Maryland Chapter

September 22, 2021

Dear Commissioners Collins, Rucci, Bowling, Coates, and Stewart, Please reject the Amendment to the 2016 Comprehensive Plan regarding the MD Airport. Mattawoman Creek, including the area surrounding the airport, is a vital resource for the county, state, and Chesapeake Bay. This amendment would remove economic and environmental protections intrinsic to the Watershed. The proposed increase in size of the airport would allow more propeller and jet planes which would increase noise, air, and water pollution. This would negatively affect health, safety, nearby schools, home values, and quality of life for local residents. The African-American and Indigenous communities would be disproportionately exposed to the expanded airport’s increased pollution. Two public schools are 2100 feet from the proposed airport expansion. Children’s health and long-term cognition would suffer from the exposure to the lead in propeller airplane fumes, as well as other chemicals. Furthermore, the increase in paved areas would substantially worsen stormwater problems in an area that is already experiencing flooding. Mattawoman Creek is a huge contributor to Potomac ecotourism, including bass fishing, paddling, hiking and associated hospitality businesses. Only 20 miles south of Washington, DC, it remains “what a restored Chesapeake Bay would look like,” says an expert task force. The report states that the watershed is full of wildlife, making it ranked 8th in Maryland for biodiversity. Its forests are hotspots for birds, amphibians, and reptiles. It hosts an abundance of water-dependent birds and mammals, largemouth bass, migratory fish, and rich freshwater tidal marshes. This biodiversity makes the health of this creek critical to economic success throughout Maryland and particularly to the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary ecosystem. According to the DNR, the watershed has the second greatest amount of “targeted ecological area” in Maryland and is already at the tipping point of irreparable damage. Preserving Mattawoman Creek’s watershed of forests, wetlands, and clean water protects the health of our communities and provides resilience against the local impacts of our new climate reality.

The Mattawoman's health is too fragile to survive the direct, cumulative, and secondary impacts of the proposed Amendment. Please protect the citizens, the economy, and the environment--Do not approve this Amendment. Sincerely yours, 1,053 Maryland Sierra Club Members and Supporters

1 Yvonne Wagner Abingdon MD It is obvious to everyone surely that we need more and more green space and not more concrete and air pollution. Its time to favor environmental impacts over the “almighty― dollar. The bay and its tributaries are Marylands treasures. Its up to you now to protect it for generations to come rather than have such shortsighted plans aiding in its destruction.

2 Ronald. BARTHOLOMEW Accokeek MD America's Planning Commissions are destroying many of our bio-diverse habitats and without care for the increasied noise pollution within our communities. There is no need to destroy the tranquility of our communities by building an airport for high end spenders (gamblers) to come to the MGM when there is an airport 25-30 minutes away. This not the way to show your Spiritual Care for your Community and State taxpayers and citizens. The destruction of environmental habitats and increased noise pollution is not the way to indicate your care for others at the cost of their peace and tranquility.

3 Kathy Tesi Accokeek MD Do not want expanded airport

4 Clifford Woods Accokeek MD Environment safety. We need to protect our environment. And have a healthy life.

5 Sonya Carter Accokeek MD I am not in support of this proposed expansion of the airport. 1. The area is not conducive for larger planes. 2. The larger planes mean louder noise. 3 What will be in place to protect the homes in the area. Will we have a vote? My vote is no.

6 Joseph Lee Accokeek MD I live about 10-15 minute drive from the proposed expansion airport. I'm already inundated with noise pollution from passenger jets approaching National Airport. Please save me from having to endure even more noise and air pollution from a likely substantial increase in airplane traffic so close to my home.

7 Pacharee Scaife Accokeek MD I live in this community . I care about the impact the airport will have on the environment and we dont need anymore extra airplanes noises.

8 Richard Pane Accokeek MD I lived in Simmons Acres HOA in Prince George's County which in on the edge on Mattawoman watershed. In the early morning I can look out over our water manangement ponds see the abundance of wildlife that live in the watershed from the deer wild turkeys mallard ducks blue egrets foxes and even the pesky canadian geese. We are already saturated with aviation traffic overload from National Airport Joint Base Andrews Ft Belvoir and other private airports and the noise and environmental impact will be worsen with the expansion of the airport on Livingston Rd in Charles County. That expansion will only benefit MGM Casino and it's private clientele allowing to come and go as they please all day and all night upsetting the quality of Life for the residents in the surrounding areas in not only Charles County but Prince George's County. I urge the Commission to vote against this project.

9 Eileen Yenikaliotis Accokeek MD I oppose the expansion of this Airport. Accokeek West and Bryan Road area of Southern Md already suffer unbearable airplane noise. Any increase cannot be tolerated.

10 Holliday Wagner Accokeek MD I was very impressed a very few years ago when I discovered that Charles County was going to focus on eco-tourism as a primary means of improving its economy. Now the County is considering destroying the Mattawoman Creek's healthy contribution to the the local economy. I am sure you are aware that petroleum will wash into the Creek making it a dead zone for fish and for human recreation. In addition the jets and helicopters using the expanded airport will not only deafen local human residents but reduce bird and breeding populations of other animals that use sound to communicate. Pollution from the exhaust of airport traffic will contribute locally to reduction in human and ecosystem health. Climate change will get a nice boost hastening rising waters increasing strength of more frequent storms and heating up our summers. I will bet you that the cost to

the county and individuals will soon supercede any income produced by an airport and projected industrial development.

11 Kathryn Cook-Deegan Accokeek MD ignoring the protective covenants now in place is a wanton and negligible act that will cause harm and eradicate life.

