[SEMCO] CCMNH Vernal Pools

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The Friends of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 

Presents 

Vernal Pools- 

Our backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries 

with Ian Ives, Director at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape Cod 



Tuesday, March 12, 2013 

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 

869 Rte 6A, Brewster, MA 02631 

508-896-3867 x 133 www.ccmnh.org 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2013 

Contact: Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or gck1 at comcast.net 



Vernal Pools- 

Our backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries 

with Ian Ives , Director at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape Cod 



Ian Ives , Director at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries on Cape Cod, will speak about Vernal Pools which are rare freshwater habitats scattered around our Cape Cod landscape. They are home to a variety of secretive creatures. These creatures have amazing stories to tell. Many are poorly understood by even the most avid naturalists, hiding many secrets about our environmental health, including but not limited to climate change and pollution. Given their bountiful biodiversity, accessibility and "pocket size", they make for perfect living classrooms with which to educate people of all ages. 

Join Ian for this colorful slide presentation and you may be inspired to become a kid in your 

backyard sanctuary again! 



Ian Ives holds a Master's degree in conservation biology from Antioch University New Hampshire. His job responsibilities include overall management of the sanctuaries and staff, community outreach, advocacy, environmental stewardship and education. One of his primary goals is to engage the community in Mass Audubon's mission work and expand activities at the wildlife sanctuaries he oversees. Formerly, Ian was a Field Biologist for Hyla Ecological Services in Concord MA, and was a zookeeper at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. 



1:00 Friends Meeting 

1:30 Talk by Ian Ives 

Friends/free, Guests/$3 

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