Environment Maryland indicates Maryland Department of the Environment has until Dec. 1 to approve or deny a permit for a new road thru this watershed area and asks for concerned citizens to comment:
 
http://www.environmentmaryland.org/action/MDE/just-say-no?id4=ES
 
Dorothy Paugh
Bowie, MD
 
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:12:17 -0400
> From: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Mattawoman Creek Important Bird Area Dedication - August 21
> To: 
> 
> Come celebrate the dedication of Mattawoman Creek and surrounding
> forestlands as an Important Bird Area! The ceremony will be this
> Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 1:30pm at Mattingly Park in Indian Head,
> Maryland. Greg Butcher, National Audubon's Director of Bird
> Conservation, will speak at the ceremony, and Audubon will recognize
> the excellent land management of Mattawoman Natural Environment Area
> and Myrtle Grove Wildlife Management Area by the Maryland Department
> of Natural Resources and the outstanding efforts of the Mattawoman
> Watershed Society and the Southern Maryland Audubon Society to promote
> habitat and wildlife conservation within this Important Bird Area. The
> IBA ceremony will be part of the Mattawoman Creek Lotus Blossom
> Festival organized and sponsored by the Smarter Growth Alliance for
> Charles County, of which Audubon Maryland-DC is a member. The Lotus
> Blossom Festival will feature free boat rides to see the lotus
> blossoms, canoe and kayak rentals from Up the Creek Rentals, face
> painting and fish printing, plus folk music by Grace Griffith and Lynn
> Hollyfield.
> 
> Follow this link to read more about Mattawoman Creek IBA:
> http://iba.audubon.org/iba/viewSiteProfile.do?siteId=375&navSite=state
> To view a poster of Mattawoman Creek IBA follow this link:
> http://mddc.audubon.org/files/Audubon%20Maryland-DC/documents/MattawomanCreekPosterFINAL2_0.zip
> 
> Directions: Take MD Route 210 south all the way to its end at the Navy
> base. To drop off a boat: Take last left before the base to Mattingly
> Ave, drive slowly 3/4 mile to the creek.
> Parking: Take last right before the base, onto Pye Street, to dirt
> road marked Lotus Blossom Festival Parking. Park on grass. Use our
> free shuttle bus for the 5 minute ride to the event.
> 
> For questions, contact David Yeany, Audubon Maryland-DC Important Bird
> Areas Program Coordinator at (410)-558-2473 or by e-mail at
> 
> 
> We hope to see you there!
> 
> David
> -- 
> David Yeany II
> IBA Program Coordinator
> Audubon MD-DC
> 2437 Eastern Avenue
> Baltimore, MD 21224
> Phone: 814-221-4361
> Email: