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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi all, sorry to send this so far in advance, but I will be out of town at the proper notice time, so here it is! <br>Jennifer<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Event:
Talk about the Coalition for Buzzards Bay</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Date:
Wed., Aug 12, 7:30 PM</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Place:
Woods Hole Public Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mark Rasmussen, president of
the Coalition for Buzzard
Bay, will speak at the
Woods Hole Public Library in a free program open to the public on Wednesday
evening, August 12 <span> </span>at 7:30 PM. <span style="color: navy;">The Coalition for Buzzards Bay is a private, non-profit
membership organization dedicated to the restoration, protection and
sustainable use and enjoyment of Buzzards
Bay and its watershed. The organization works to
improve the health of the Bay ecosystem for all through education,
conservation, research and advocacy </span>The Coalition has recently opened a
second office in Woods Hole, bringing their presence to this side of the Bay while
still maintaining their main office in New Bedford,.<span style="color: navy;"> Mr.
Rasmussen will discuss the state of the Bay, what is already happening to
reverse its decline and, most importantly, what still needs to be
done to safeguard the future of one of our region's most valuable natural and
economic assets. If current trends continue, Buzzards Bay may
lose its distinction as one of the healthiest estuaries on the Eastern
Seaboard. The culprit is expanding nitrogen pollution from residential
wastewater and poorly-planned sprawl development throughout its 432 square mile
watershed.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><br></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -9pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span> </span><span style="color: navy;">
Mark has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Coalition for Buzzards Bay since 1998. Prior to joining the Coalition,
Mark worked as a Guest Student at the Woods Hole Oceanographic </span><span style="color: blue;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -9pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy;"> Institution where he assisted in the collection
and analysis of data aimed at assessing on the impacts of nutrient loading to
coastal ecosystems and as a Regional Planner for the Massachusetts Office </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -9pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy;"> of Coastal Zone Management’s Buzzards Bay
National Estuary Program. He is the Founder and Past President of the nonprofit
Fairhaven-Acushnet Land Preservation Trust and a former elected member </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -9pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy;"> of the Fairhaven
Planning Board. He is a graduate of Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of
Government with a Masters in Public Administration and received his Bachelor’s
degree in Political Science and Environmental Studies at Boston College.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -9pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">His
talk will further the group’s mission of educating the public about the
ecosystem of Buzzards Bay and <span> </span>explain ways to protect it. He will also tell
of the organization’s efforts to preserve land on the shores and watersheds of
the Bay. The Coalition has an active year-round water-quality monitoring
program, sampling at 30 sites all around the Bay, including several in Falmouth. Founded in
1987, the group now has a membership of 5,500 and is actively seeking new members
so has become an important force in efforts to save the Bay.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For more information about
the Coalition visit their website <a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/" target="_blank">www.savebuzzardsbay.org</a>.
For more information about the Woods Hole Library’s other programs, visit their
website <a href="http://www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org</a>
or telephone 508-548-8961.</span></p>
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
--<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Jennifer S. Gaines<br>
Woods Hole Public Library<br>
Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
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508-548-8961<br>
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