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      Wednesday, May 4, 2005

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
    Theresa M. Barbo
    (508) 487-3622 x103
    (774) 263-4219
    ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org

    PCCS Launches Kayak Season with Guided Tours of Lower Cape
    (Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - Guided kayak tours led by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) are available through June 28. The tours are marine adventures with a focus on coastal ecology led by PCCS Coastal Awareness Coordinator Dick Hilmer, a certified kayak instructor. Cost is $30 for PCCS members, and $49 for non-members, but includes a membership fee.) PCCS will provide instruction, safety tips and all equipment.

    The guided kayak tours are part of Waterways of Cape Cod, a PCCS project to map local coastal kayak routes. The 2005 schedule:

      Thursday   May 12   12:30-3:30PM   (Hawk Migration) Nauset Marsh, Eastham
      Friday   May 13   9:30AM-12:30PM   (Hawk Migration) Pleasant Bay, Orleans
      *Sunday   May 15   7AM-10AM   Maritime Days - Nauset Marsh
      *Monday   May 16   5:30PM-8:30PM   (Maritime Days) Waquoit Bay
      *Tuesday   May 17   10:30AM-1:30PM   (Maritime Days) Wellfleet Harbor
      *Thursday   May 19   9AM-12noon   Nauset Harbor, Orleans
      *Friday   May 20   10:30AM-3:00PM   (Maritime Days) Cotuit Bay
      *Saturday   May 21   10:30AM-3:00PM   (Maritime Days) Pleasant Bay, Orleans
      Monday   May 23   12:30-3:30PM   Meetinghouse Pond/The River, Orleans
      Tuesday   May 24   10AM-1PM   Herring River, Harwich
      Thursday   May 26   1:00-4:00PM   Nauset Marsh, Eastham
      Friday   May 27   7:30AM-10:30AM   Pleasant Bay, Orleans
      Tuesday   May 31   8:00AM-11:00AM   Nauset Harbor, Orleans
      Thursday   June 2   8:30AM-11:30AM   Meetinghouse Pond/The River, Orleans
      Saturday   June 4   5:00PM-8:00PM   (Horseshoe Crab Tour) Pleasant Bay
      Sunday   June 5   1:00PM-4:00PM   (Horseshoe Crab Tour) - Little Pleasant Bay
      Monday   June 6   10:30AM-1:30PM   Nauset Harbor, Orleans
      Tuesday   June 7   9AM-12noon   (Low Tide on Nauset Marsh) Eastham
      Sunday   June 12   9:30AM-1:30PM   Strong Island, Chatham
      Sunday   June 19   1:30PM-4:30PM   Little Pleasant Bay islands, Orleans
      Friday   June 24   1:00PM-4:00PM   Meetinghouse Pond/The River, Orleans
      Saturday   June 25   7:30AM-10:30AM   Little Sipson's Island Tour, South Orleans
      Sunday   June 26   1:30PM-4:30PM   Nauset Marsh, Eastham
      Monday   June 27   9:30AM-12:30PM   Pochet Island, Orleans
      Tuesday   June 28   7:30AM-10:30AM   Nauset Harbor, Orleans

    *$20 adult, $15 under-16 for Cape Cod Maritime 2005 Days. All proceeds benefit Waterways of Cape Cod, an effort to map local coastal kayak routes.

    For more information and reservations call (508) 240-1211, or visit Explore Cape Cod, Inc..

    The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, education and conservation of the marine and coastal environments. The Center is internationally-renown for its whale research and rescue missions, and is the leading authority in science-based resource management policies in Massachusetts.

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    Contact:

    Theresa M. Barbo
    Director of Communications
    (508) 487-3622 x103 (o)
    (774) 353-8034 (c)
    ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org

    Dick Hilmer
    PCCS Coastal Awareness Coordinator
    (508) 240-1211
    dhilmer@coastalstudies.org

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