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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">August 16, 2018 Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Year of the Bird: 100<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">A Panel Discussion</span></b><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
presents<i> Year of the Bird: 100th Anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
</i><b>Saturday, September 8, 2018 4pm-6pm.</b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">In 1918, Congress passed a law to protect migratory birds which were being decimated from poaching and over-hunting. Thornton W. Burgess, local
author and conservationist from Sandwich, was influential in helping pass this landmark legislation.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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One hundred years later, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is under attack</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">.
<span style="color:black">Learn more about its history and impact on migratory bird life if weakened, at a panel discussion moderated by Cape Cod Times bird columnist, Phil Kyle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Panelists will include: Christine Lowrance, author of “Nature’s Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess;” Ed Hoopes, Professor of Environmental
Science at Cape Cod Community College, wildlife biologist; Stephanie Paventy of the Cape Cod Bird Club, and Gretchen Moran-Towers, Education Coordinator at Green Briar Nature Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ms. Lowrance will have a book signing after the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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