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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">M0PCB and M0SPF will be
active from<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>Montserrat Island<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></STRONG>5-10 March
2014 as <STRONG>VP2MXI</STRONG><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>VP2MZR </STRONG><BR>VP2MXI
will be active CW and VP2MZR SSB , RTTY <BR>QSL via M0PCB direct ,
LOTW , OQRS<BR><IMG style="WIDTH: 640px; HEIGHT: 425px"
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Montserrat, like many
isolated islands, is home to some exceptionally rare plant and animal
species. Work undertaken by the Montserrat National Trust in collaboration
with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has centred on the conservation of
pribby (<I>Rondeletia buxifolia</I>) in the Centre Hills region. Until
2006, this species was known only from one book about the vegetation of
Montserrat. In 2006, conservationists also rescued several plants of the
endangered Montserrat orchid (<I>Epidendrum montserratense</I>) from dead
trees on the island and installed them in the security of the island's
botanic garden.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Montserrat is also home
to the critically endangered Giant Ditch Frog (<I>Leptodactylus
fallax</I>), known locally as the Mountain Chicken, found only in
Montserrat and Dominica. The species has undergone catastrophic declines
due to the amphibian disease Chytridiomycosis and the volcanic eruption in
1997. Experts from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust have been working
with the Montserrat Department of Environment to conserve the frog in-situ
in a project called "Saving the Mountain Chicken", and an ex-situ captive
breeding population has been set up in partnership with Durrell Wildlife
Conservation Trust, Zoological Society of London, North of England
Zoological Society, Parken Zoo and the Governments of Montserrat and
Dominica. Releases from this programme have already taken place in a hope
to increase the numbers of the frog and reduce extinction risk from
Chytridiomycosis.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Montserrat is known for
its coral reefs and its caves along the shore. These caves house many
species of bats, and efforts are underway to monitor and protect the ten
species of bats from extinction.<BR><A
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