12 Hsin-I Russell Accokeek MD Many of us in ChasCty and from all over the DMV (!) enjoy the natural waters of Mattawoman Creek for weekend relaxation water views birdwatching ecology lessons picnicking boating fishing etc. Maryland is losing more and more of its beautiful and pristine areas due to development pressure. Having a major hub airport north of us DCA and another private airport south of us is going to sandwich us under a flotilla of perpetual jet plane traffic. This will adversely affect our quality of life and plunge our real estate values after this current bubble bursts. Please preserve the character of one of the last MD counties that is actually liveable feels like a hometown and partly wild and free.

13 Michael Cohn Accokeek MD My home and the Accokeek area are already saturated with air traffic from National Airport. Another airport will make it unlivable. The Mattawoman water shed is an environmental treasure that can not be replaces. Allowing environmental degradation to further enrich people people from outside our area at the expense of the people who live here would be a grave mistake.

14 Mark Evans Accokeek MD Noise and environmental pollution is reducing the quality of life in these region of Maryland.

15 Chrisonna Palmer Accokeek MD Please reject the proposed amendment of the 2016 Comprehensive Plan--Maryland Airport. My family and our future residency depends on it.

16 Karen Hoagberg Accokeek MD Please save this important area!

17 James Lawson Accokeek MD Pollution from more airplanes is harmful to our health.

18 Sandy Huffer Annapolis MD Battling our climate crisis and retaining and increasing natural habitat is critical. I oppose any expansion of the airport which would have a harmful impact on the watershed which is critical to Marylanders natural and economic health. We must think differently about the preservation of nature and our dependency on its health for our wellbeing. We cannot separate the two any longer!

19 Lani Hummel Annapolis MD I got my private pilot's license when I was 17 years old. I greatly appreciate general aviation airports when they are an asset to the community. Unfortunately in this instance the benefits are outweighed by the damage to the unique ecological treasures in the region. I love aviation not surprising since I come from an aviation family. My father was an international commercial airline pilot. My mother a nurse was one of the first flight attendants for American Airlines and I got my pilot's license at 17. As much as I love aviation I oppose the subject airport expansion because it will be too disruptive to the surrounding area -- degradation of water quality loss of habitat and biodiversity loss of ecotourism dollars dislocation of wildlife noise pollution and the negative impact on quality of life.

20 Barbara Beelar Annapolis MD I have followed the efforts to protect Mattawoman area for over a decade. In so doing I have become aware of the importance and beauty of this special part of Maryland. Future generations depend on you to act to save Mattawoman. Thank you!

21 Nancy Plaxico Annapolis MD I kayak in Mattawoman Creek and it is an invaluable natural resource for Charles County. Please do not do it damage!

22 Alex Birman Annapolis MD I want to see this creek be saved!

23 Colin Rees Annapolis MD I'm a bass fisherman and the Mattawoman has had enough! The last thing we need is to lose more woods there. Have some pride in this beautiful county.

24 Earl Bradley Annapolis MD Mattawoman Creek is one of the most important waterbodies in the State. major development in its watershed would degrade its values as a spawning and fishery area Please give serious consideration to its adverse impacts as you decide whether to the airport's expansion.

25 Judy Plott Annapolis MD Please reject the currently proposed airport expansion slated to disturb the unique natural and cultural resources of the Mattawoman Creek watershed. Their current size location and rare quality are of special importance to protection of local and regional water wildlife and economic values. Thank you for your efforts to protect this unique irreplaceable asset to the Charles culture and economy.

26 Martina B. Hoffman Annapolis MD RE: Enlarging local airport while harming Mattawoman Watershed Dear Sir/Ms There must be better more creative and environmentally sound ways to improve the airport while at the same time keeping the Mattawoman Watershed protected. Developers consistently take the easiest laziest and most uncreative route of planning their projects by simply encroaching on public 'uninhabited' lands never taking into account the long-term environmental costs of such poor planning. Maybe instead of your archaic expansion-at-all-cost thinking you could arrive in the year 2021 and adapt more environmentally friendly development plans that respect Nature and the quality of life of your constituents. M.B. Hoffman

27 Fred Schaefer Annapolis MD The Mattawoman is a relatively unspoiled part of Maryland's natural splendor. Please do not spoil it.

28 Carol A. Preece Annapolis MD This is an inappropriate time to move forward on a plan begun before recognition of the entire earth's fragility. Pause and reconsider. We need the Mattawoman in full strength.

29 Katherine Wares Annapolis MD This land has been designated as a targeted ecological area and identified as a conservation priority. Reports show that the high-quality forest and wetlands habitat found in the Mattawoman watershed are at an ecological “tipping point― from the impacts of development. In addition to the adverse ecological effects from development increased air and vehicular traffic will create more air pollution which will harm the predominantly African American neighboring community and the schools close to the airport.

30 Don Patterson Arnold MD Addressing climate change is a key task for all levels of government.

31 Sandra Weinstein Arnold MD As a school nurse (40years) I have cared for countless children and adults with pollution caused illness long term disabilities and which cost not only a financial deficit but loss of important human time and at what expense do the adults want our children and theirs to pay for our convenience and greed? Stop this loss of important carbon eating area. As a nurse for 40 years caring for thousands of citizens with preventable diseases due to pollution and now working exclusively with children suffering from asthma caused by humans I am sad. I daily see adults making decisions of convenience or greed that harm children directly. Please make your decisions based on making climate change and pollution prevention at the top of your list! Think of the children who count on you to be using sound & caring judgement for their health outcomes. Please.

