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