Gene and Marcia,
		I figure you've already seen this posting (or the
	original report Dan cites), but wanted to add that,
	should  this all come to pass, it certainly is a
	tribute to the years of work you've put in ~
	not only on Hart-Miller, but in helping the Board
	(whatever it's official title) see that such wildlife
	preserves are a viable and valuable option.

	MOS & the rest of the state owe you a great
	debt of gratitude.

	Leo

	PS by chance I was reading the ABA Guide to
	the Texas Coast last night and was impressed
	with its description of Connie (and Jack) Hagar
	who settled into Rockport many years ago,
	fell in love with its waterfowl and began
	submitting data on what she saw -
	data that were scoffed at by the "experts"
	both as being from an unheralded backwater
	 place and for her gender.
	She persisted, patiently and carefully and
	gradually helped turn that place and the
	whole Texas Gulf Coast into the birding
	mecca which it is today.

	Nice company, Gene.


On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Dan Haas wrote:

> http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2011/01/17/usa-dredging-helps-reclaim- 
> poplar-island/
>
> I know you all read Dredgingtoday.com daily.  Who doesn't?  In this
> article, one paragraph in particular caught my attention.
>
> "Though Poplar will continue to receive dredged material for another
> 17 years or so, the port and Corps are looking for other disappearing
> islands to reclaim as wildlife havens. The next candidates are James
> and Barren islands, off Dorchester County."
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Haas
> West Annapolis, MD
>