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<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:#1C5A7C">Bats & Bunnies: Managing Habitat for seldom Seen Mammals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Research at the Reserve Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Monday, April 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">7:00-8:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:#1C5A7C"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New England cottontail, a species of conservation concern (different from the Eastern Cottontail which is very common), and Northern long-eared bats, recently listed as a threatened species, are being studied by US Fish and Wildlife biologists in the forests
of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and Waquoit Bay Reserve. How many of these mammals are left? Where can these species be found? What kinds of habitats do they thrive in? Management is underway to improve the health of the forests, reduce the potential
for wildfires, and to improve habitat for the New England cottontails. How should the forest be managed to reduce potential negative impacts on the bats? Results of the cottontail surveys and the bat surveys to date will be presented.</span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Eileen McGourty, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#0F243E">Laurie Tompkins</span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#0F243E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D">Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D">P.O. Box 3092</span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D">Waquoit, MA 02536</span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D">Tel. 508-457-0495 x108</span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/"><span style="color:#17365D">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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