Fellowship for Conservation Professionals, 2007

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First Day, Crane's Beach by boat, courtesy of Ipswich resident Nat Pulsifer
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With Bancroft Poor at Massachusetts Audubon Society
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Jim Baird (retired) of MassAudubon's Belize Program, shares stories with Dirk Francisco of Belize Audubon Society.
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Junnel Cruz of Belize at the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary office.
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Stellwagen is the only national marine sanctuary in the Northeast.
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Lobster fishing in Stonington, Maine
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Fellows are impressed by self-regulation in the lobster fishery.
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Ted Hoskins offers up the catch.
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A stream in the Medomak watershed
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The Medomak Valley Land Trust organized a case study week.
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A pond in the upper Medomak watershed
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Luisa Melo, Fellowship coordinator.
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Soledad Luna, NAZCA Institute for Marine Research, Ecuador
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Sergi Mari-Pons, Land Stewardship Network, Menorca, and Lorena Franco Vidal, Wetlands Foundation, Colombia
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Edgar Enrique Escalante of Guatemala works on a regional program for conservation in the Gulf of Honduras.
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Puffin tour
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In flight
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Lunch
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Eastern Egg Rock
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Celia Mahung, Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, Belize
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Puffin lunch
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Maine harbor scene
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Fellows with staff and board of the Medomak Land Trust
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Meeting QLF's Jen Atkinson
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A protected pond
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A land trust property
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Touring the blueberry barrens
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Finally case study presentation
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Dirk Franciso, Belize Audubon Society
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After the Fellowship, Lorena Franco Vidal was asked to develop a coastal conservation strategy for a national institution in Colombia.
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At sea
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A whale-free whale watch
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Time to return to port.