32 Barbara Winner Arnold MD Every natural habitat that we save now helps to restore our balance of nature. The future and health of our planet depend upon the positive actions we take today. Our balance of nature has been disrupted by human greed and convenience for far too long. Mattawoman Creek must not be destroyed for airport expansion. All kinds of creatures live here and they each are an important part of this balance of nature. We must respect all living things. We must begin to preserve our natural habitats and balance of nature. Allowing the industrialization of this Charles County Airport destroys this balance and pollutes our environment. Please be a steward for our state by denying this plan for the airport

33 Megan Shook Baltimore MD As our population grows the acres of wild lands become more and more precious. They cannot be replaced if once converted to industry. Please do not change the protected designation of any of the Mattawoman Creek Preservation area when the question comes up at your September meeting. Thank you.

34 M Sampery Baltimore MD Because I care about Mother Earth and all her tiny creatures in her waterways oceans and forests and desserts. Shame on humans!!! I care about every tiny creature on this planet. Humans are the ones that are destroying and killing everything with her advertently or in advertently. We must stop this wake up for its 2021! We need to change our bad behaviors and habits… Like yesterday. Its already almost too late!

35 Janet Wulf Baltimore MD Clean water an biodiversity should be at the top of our list to protect. This is a special place.

36 Thomas Ventre Baltimore MD Destruction of natural resources in the name of development is no longer acceptable. It's a decades-old way of thinking that has no place in a modernized Charles County. Please step forward by committing to protect your part of the watershed and rejecting this amendment.

37 Charles Loubert Baltimore MD Do you hate people of color? Would please nix this amendment?

38 Chris Beattie Baltimore MD I have been acquainted with Mattawoman Creek and its watershed for 50 years. In the 1970s I measured its flow as part of my duties as a Hydrologic Technician for the U.S. Geological Survey. I was then and have since been and remained impressed by its beauty and its fragility. I encourage you to reject this airport expansion as a step toward keeping the watershed intact and as unaffected as possible by the development which is inevitable. This airport expansion is really a voluntary thing hardly necessary for the welfare of Charles County or the State of Maryland.

39 Barbara Nehms Baltimore MD It is important to protect this area. It should matter to EVERYONE! Protect Mattawoman Bay; NO more airport expansion or development.

40 Carol Mcdonnell Baltimore MD Mattawoman Watershed needs your protection from the proposed 558 acre industrialization. I urge you to reject the amendment and save this economic and ecological treasure from the devastating affects of more paved surfaces which will increase flooding of lead fumes from propellers which will affect the human and animal populations from the pollution that will disproportionately affect people of color. Think of the children in those nearby schools! The 2016 comprehensive plans for Maryland airport are bad for everyone but the developer. Please don't wipe away the protection that keeps this area vital! The pollution noise and cement should enough to raise a red flag. Are we ever going to stop plundering and preserve in safety places that deserve protection? I hope and pray that you do. Don't pass this amendment! Thank you.

41 Philip Diamond Baltimore MD My family and I have enjoyed several educational boating trips and other projects with environmental and conservation groups on and around the Mattawoman. It is a lovely state resource. We should be very careful about any development affecting it. Thank you for reading this message.

42 Alicia Czechowski Baltimore MD Nature is not human's to trash. Stop killing the planet! No more "industrialization "projects.! WE NEED MORE WILDERNESS AND MORE NATURE NOT MORE HUMAN DESTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL WORLD!!!

43 Nina Yu Baltimore MD Please protect our precious waterways there must be alternative solutions that do not involve destroying our environment.

44 Dianne Van Sciver Baltimore MD Please reconsider this vote. The environment and health of people are at stake. Think of the children and schools and how this would impact them. Thank you!

45 Randa Blackwell Baltimore MD PLEASE SAVE THIS WATERWAY!!!

46 Lynda Mermell Baltimore MD Protect the health of our children and of our environment

47 Alejandra Lorenzo-Chang Baltimore MD Rivers are a critical part of our ecosystem and life.

48 Ellen Fisher Baltimore MD The covid pandemic has highlighted the importance of access to safe outdoor recreation areas as spaces important to maintaining both physical and mental health. This wetland provides needed options for fishing canoeing and kayaking. Increasing air traffic will increase lead pollution harmful to both people and wildlife in this wetland. In addition our climate change crisis means that we need to reduce air travel not increase it as it is the most carbon-intensive way for people to move around. Please do not permit this airport expansion.

49 Sandra Nicht Baltimore MD The pandemic should have made it clear just how important our natural areas are to the mental and physical health of Marylanders. The health of our watershed and ecosystem doesn't seem to be enough to prevent developers from pressuring our "public servants" to allow the degradation and destruction of these wilder places which not only provide shelter to our remaining native species of plants insects and animals. If we fail to protect these few remaining natural areas we are ultimately failing ourselves.

50 Matthew Humphrey Baltimore MD This priceless wildlife sanctuary must be preserved for future generations. At a time when planning should be focused on mitigating the effects of climate change and preserving as much of nature as we can this proposed change to the status of Mattawoman Creek is the opposite of what needs to be done. We should be looking at ways to preserve 30% of the planet for wildlife as President Biden has proposed not destroying irreplaceable treasures like this.

51 Peggy Meyer Baltimore MD We are destroying our planet for our children!

52 Paula Goodyear Baltimore MD We are facing environmental catastrophe within a few very short years. We have so little time to turn around the damage we've caused our planet & keep it habitable for humans. Watersheds are a critical part of a healthy eco-system. We owe it to our children grandchildren & all future generations to step up & be responsible stewards of our planet to maintain its habitability. Keep the Watershed Conservation District designation for Mattawoman Creek!

