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Trespassing Birder at Hart-Miller Island

From:

"Eugene J. Scarpulla"

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Eugene J. Scarpulla

Date:

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:05:57 -0400

I have been informed by Maryland Environmental Service (MES) that a birder 
trespassed into the Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility 
on Saturday, August 9, 2008.  The birder sailed his sailboat from the 
Magothy River to Hart-Miller Island.  He used an inflatable Zodiac to get 
from the sailboat to the MES pier which is not open to the public.  He then 
trespassed into the Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment 
Facility.  Don Burggraf, Kevin Graff, Joe Hanfman, Brad Lanning, Taylor 
McLean, and Fred Shaffer were legally on the island and met the trespasser, 
but did not know him.

Description:
Middle-aged male
White beard
Wore shorts and a baseball cap
Arrived on the island between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.; left around 11:30 
a.m.
Told MES employees he was not a dues-paying member of a bird club
Told MES employees he had been to the island before

If you have any idea who this birder might be please respond to me off-list. 
I want to inform him of the proper procedures for accessing the Hart-Miller 
Island Dredged Material Containment Facility.  I need to locate this birder 
since this type of law breaking could jeopardize birding access to the 
island.  Thanks.

Gene

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland