MDOspreyers,

If you can, please attend the Hart-Miller Island North Cell Closure Concepts 
Public Meeting tomorrow night at the Community College of Baltimore County - 
Dundalk Campus.  We had three birders attend tonight and I would hope that 
we have a stronger presence tomorrow night.  Those of you that live in the 
area and have been to Hart-Miller Island, please attend this meeting and 
show your support.

This is your opportunity to provide input as to how you think the North Cell 
should ultimately be designed for wildlife habitat.  A strong birder 
presence at the meeting will show that we care about the future of this 
Chesapeake Bay birding resource.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide information to the public on the 
HMI North Cell closure concepts and to collect oral and/or written comments. 
A poster session will begin 1/2 hour before both meetings with staff 
available to answer questions.  The meeting will provide an opportunity for 
the public to submit oral and/or written comments.

The meeting will be held on:
Thursday, October 5, 2006
6:30 PM poster session, 7:00 PM presentation
Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
Dundalk Campus, K Building (Theatre)
7200 Sollers Point Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21222
(I will present a brief avian overview of the island.)

If you cannot attend the meeting and wish to comment or have any questions, 
you may contact Mr. Nathaniel Brown at the Maryland Port Administration, 
2310 Broening Highway, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6621 at (410) 631-1102, or 
at the following e-mail address: 

I hope to see you at the meeting.  Thanks for your support of this 
environmental restoration effort.

Gene

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland