+- Fishing Forum (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Maryland Fishing Forum (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=361)
+--- Forum: Maryland Fishing News (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=227)
+--- Thread: CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL RELEASE DRAFT OYSTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TODAY (/showthread.php?tid=447825)
CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL RELEASE DRAFT OYSTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TODAY - FishNews - 10-17-2008
Annapolis, Md. (Monday, Oct. 13, 2008) - The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, October 14 at 11 a.m. to discuss the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oyster Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay.
Col. Dionysios Anninos, Norfolk District Commander; Jack Travelstead, VMRC Deputy Commissioner & Chief, Fisheries Management; Tom O'Connell, Director of the Maryland Fisheries Service; and Brian Rothschild, Chairman of the Oyster EIS Scientific Peer Review Panel will be available to answer questions related to the draft EIS.
Interested media must RSVP to ocampbell@dnr.state.md.us or Mark.W.Haviland@usace.army.mil. The teleconference number and access code will be e-mailed to media on Tuesday morning.
Background information related to the PEIS is available at: http://www.nao.usace.army.mil/OysterEIS/homepage.asp.
Media Contact
Olivia Campbell, DNR (410) 260-8016 office (410) 507-7525 cell or ocampbell@dnr.state.md.us
Mark Haviland, U.S. ACE (747) 201-7673, (757) 679-2408 or Mark.W.Haviland@usace.army.mil
John Bull, VMRC (757) 247-2269 or John.Bull@mrc.virginia.gov