[SEMCO] PCCS.MediaRelease6.1

[Tanya]

Monday June 11, 2007

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Release 6.1

Tanya Gabettie

tgabettie at coastalstudies.org

 

 

PCCS Hosts Smithsonian/NOAA Exhibit 

 

(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
will host the Smithsonian Institution's Poster exhibit, From Sea to Shining
Sea: 200 Years of Charting America's Coasts, on June 21, 2007 in recognition
of the 200th anniversary of the Survey of the Coast, a predecessor of the
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

 

Created by NOAA and the Smithsonian, the exhibit features posters depicting
charts, artwork and photos from archives never before released for public
display.  PCCS is honored to be one of 200 locations across the nation
selected to host the exhibit, which celebrates the scientific contributions
and perseverance of America's first scientific agency.

 

The exhibit will open at the Hiebert Marine Laboratory, 5 Holway Avenue, in
Provincetown on June 21, 2007.  Visitors are encouraged to arrive before 10
a.m. to hear guest speaker Ian Bowles, Secretary, Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs and enjoy light fare, meet PCCS scientists, and tour
the new facility. Admission is free and open to the public, all are
encouraged to attend.

 

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The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is dedicated to researching and
protecting marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine through
research, conservation and public education programs. PCCS is
internationally renowned for its whale research, and is a leading authority
in science-based resource management policies in Massachusetts. To learn
more about PCCS, visit us on the web at coastalstudies.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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