53 Nina Cardin Baltimore MD We must begin to reimagine and redesign how we live on this earth. Our past practices have led us down a checkered road or perhaps better a road front-loaded with blessings but back-loaded with the price we pay for those transient blessings. We are on the back-side now and it is time to pay up. We either do it intentionally and fairly or we will all suffer. Stop unwise degradation of wetlands.

54 Jeanne Bilanin Baltimore MD When I heard about the airport development and expansion I thought about a conversation I had with my father a few years ago. He lived in a lovely part of Florida and told me that twenty years earlier he would go fishing and shrimping in the beautiful waterways and there was more than enough for everyone. But over the years steady and very often clearly unwise development of many types that had increasingly infringed on the wetlands wildlife waterways shoreline and community. The great abundance wildlife and beauty he and the community had taken for granted had been greatly diminished in just 20 years! He warned me to be be alert in Maryland and urge leaders not make the same unwise decisions that would threaten our waterways bay and wildlife and even our communities' health and welfare in the not very distant future. So dear Commissioners I write you today to share his wise words.

55 Bill Rakowski Baltimore MD With flooding on the increase we must preserve our creeks and streams.

56 Anne Sturm Barnesville MD One of my favorite things to do is to visit this area and enjoy all the wildlife and natural wonders of this very special area. If this goes through I will seek my wildlife experience in VA. rather than my own home state.

57 Tracey Waite Bel Air MD We are struggling to maintain what few wild places remain. Such places provide tremendous "ecological services" to humanity. The only justification for expanding a private airport is the owner's profit ability to make small deliveries (perhaps...) which could be handled in other ways and from larger airports and recreation of those who can afford to fly... by burning large quantities of fossil fuels in a time of climate crisis. We have to think of the larger good. It is time to factor in the ecological services provided by natural spaces.

58 Eric Nylen Bethesda MD Having visited it several times Mattawoman creek is a rare remaining ecosystem important for our area - please do not touch! This increase in size of the airport would allow more propeller and jet planes which would increase noise air and water pollution.

59 Jonah Sah Bethesda MD I am really scared about what is happening to our environment here in Maryland. I am thinking about the future of my little grandchild. Will he have clean water birds fish? Will he have food to eat? I beg of you to do what you can to save our corner of the world and add our action to that of people across the watershed country and the world.

60 Charles Macarthur Bethesda MD I am writing on behalf of my children and grandchildren to ask you to reject the private airport plan which will cause major damage to the Mattawoman watershed. My family has enjoyed that river for many years along with other natural areas in Maryland. It is also important for the ecological health of the entire watershed. Please do not put the interests of owners of private aircraft before the interests of the public at large.

61 David Kosterlitz Bethesda MD I care about preserving the environment and the habitat for animals and plants. Also I care about humans who depend on the environment for sustenance and survival.

62 Elizabeth Twomey GROVEN

Bethesda MD Improve existing roads and bridges in this area. We do not need gazillionaires flying into the area. The world is at risk the rich can travel with the rest of us.

63 Anne Hollander Bethesda MD Maryland's natural beauty and its appeal as a place to live is already seriously threatened by airplane noise and pollution from DCA BWI and Dulles. Expanding yet another airport in the state would be a terrible mistake. Airplanes cause tremendous harm to nearby communities. The noise causes serious sleep disturbance difficulty working and focusing and cardiovascular impacts. Growing evidence even suggests that it contributes to a host of other public health harms as well. It is damaging to the environment and airplanes are huge contributors to greenhouse gas

emissions. Please do the right thing: protect Mattawoman Creek from airport expansion!! Thank you

64 Sandra Foote Bethesda MD Mattawoman Creek is such a beautiful spot. We'll be kayaking there on Saturday. I hate to think its protections are going to be lifted. So sad. It's a community treasure that no amount of $ is going to buy back. Please don't crump to the pressure for more airline traffic. It hurts the quality of community life not to mention polluting community air and adding to the unnatural noise. Please weigh in on keeping the natural beauty on behalf of future generations.

65 Nora Swisher Bethesda MD Please do not remove the conservation status of the Mattawoman Creek! Doing so would be a blow to both Maryland's biodiversity and our long-term climate goals. We do not need expanded airports: we need to take care of our natural resources. It is also important to note that this area is one of Maryland's more racially diverse areas. Racial justice and climate justice go hand in hand. Please keep this beautiful watershed and diverse community protected from the pollution (noise and air) and storm water issues that would result from expanding the airport.

66 Frances Hickey Bethesda MD Please have respect for the environment and the people who live in this area. We need to protect special green spaces so we can all enjoy them and be able to be made whole by returning to nature. We also need to protect special spaces for those that we have disenfranchised in the past people of color. Thank you.

67 Mark Berman Bethesda MD Protect this watershed!!!

68 John McGrath Bethesda MD This airport expansion is a definite blow to our water quality and resilience against flooding. It is scientifically recognized that wetlands and natural streams do more than house wildlife. They are responsible for establishing greenhouse gas reductions that are absolutely necessary to prevent more flooding and storm damage. Superstorms don't just happen they are caused by the kind of projects that destroy ecosystems in the name of "progress". The Climate Emergency we are experiencing is already causing damage to our homes and infrastructure. This project in an invitation to even more disasters.

