Re: PUBLIC HEARING: HART-MILLER ISLAND

Ellen Paul (epaul@dclink.com)
Tue, 06 Oct 1998 06:35:35 -0400


Gene - We'll try to make it.  If you happen to know how to get there
from the Baltimore Beltway, can you please give driving directions?

Thanks.

Ellen Paul

mdosprey@ARI.Net wrote:
> 
> MARYLAND OSPREIANS, MOS, ANS, SMAS, VSO, OC, Unaffiliated Birders:
> 
> I need your help again. It is time for the final Public Hearing
> regarding the Environmental Restoration of the South Cell of Hart-Miller
> Island. At this hearing, I need a show of support from birders for the
> final recommended plan. If you can, please attend the hearing and
> comment on the benefits of this plan for birds, wildlife observation,
> nature study, nature photography, environmental education, etc. Or if
> you can't attend, please send your comments to the U.S. Army Corps of
> Engineers. The details for the project and hearing are as follows:
> 
> PUBLIC HEARING
> SOUTH CELL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
> HART-MILLER ISLAND
> 
> WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1998
> 7:00PM TO 9:00PM
> 
> CHESAPEAKE HIGH SCHOOL
> 1801 TURKEY POINT ROAD
> ESSEX, BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND
> 
> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is soliciting
> public comments on the draft Hart-Miller Island (HMI) South Cell
> Ecosystem Restoration Report and Environmental Assessment. The proposed
> plan is to restore aquatic and terrestrial habitat in the 300-acre South
> Cell of the 1100-acre Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment
> Facility. The recommended plan includes 200 acres of mudflats and
> wetlands for migrating shorebirds, a 1-acre island for nesting terns,
> three ponds totaling 20 acres for wintering waterfowl, and 80 acres of
> uplands for songbirds. A pumping system will manage the water levels in
> the project area. This re-creation of wetlands, the island, ponds, and
> uplands will provide avian habitat and significantly improve regional
> wildlife habitat diversity in the northern Chesapeake Bay.
> 
> Copies of the draft report are available for review at the Enoch Pratt
> Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD and the Baltimore
> County Public Libraries, 1110 Eastern Boulevard, Essex, MD and 1716
> Merritt Boulevard, Dundalk, MD. The report is available, as an Adobe
> Acrobat file, on the Internet, at:
> 
> www.nab.usace.army.mil/PDF/hmi.pdf
> 
> Individuals wishing to obtain a copy of, or wanting more information
> about, the draft report may write to:
> 
> U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District
> ATTN: CENAB-PL (Mr. Richard Kibby)
> P.O. Box 1715
> Baltimore, MD 21203-1715
> Phone: (410) 962-0694 or (800) 295-1610
> Fax: (410) 962-4698
> E-mail: richard.kibby@nab02.usace.army.mil.
> 
> A public hearing to receive comments on the draft report will be held on
> Wednesday, October 14, 1998 at Chesapeake High School, 1801 Turkey Point
> Road, in Essex, Baltimore County, MD beginning at 7:00 PM. Any person
> who has an interest in the project may make comments within 30 days.
> Please e-mail or mail a CC of your comments to me for my files.
> 
> Thanks for all your assistance,
> 
> Gene Scarpulla
> Maryland Ornithological Society Representative
> Hart-Miller Island Study Team
> 7906-B Knollwood Road
> Towson, MD 21286-1247
> (410) 821-0575
> gscarp@erols.com

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Ellen Paul           Chevy Chase,MD           mailto:epaul@dclink.com