<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146587"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146573" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146572"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146571"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146590"><div id="yiv3050351343"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146589"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146588"><div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 4.0pt 0in;" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141904">
<div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141905"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142170">Sandwich Conservation Trust </font></div>
<div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141907"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_146711">News Release</font></div>
</div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141909"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141910"><font size="3"> </font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141912"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141913"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142166">On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM the Sandwich
Conservation Trust will hold its Annual Meeting with guest speaker Peter Trull,
educator, author, photographer and wildlife specialist, who will present “The
Gray Curtain – The Impact of Seals, Sharks and Commercial Fishing along the
Northeast Coast.” </font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141912"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141915"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142157"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141916">This timely program</span> <span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141917">will show, through discussion
and vivid photographs, the relationship between commercial fishing, expanding
Gray Seal populations, and the occurrence of Great White Sharks along the
beaches of Cape Cod and the northeast coast. This "Gray Curtain" has
come about after geologic and environmental changes, range expansion of marine
mammals, animal migrations and population increases.<span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141918"> </span>Each has had an effect on the lives and
attitudes of commercial fishermen and Cape residents, and through daily and
seasonal changes, some are now accepted as normal.<span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141919"> </span>While looking at the history of commercial
fishing we realize that there are great transformations taking place that have,
and still may, go unnoticed, some unexplained. While fishermen and scientists
don't always agree, both have played a role in these dynamic coastal changes.
In the minds of many commercial fishermen, the gray seal has played a major
part.<span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141920"> </span>Now, a new charismatic, apex
predator has entered the picture and has made its presence known: <span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141921"> </span>the great white shark. This enlightening,
colorful and lively program brings together the main factors that have created
the phenomenon of The Gray Curtain. </span></font></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141915"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141923"><span style="line-height:115%;" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141924"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142189"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142317">Over the course of forty years of studying, researching and
teaching about wildlife and the environment, Peter Trull has written six books
about Cape Cod’s natural history, with a seventh, “The Life of Terns – Birds of
Paradox,” just completed.<span id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141925"> </span>He has been
Education Director at both the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and the
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies.<span id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141926">
</span>Peter presently teaches 7<sup id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141927">th</sup> Grade Science at the Cape Cod
Lighthouse Charter School in Harwich, MA and holds a Masters Degree in
Education. </font><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141923"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141929"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141930"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142200">The meeting will take place at the East Sandwich Grange
Hall, 91 Old County Road, East Sandwich, MA.<span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141931">
</span>The meeting is open to the public and all are cordially invited to
attend.<span style="" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141932"> </span>Donations to help defray the cost of the speaker and the hall are greatly
appreciated.</font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141929"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141934"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141935"><font size="3" id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_142172"><span id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141936"> </span>For further
information go to:<span id="yiv3050351343yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507465855157_141937"> </span>http://sandwichconservationtrust.blogspot.com/
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