project</i> to publicly showcase how a retrofitted drainage
system functions as an alternative to a conventional storm sewer.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">➢<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sited in a small area on the CCA campus
is a section of lawn in which human urine diluted by water will be used as
grass nourishment—called urine diversion and fertigation—in lieu of
conventional and often-poisonous fertilizer. </span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These four projects were not one-day
events. It’s the intention of Three Bays
Preservation to clean and restore Mill Pond, launch a shellfish farm, continue
to monitor the new rain garden at Cotuit Town Dock, and supervise the
fertigation effort underway on a 20’ by 80’ test patch of lawn on the CCA
campus. Four seniors at Cape Cod Academy are on a month-<span style="color:
windowtext">long service project with Three Bays and are working on these
projects under the supervision of Scott Horsley and Lindsey Counsell as part of
required community engagement prior to graduation. Each of the four initiatives
is part of a long-range strategy toward ecological health under the terms of
the <b>Cape Cod 208 Plan. </b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Section 208 of the <b>Clean Water Act</b> requires state and
local governments to develop plans to mitigate the impacts of wastewater,
improve water quality, and eliminate sources of pollutants. The <b>Cape Cod 208 Plan </b>focuses on a new
watershed-based approach to ecosystem restoration, and was developed and
drafted by the <b>Cape Cod Commission</b>.
[Governor Charlie Baker certified the plan in June 2015, and the Environmental
Protection Agency signed off on the same plan in September 2015.] Three Bays, a
leading non-profit in environmental technology and engineering, will play an
integral role in implementing the Cape Cod 208 Plan in its mission area that
includes West Bay, North Bay and Cotuit Bay, including all coves and connecting
freshwater rivers and ponds. All told, the Three Bays Watershed consists of
12,458 acres. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“An event like Water Day is important
because it gives the students a chance to learn about important water-related
issues here in Barnstable, and have a hands-on experience learning about how we
measure the impacts and extent of the problem in our embayment and waterways,”
explained Lindsey Counsell, executive director of Three Bays Preservation,
Inc. Counsell added events like Water
Day may inspire students to seek meaningful careers in the environmental field.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cape Cod <span style="color:windowtext">Academy
Head of School Tom Trigg applauds the ingenuity of Water Day and the four
innovative projects sponsored by Three Bays Preservation, Inc. “We want to teach students to be responsibly
engaged with the world,” explained Trigg.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">**</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Three Bays Preservation, Inc., is
dedicated to restoring and protecting West, North and Cotuit Bays, and the
coves, ponds, rivers and streams that form our watershed and ecosystems. Since 1996, Three Bays Preservation, Inc.,
has continued stewardship efforts through applied science, educational programs,
and ecosystem-based management practices.
To learn more, visit Three Bays Preservation online at </span><a href="http://www.3bays.org"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;">www.3bays.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">___</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cape Cod Academy (CCA) is an independent college preparatory
day school for grades Pre-K through 12 with a mission <span style="color:#262626">to
pursue academic excellence and develop life skills in a safe, values-centered
community.</span> Located in Osterville and founded in 1976, CCA is a member of
the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS,) the Association of
Independent Schools in New England (AISNE,) and is accredited by the New
England Association of Schools and Colleges. Visit </span><a href="http://www.capecodacademy.org"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;">www.capecodacademy.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="normal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"># # #</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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