69 Mary Gant Bethesda MD This is an important and valuable environmental asset that must be protected.

70 Nanci Wilkinson Bethesda MD This is an important part of our ecology and must be saved. Nanci Wilkinson

71 Kendra Epstein Bethesda MD This is irresponsible and harmful to the residents that pay taxes and raise their families here. We need to keep what we can to prevent further destruction to our environment. Give us a chance.

72 Cynthia Cole Bladensburg MD As a lifelong boater and hiker I enjoy our public lands that are protected from private interests. I educate locals in the wonders of rivers and wild river residents. Please keep this land protected and dedicated to enriching the biodiversity and health of our natural world.

73 Mary Cottone Boonsboro MD Further airport development would cause IRREPARABLE damage to this valuable historic ecosystem. Once destroyed it would be gone FOREVER. Please develop ecotourism not the airport!

74 Michael Kiefer Bowie MD I am a longtime birder and kayaker of the creek. I regularly travel from PG county to boat this creek because of the intense diversity of wildlife here and genuinely appreciate the efforts the county has taken to protect it. After boating here my friends we always go out to dinner in so we support a variety of small local businesses

75 Maureen Fine Bowie MD Mattawoman Creek is a natural treasure and should be protected to the ultimate degree. Its preservation is much more essential for our well being than an airport. With all the climate catastrophes happening worldwide we need to hold on to undisturbed places. Mattawoman Creek must be protected! Please do not allow airport expansion to degrade this creek. It's more important now than ever to protect our pristine natural areas. Do not remove the Watershed Conservation Designation to allow for airport expansion.

76 John Cabala Bowie MD My family and I are avid fishermen/women and we have been trying to protect the Mattawoman Creek for years because and further degradation of the water quality will harm the fishing and the other wildlife who rely on water quality such as the insects birds and other mammals and amphibians and reptiles. Airport expansion is NOT compatible with the already fragile ecosystem thats suffered the decades of over development.

77 Carol Purcell Boyds MD We need to cut the bias and listen to the people who live there and will be affected by this action not some group out to make more money.

78 Claire Gerhard Brandywine MD I am frightened by the degree to which the tributaries all over the Chesapeake watershed are being compromised one by one by short-sighted development. A private airport? Who are you serving? I was impressed by the gains Charles County made in preserving these precious lands especially compared to PG county which has a way to go in that area. But now Im worried that there is no real 'red line' against eco-disruptive development in the county.

79 Toni Evans Brookeville MD We come over to Mattawoman to go birding. We spend money on gas meals places to stay. Please continue to make this possible for us by not turning the airport into an industrial site.

80 Wanda Cole Brunswick MD V. Mattawoman Creek is an important ecological area for birds wildlife and keeping the Bay clean. It is the most productive tributary to the Chesapeake. It is at high risk due to the increasing pressures of urbanization. Already too much nitrogen and phosphorus. In winter they spray the air runways with liquid nitrogen to keep it from freezing. This estuary is too important. Please respect it and protect it. Thank you.

81 Marc Imlay Bryans Road MD I love every square inch I have walked in the Mattawoman Watershed District. We need to preserve wetlands and greenways for wildlife and the health of our waterways. Please keep the protections designated for Mattawoman Creek. Charles County has a tremendously valuable natural resource that keeps the rest of the county including its fishing and eco-tourism industry intact. Please reconsider not expanding the Airport into these fish nurseries and "lungs of the river" green spaces. It is also an IBA Important Bird Area for annual nesting of many migratory birds. Lisa Garrett VP Conservation Prince Georges Audubon Society. I once took a kayak trip on this tributary while the BP oil rig was leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The pristine condition of this area ( Mattawoman ) cannot be further degraded and still expect to have no effect on the surrounding areas and the Chesapeake Bay. This is the only area like this left in the whole Country. Humans will have to learn how to limit their activities for the good of the planet. Stop acting like spoiled children. I love this paradise where one goes pleasently

82 Debra Krahling Bryans Road MD I raised my family in Charles County and spent many hours in the watershed enjoying the woods in the waterways. I would like for my grand children to also be able to experience this disappearing joy. Watershed also provides for a healthy Chesapeake Bay clean air and clean water. It also provides for the beginning of life and fish reproduction. Once the water shit is gone it will be gone forever.

83 Theresa Lazar Bryans Road MD Mattawoman Creek is so beautiful and quiet. It is a rare oasis in rapidly urbanizing Charles County.

84 Marva Allen Bryans Road MD The area is already getting over crowded. Think about the additional pollution in the air that will affect the birds. Is anyone thinking of the Eagles??

85 Elizabeth Orr Burkittsville MD Dear Commissioners Please read the entire message below which summarizes much better than I can all the reasons why expanding this airport is detrimental to people the watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. The time is NOW to protect and preserve what remains of our critical ecosystems that provide so many essential services -- clean water clean air and more. Also the time is NOW to mitigate environmental inequities to people of color and minorities. Thank you for your careful and thoughtful attention to this matter... do we really need more planes more traffic more noise? Or do we need more pristine healthy environments for people to live in and thrive?

86 David Epstein Cabin John MD A resource like this will bring tourism to the area. Please do not allow more development.

87 Nancy Shaw Cabin John MD Please do everything you can to protect our ecosystem. This would be a travesty - Big Time! Surely we can do better with our resources. Time is running out for this planet. We don't need a bigger airport anywhere near as much as we need a cleaner and pollution-free environment. Please readjust the priorities!

