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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Experience Your Estuary!</b> On Saturday, September 19 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm in collaboration with Cape Cod Clean Water Week. We will celebrate our
sense of place and everything that makes Waquoit Bay unique – recreation, beauty, ecosystem, culture, history. We will be joined with partner organizations including Cape Cod Oyster Company, Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay, Falmouth Pond Coalition,
Massachusetts Oyster Project, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, and Friends of the Waquoit Bay Reserve.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Estuary Day BioBlitz</b> on Saturday, September 26 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am.</span>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join us in a fun BioBlitz challenge to see how many species can be documented at the Reserve in collaboration with National Public Lands Day.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Education Coordinator</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">MA Department of Conservation and Recreation</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="mailto:sonia.ahrabi-nejad@mass.gov" id="OWA22d8493e-11b0-be6e-d2a5-9962054e4ba8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">sonia.ahrabi-nejad@mass.gov</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Office: 774-255-4267</span></p>
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