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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi Neil,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hope all is well and you are finding time to enjoy the
spring migration. I am not sure if I have mentioned this to you yet but
this summer The City of Kitchener is conducting a research and monitoring study
on the Blanding's turtle in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:City></st1:place>
and other wetland sites in Waterloo Region. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=ecx572472817-07052010><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As part of our project we are
preparing to launch a citizen science monitoring component to identify the
level of road mortality for Blanding's (and other turtle species) in Waterloo
Region. We are beginning to recruit volunteers for this part of the
research project and are hoping that KWFN members will be interested in participating. </span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=ecx572472817-07052010><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We will be hosting a training
session for volunteers on Monday May 17th at the Huron Natural Area (school
portable) at 7pm. If you are interested in volunteering with
our study (approx 1hr/wk - June, July) or have any questions, please let
me know. </span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=ecx572472817-07052010><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Could you please pass this
information along to any fellow KWFN members that you have contact information
for? We will also be notifying the membership on May 31st but would like
to begin training soon so that monitors can begin checking their areas at the
beginning of the turtle nesting season.</span></font></span><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=ecx572472817-07052010><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank-you for all your assistance
with this and you can direct all inquiries to my contact information below,</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Josh Shea</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Natural Area Coordinator</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:City></st1:place></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Design and Development, Operations Division</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Community Services Department</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Tel (519)-741-3400 ext 3349 <br>
Fax (519)-741-2700</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>TTY (519)-741-2385</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'><a href="mailto:Joshua.Shea@kitchener.ca">Joshua.Shea@kitchener.ca</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>“If I keep a
green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." - Chinese Proverb<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>"You must have the
bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush" - John
Burroughs (1908) essay: Art of Seeing Things<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:neiletaylor@sympatico.ca"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>neiletaylor@sympatico.ca</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/index.html"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/index.html</span></font></a>
---KWFN Web Page<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Neil E. Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns0:Street w:insAuthor="owner"
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w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><ns0:address w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>1016 Wilson Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street></ns0:address></ns0:Street><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns0:place w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><ns0:City w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>Kitchener</span></font></st1:City></ns0:City></st1:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> </span></font><ns0:State
w:insAuthor="owner" w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><st1:State w:st="on"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>ON</span></font></st1:State></ns0:State></ns0:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>N2C 1J2<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Tel. 519-893-6469<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Summer Address: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns0:Street w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><ns0:address w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>1031 Hewitt St</span></font></ns0:address></ns0:Street><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Gull Lake<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns0:place w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><ns0:City w:insAuthor="owner"
w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>Gravenhurst</span></font></ns0:City><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> </span></font><ns0:State
w:insAuthor="owner" w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>ON</span></font></ns0:State></ns0:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Tel. (705) 687-1234<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>"In the end, we
conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will
understand only what we are taught." -- Baba Dioum<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>“I have a room
all to myself; it is Nature. It is a place beyond the jurisdiction of
human government.” - (Author unknown)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>“Adopt the pace
of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>“The richness I
achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” - Claude Monet</span></font></b><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Life Member –
Bird Studies </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><ns0:place w:insAuthor="owner" w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="owner" w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><ns0:country-region
w:insAuthor="owner" w:insDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="owner"
w:endInsDate="2010-05-10T16:45:00Z"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>Canada</span></font></ns0:country-region></ns0:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> (BSC)</span></font></span></font><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Life Member – Ontario
Nature (ON)</span></font><font color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Life Member –
Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Honorary Life Member
– (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Conservation Award
– (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Life Member – The
Society of Uncompromising Men – The Wiserhood</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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