88 George Alderson Catonsville MD Mattawoman Creek is one of Maryland's greatest remaining wetlands habitats for birds and other wildlife. We live near the Patapsco River and it is protected in a state park that begins a quarter-mile from our house. Please consider this message as our comment (from George and Frances Alderson) on the proposed amendment to the 2016 Comprehensive Plan concerning the Maryland Airport. We have visited Charles County many times for work and pleasure and we appreciate the protected wild lands and waters of Mattawoman

Creek. We ask you to reject the amendment and reaffirm the protection of Mattawoman Creek.

89 Dorothy Dewell Catonsville MD We must not continue to abuse our natural habitat for multiple species.

90 Beverly Antonio Centreville MD Please dont expand the airport. Mattawoman Creek is vital to the community. Its a beautiful tranquil and irreplaceable natural part of Maryland. Preserve it for us and future generations. Thank you.

91 E Maxwell Chevy Chase MD As a long time fisherman and Maryland resident I am opposed to any changes that threaten the status of Mattawoman Creek. Please stop any changes in the rules governing the airport

92 Lee Mcnair Chevy Chase MD I grew up playing along the Mattawoman Creek in the woods and along the shoreline. We fished and boated on the creek. As climate change advances the need for wildlife sanctuaries green spaces and clean beautiful water becomes more urgent necessary to the point of desperation for our mental health. To destroy the biodiversity and ecotourism of the Creek would be tragic and incredibly adverse to the wellbeing of the citizens of Charles County harmful to the County's economy and a driver of the bad storms flooding and other harmful effects of climate change. Please reject this harmful Amendment.

93 E P Chevy Chase MD I urge you to halt these plans the irreparable damage that will occur is unacceptable.

94 Betsy Johnson Chevy Chase MD My daughter and I recently kayaked on the Mattawoman and enjoyed the beautiful water lilies egrets great blue herons eagles bats dragon flies and fishermen. Preserving this place from increased runoff from projects like the proposed airport is vital to the health of not only the Mattawoman but also the Potomac River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. It is a place to be treasured for its beauty its pristine waters its biodiversity. Industrial expansion will surely affect this area negatively and the Chesapeake Bay will suffer yet another blow to its health. Please reject the amendment detailed in this letter.

95 Paula Desio Chevy Chase MD Our land and wildlife need protection. We dont need another airport with planes spewing toxic fumes for very few people who will use it. Property values are enhanced with green areas for residents.

96 Mary Forsht-Tucker Clinton MD Expanding air travel is one of the worst things we can do for the environment. The 558 affected acres are mostly forested on steep slopes which means that not only with that precious tree canopy will be lost but there will be significant excavation and filling in to make the land usable. Not only will we lose the protection of old growth trees needed for climate protection but the disruption of the earth to construct additional buildings and extend the runway will devastate the Mattawoman Watershed. I live in the Mattawoman Watershed.

97 Michael Blau Cobb Island MD Everything that happens upstream affects plant and animal life downstream. Short-sighted actions can have devastating long term effects. Please do not allow this privately owned and operated airport to expand.

98 Sally Wood College Park MD Dear Planning Commissioners Magoon Barnes Abdur-Rahman Murray Coleman Sherard and Wedding I meant it when I say I am so disheartened! I'm hoping my colleagues and I have reached your offices in time to appeal to your 'better angels' -- and you will NOT allow for the Airport Expansion! This move will create a very bad precedent for development in the region causing irreversible harm to our lovely Mattawoman Creek and the health of our natural environment... think of our grandchildren and their children! Thank you for reading my note and for making this the last time we entertain such a backward notion. Respectfully yours Sally Wood

99 Leo Shapiro College Park MD Environmental issues and environmental justice are no longer niche issues in the 2020s. Fortunately there is now wide recognition that protecting the environment and working hard to avoid having negative environmental and social impacts of development plans be borne disproportionately by certain socioeconomic groups must be top priorities in developing public policy. Short-term profit and expediency which have guided local public officials for decades can no longer trump considering the public good and longer term impacts. Moving forward with this plan would certainly reflect very poorly on Charles County and its leadership--and citizens and business leaders and elected officials are now paying attention across Maryland and beyond. This is a true test of your vision and leadership and a terrific opportunity to help lead promote an ever brighter and richer future: Please do not rezone for industrial development; instead work to protect the watershed for generation to come.

100 Alexa Bely College Park MD I urge you to not expand the airport and instead to preserve Mattawoman Creek! This is a beautiful natural area that is a precious resource for the region. We need to preserve this area for its value for ecotourism fishing and nature engagement as well as wildlife. I have done biodiversity research in this area and it is worth preserving as it has higher diversity than other more urbanized areas of our region.

101 Lily Fountain College Park MD Mattawoman Creek helps so many people locally and statewide! It protects us from stormwater damage. The trees absorb air pollution. The wetlands filter water pollution. The wildlife are all interconnected so that we humans benefit from outdoor adventures. I fish and am so glad to have water clean enough for largemouth bass fishing.

102 Mary Chadwick College Park MD Our planet is sick this beautiful planet is begging for caution. Reject this amendment.

103 Judith Wang College Park MD Protecting the environment is more important than expanding this airport.

104 Susan Bannister Columbia MD I along with many other volunteers worked on saving this irreplaceable creek and watershed many years ago and we were all so gratified to have succeeded in preventing an airport encroachment at that time. Today again we find ourselves in the same situation working to keep this critical Maryland resource protected from encroaching development. The stakes are even higher now and Mattawoman and all that she quietly provides to our region our Bay and our ecosystems are in danger. Please protect this irreplaceable and essential little creek whose reach extends far beyond her immediate boundaries from the Potomac River to the Chesapeake Bay and to all of the flora fauna and human communities touched by her tributaries her wetlands her resources her beauty her presence - all immeasurable with value beyond calculation. Keep Mattowoman protected for all of us and for all those to come. Strengthen Mattowoman protection and the Watershed Conservation District

designations. I have grave concerns about our climate changes and the irreplaceable value of a healthy environment for ourselves our grandchildren and the generations to come. This is our responsibllity and we must not fail to do our part within our own communities and region.

