MD Birders:
At the recent Annual Meeting of the MD/DC Records Committee
(MD/DCRC), a motion passed to change the definition of Maryland's
pelagic (open water) boundaries. The change is from using the
traditional/historic "due east" state boundary-based definition to
one that using the Federal Government principle of equidistance (also
sometimes called "nearest point of land").
The MD/DCRC summarized this change in the recently published May/June
2013 issue of MOS newsletter, The Maryland Yellowthroat. You can read
this summary on page 10 at the following link ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/publications/yellowthroat/pdf/yt3303.pdf
If you are interested in a more detailed description of this change
(with additional maps), you can access a seven-page document produced
by the MD/DCRC here ...
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?x34qxg5jdov1qam
Bill Hubick, MD/DCRC Chair
Phil Davis, MD/DCRC Secretary
Matt Hafner, MD/DCRC Pelagic Boundaries Subcommittee Chair
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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
301-261-0184
mailto:<PDavis...>
MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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