<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Sierra Cape Cod's 3/21 Talk on “Protecting Local Horseshoe Crab Populations” Features Mark Faherty of Mass Audubon</b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The Sierra Club Cape Cod & Islands Group’s monthly Zoom speaker series continues Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm with a talk by Mark Faherty of Mass Audubon on the threats posed to horseshoe crabs and on an upcoming opportunity to help preserve local populations of a species that outlasted the dinosaurs. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Please join us using the following link: </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F89176128525%3Fpwd%3DV2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oR7%2FNYR4ILWFY7hKaOq28XMbkP7sC9Owjulv5HOkOR4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09" shash="yQ9FH3G0/vGVIux+56JIRkf3+tF8bHGyXPUItcZSt2XIPs+C/2f+pPuNnRK2vlw5ro8o5rYl1kiL+Jzb+x3eD4dgniHDg8vMUXEjq+MAipLQ7fmQ7MrdtamKDAmBNIP81YMFbPl3CZHOTd1xYiz+DYRZL2DE39eQ9WxrB/iahl0=" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89176128525?pwd=V2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333" class="">Mark Flaherty is Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and delivers the </font></span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capeandislands.org%2Fpeople%2Fmark-faherty&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9LtMfQ98WVN79GdF3EqxS%2FP%2FZx03mPBhMV1IbJ7rn4A%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.capeandislands.org/people/mark-faherty" shash="pHpgXvxoukr0E6StIP/H9x6u+I21HXFyk4k6CP8C9RIv/rJaWGes/w4hP/a/4iu6e6KCW9q2/ORbNnZ2dAszDw6xy7IEftiZ8rOC+yY+S61CLJd+sYugNmo6mS2kp6eUKPOwOfcwDTvb/jaOwN/90QihJC7I84MGcbVDw7i8eNA=" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">"Weekly Bird Report" on WCAI</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333" class="">. He primarily studies bird ecology, including critical food sources such as the Atlantic horseshoe crab. On March 21, Mark will discuss commercial harvesting by the baitfish and biomedical industries, </font></span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.massaudubon.org%2Four-conservation-work%2Fwildlife-research-conservation%2Fhorseshoe-crab-monitoring&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YaUj7mSYUVx5g%2B6QajjIe7lblES1%2Bu4Y5aaSpVjbilw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/wildlife-research-conservation/horseshoe-crab-monitoring" shash="eJvvVgxCCzxo/mT0cyAdDkaH2Q+Y2bJJtxypR+IKocKYNa0fuZ8GOhO4mvl1k2DshKFAW2moQ00Y5kBdwy1fKHbcvoeDBuEhtooxzWBhKbKQ+iS2H8SW48REp/K1N4rt13V6kXiDxXIHmwnJPwqE/W8xP+Zf+BB+jAOpuKbYuig=" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Mass Audubon<span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">’</span>s long-term population monitoring program</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333" class="">, and proposed state regulations aimed at protecting spawning horseshoe crabs and tightening control of the biomedical harvest. </font></span></div></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div>Chris Powicki</div><div>Chair, Sierra Club Cape Cod & Islands Group </div><div>2042 Main Street</div><div>Brewster, MA</div><div>774.487.4614</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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