105 Ken Clark Columbia MD I have had the pleasure of paddling on Mattawoman Creek. It would be a shame if this nearly pristine ecosystem was damaged particularly since it is one of Maryland's few remaining creeks in such excellent condition.

106 Sheila Robinson Columbia MD I worry about adding extra stressors to the already stressed environment. Please refrain from this expansion at the airport at the expense of the benefits of the Mattawoman Creek and the lives (animals and plants) it sustains.

107 Carla Tevelow Columbia MD It seems there is so little protection given to our natural environment it's important to maintain as much as possible. The pollution from planes effects all aspects of our senses. The air pollution effects our respiratory/breathing. The noise pollution effects an audible response which creates an entire bodily reaction. And the water pollution effects all of the beings which inhabit the water. Let's do our best to enrich our physical environment not destroy it.

108 Courtney Petersen Columbia MD Maryland has a need for beauty And this area is one remaining area. The wildlife make it important.

109 Sally Robertson Columbia MD Maryland is a beautiful state but we are losing so much to the constant development everywhere. Keep our state beautiful and our wild places protected.

110 Diane Swanson Columbia MD Save the environment + local community from disruptive air water + noise pollution.

111 Mark Southerland Columbia MD The UN has stated that the two greatest threats to humanity are climate change and loss of biodiversity. For both these reasons we need to protect all of the remaining hotspots of biodiversity like Mattawoman. This wonderful area is more than worthy of being part of the 30% of earth protected according to UN and US commitments.

112 Andrea Lewinter Columbia MD This beautiful treasure of Maryland deserves to be protected. We have so few conservation districts and they are vital to the protection of key Maryland species and habitat. Please make environmental conservation your priority and don't let this critical area be compromised or destroyed!

113 Nick Brienza Columbia MD We don't need that assault on our environment !! We're at a crossroads now where our environment takes precedence!!

114 Rose Marie Meservey Columbia MD With climate change accelerating please don't allow this new development in fragile coastal Maryland. It's critical that we don't risk putting our wetland areas at risk.

115 Kaifi Jamil Crofton MD I'm writing and signing this letter to express my deep commitment to conserving what remains of wild lands and nature preserves in the state of Maryland. I believe protecting these areas is crucial to maintaining biodiversity in the state and maintaining the purity of our natural resources from carbon pollution fracking and mining all of which degrade land and water in North America. I also consider the whole Earth to be a living organism and sacred entity sometimes called 'Gaia' as per the Gaia theory of James Lovelock. All humanity is one part of this larger organism so in a sense we are Her children. It's our moral responsibility to be good stewards of the Earth for if we devastate her then we

harm our own public health and welfare of all our descendants. There is no human civilization without conservation of Nature. I encourage you to step back from the paradigm of endless growth because that is unsustainable.

116 Ted Weber Crofton MD Mattawoman Creek is an irreplaceable resource that we must protect! According to Maryland DNR it is ranked 8th out of the 137 watersheds in Maryland for freshwater stream biodiversity and is one of the most productive spawning areas for anadromous (shad and herring) and a diverse tidal fish community. Furthermore Mattawoman Creek is a well-known area prized for its largemouth bass fishery drawing high-profile tournaments and anglers from all over the country throughout the year. Mattawoman Creek is filled with abundant and rare natural resources offering residents and visitors the chance to observe a stunning environment that once surrounded the entire Chesapeake Bay. Watersheds do so many things for the ecosystem. Expanding the airport will eliminate all the benefits provided by the wetlands.

117 Mallory Mlynarek Crofton MD We have very few places left in Maryland that are not polluted by noise light heavy metals etc from human activity. It is imperative that we take long hard assessments of all future impacts we make on vital sensitive ecosystems. They are vital for our survival whether we like to admit it or not. We are intensely connected with and reliant on nature and by developing in sensitive ecosystems we are taking away the nature that we rely on. We need to put more energy into protecting our sensitive ecosystems rather than trying to build upon and change them for "industry". No amount of industry is worth irreparable damage to the ecological systems that sustain life on earth.

118 Tony Karwoski Crownsville MD Seven counties in Maryland are under a flash flood warning today June 3 and this is likely to be the case throughout the summer when severe storms are common. Further damaging watershed buffers makes absolutely no sense environmentally.

119 Victoria Ford Crownsville MD Their are so many valuable species that live within Mattawoman Creek! Please reconsider your airport expansion because the species in their could soon go extinct if expansions across the globe continue!

120 Carolyn Forrester Cumberland MD Our watersheds which protect us he flora/fauna and human health of communities they surround must be strongly protected. Please do not cave to the relentless greed of industrialization of these precious areas under the guise of “progress―.

121 Nancy Goldsmith Dames Quarter MD SAVE Mattawoman Creek from airport expansion! NOT acceptable .... once gone it's gone!

122 Taina Litwak Darnestown MD I love this creek and industrializing the Charles County airport will harm it terribly. Do NOT let it happen. Please do not allow the expansion of the airport to damage Mattawoman Creek. This area is a stunning natural place and these are RARE in Maryland now. The Potomac NEEDS this area to remain undisturbed. If Maryland is serious about saving and restoring the Chesapeake it would be pure folly to allow

Mattawoman to be removed for the Watershed Conservation District. PLEASE - do not do this.

