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      Friday July 27, 2007

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    Media Release 7.4
    Tanya Gabettie, Communications Coordinator
    508.237.1920

    PCCS Opens Marine Mammal Exhibit

    (Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies(PCCS) will open a new hands-on marine mammal exhibit at 115 Bradford Street, on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. with a book signing by photographer Neil Baker.

    The hands-on exhibit features interactive touch-screen technology and provides an overview of marine mammals found in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Plankton samples, whale disentanglement tools, baleen, and whale bones are among the items on display.

    The Grand Opening celebration is free and open to the public. A visit to the PCCS exhibit is a great place to learn more about marine mammals and various species observed aboard a whale watch cruise.

    The book signing will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.The Quality of Lightby Neil Baker is accompanied bytext from contributing Poet/Essayist, Will Walker. Nearly every photo was taken in Provincetown, highlighting a stretch of beach extending from the East End.

    For more information about this event please call, 508.487.3622 Ext. 103

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    The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies was founded in 1976 and is dedicated to researching and protecting marine mammals in the Gulf of Maine through applied research, conservation, environmental and education programs.Ê Our world renowned whale disentanglement team coordinates disentanglement efforts along the East Coast of the United States and operates under a federal permit.



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