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Friends of Herring River                                   Reaches Out to Community at Annual Program, Tuesday, August 19, 4-6 PM

Three speakers with important information about the efforts to restore the Herring River Estuary in Wellfleet and Truro are headlining the Tuesday, August 19, Friends of Herring River Annual Program at the Wellfleet Council on Aging at 4 to 6 PM.

*  Dr. Barbara Brennessel will present, "Return of the Natives: The Journey of River Herring." A Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College. Ms. Brennessel publishes a new book, her third, "The Alewives Tale: The Life History and Ecology of River Herring in the Northeast," this fall and is currently working on a children's book on herring.  She is a Director of Friends of Herring River.

*  The engineering firm of Fuss & O'Neill, will make a presentation on the conceptual design for the replacement of the Chequessett Neck Road dike with a bridge and tide control gates.  

*  Tim Smith, Cape Cod National Seashore Restoration Ecologist and member of the Herring River Restoration Committee, will talk about the importance of adaptive management to a careful and thoughtful return of the tides to the original Herring River Estuary.  

Please join us for an important and informative meeting on activities that have great significance for our town and the marine environment.