Re: [Fwd: "St. Mary's County Chainsaw, Bushhog and Weed
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 23:23:57 -0400
Tyler, et al. -
I have been to Myrtle Point Park in St. Mary's County ... at your
suggestion. It was, indeed, a great place for Yellow-breasted Chats and
Prairie Warblers!!!
Although, I am a non-county resident, if I can write an e-mail message to
someone to support the case to not clear it out, please let me know!!!
Thx.
Phil
At 03:48 PM 04/17/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>MDOspreyers:
>
>I don't know how many of you have ever been to Myrtle Point in St.
>Mary's county but it's a great place for Prairie Warblers and
>Yellow-breasted Chat among other things. If any of you would like to
>show up to show your support of keeping Myrtle Point wild, it would be
>greatly appreciated by us St. Mary's county folk.
>
>--
>Good Birding! ...and all this science,
>Tyler Bell I don't understand, It's
>mailto:bell@say.acnatsci.org just my job five days a week.
>California, MD Elton John (Rocket Man)
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>From: Ernie Willoughby <ejwilloughby@OSPREY.SMCM.EDU>
>Subject: "St. Mary's County Chainsaw, Bushhog and Weed Whacker Club"
>To: MD-SMAS-GENERAL@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
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>Someone (I know not who) dropped a flier on my desk from Wayne Suite,
Chairman of the "St. Mary's County Chainsaw, Bushhog and Weed Whacker Club"
inviting citizen volunteers to come out to Myrtle Point Park on Saturday,
May 16 at 10 a.m. to: "clear noxious . . .weeds & mult- flora [sic] rose
(briars), find suitable sites for boat launching ramps, fishing piers and
youth sports fields, help clear out brush for citizens to enjoy picnics,
sight-seeing, fishing and birdwatching, sign petitions to the County
Commissioners requesting active boating and youth sports use of Myrtle
Point Park, clean up beachs & cut up debris to be hauled away." It also
invites citizens to meet County Commissioners Larry Jarboe and Chris
Brugman. For information, it invites us to telephone 301-884-8526.
>Seems to me this could be an effort by a certain political faction to call
out their "silent majority" to take over and develop the park the way they
want, not the way the public have requested in previous public hearings.
I think SMAS members should make it a point to be there and protest the
potential destruction of wildlife habitat absent a clear plan for
developing the recreation facilities of the park. In any case, I think we
need to make our viewpoint evident in every way possible, if we hope to
preserve any amount of natural history and wildlife value in the Myrtle
Point Park. Should not someone at least have a petition to sign opposing
the kind of active development (boat launching ramps, fishing piers,
athletic fields, etc., etc.) that seem to be the goal of this "club?"
>
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