123 Cornelia Wight Deale MD I live on the bay! Please do not remove protection of this natural resource.

124 Ellen Halbert Drayden MD Although it might seem profitable to expand the airport it will be more expensive in the long run for the reasons mentioned. Please reject this proposal. Thank you.

125 Elizabeth Fisher Easton MD As a pilot and I like to think environmentalist I can see both sides. Looking at the satellite views of the airport I see it is surrounding on 3 sides by forest. Looks like the north end would be the area for any runway extension and commerce construction. May be able to have the cake and eat it too. I can see from image that tributaries to the Mattawoman would likely be impacted by extending the runway to the South. I hope the county and residents can come up with a solution that can add economic strength while protecting the watershed. A question would also be about the communities impacted. What would be the proposed difference in noise from existing jet traffic?

126 Elaine Dodge Edgewater MD It is so important for the health of our planet and the people living on it to keep as many protections in place as possible. Development is not always the best way to go forward and this is certainly the case here. We need more environmental protections not less especially where the health of children is involved. Also the impact of airport noise should not be not be ignored both disturbing and disrupting - something I can personally attest to.

127 Susan Cochran Edgewater MD To us all infringement on a natural area like this is a seriour injury to clean air water cleanliness and the economic benefits of a recreation bountiful spot.

128 S W Eldersburg MD It is important to preserve the biodiversity of our beautiful state as without the creek it'll create a domino effect on a local level. Please reconsider this.

129 David Dittman Elkridge MD Wetlands are priceless. Air traffic adds to our air pollution and climate change.

130 Sandra Boone Murphy Elkton MD Thank you for your service. Mattawoman Creek ~20 miles south of Washington DC remains as we hear it “what a restored Chesapeake Bay would look like.― Those of us at the upper Chesapeake are doing our part for the shared health of the Chesapeake; help us Save the Bay! Currently the Mattawoman is a huge contributor to Potomac ecotourism & associated hospitality businesses; help us & Save the Bay! This educator is concerned for two nearby public schools ~2100 feet from the proposed industrial expansion; zoning changes will negatively affect their health & safety. Home values & quality of life concerns exist for African-American/ Indigenous residential communities who will be disproportionately exposed to the expanded airport increased pollution increased paved areas that will substantially worsen storm water problems in an area already experiencing flooding; help us unite! We appreciate your time and collaboration restoring and stewarding the Chesapeake Bay our Maryland gem.

131 Patricia Brech Elkton MD Why destroy this precious resource for another airport in the area? The extra noise air and water pollution will negatively impact nearby home values nearby schools and the quality of life for those nearest the proposed airport expansion.

132 Mary Cahill Ellicott City MD Dear Commissioners Please read the message below. Maryland is my home. Development is eating it alive. Help save it from a miserable death.

133 Robin Todd Ellicott City MD Dear Commissioners Collins Rucci Bowling Coates and Stewart As a keen birder I fear that this redesignation would seriously harm the area's wild bird populations. Sincerely Robin G. Todd

134 Patricia Soffen Ellicott City MD Mattawoman is a beautiful creek that is the home of many species of wildlife. It is so peaceful. There is no way an expansion of the airport is worth losing this important environmental area.

135 Nancy Klein Ellicott City MD Our waters are at a tipping point for survival. Please dont endanger the small bit of wilderness we still have with more construction more runoff more noise and more pollution. Please do the right thing for our state!

136 Malaisamy Ramamoorthy

Ellicott City MD Please stop the expansion of the airport and prevent this wonderfully diverse environment. We want to visit and learn the biodiversity there at Mattawoman creek. Keep Maryland beautiful. Thank you.

137 Kurt Schwarz Ellicott City MD The Mattawoman is at a tipping point. Please no more development upstream!

138 Anne Sellers Ellicott City MD This is an unnecessary zoning change that would cause more harm than good particularly for people of color and for the environment. Please do not allow this change!

139 Nancy Wade Ellicott City MD We all have a stake in protecting our natural treasures and waterways and the wildlife that depend on them. These must be preserved for the sake of our children's future.

140 Mary Mcclintock Fallston MD I feel strongly that every state county business and home owner has to take up the call to defend our environment. I have restricted my use of herbicides pesticides use of focal fuels burning trash and more since I became aware of how everything I do flows into the Chesapeake Bay. I have been a homeowner in PA and MA. Has it been all done for nothing? one step forward 10 steps back? It will take decades and more to reverse some of the destruction we have caused our environment even if we all take up the call. I am largely dependent on your actions you are dependent on mine in a small way. Please do your part. I want and need open spaces for peace of mind more frequently than I need an airport. If I need one I'll get there; hopefully by clean mass transit.

141 Martin Schmidt Jr Finksburg MD Airports just use more fossil fuels.

142 Maggie Harding Finksburg MD This amendment will have a harmful impact on the environment AND people - there is no benefit to seeing this plan through. Please reject it and value putting forth plans that help Maryland and its people truly thrive.

143 Terry Scoggins Forest Hill MD As a Maryland resident and a concerned citizen for the environment we need to protect the environment for now and the future our children deserve good stewardship of the land we call America the beautiful. We need to prioritize our environment first in decisions about development and find alternatives to just damaging the environment in the name of progress

144 Patricia Custer Forest Hill MD Nature matters

145 Terry Stakem Fort Washington MD The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers states that projected development in the watershed district "would have severe repercussions on the biological community and would decrease the habitat quality within the estuary". We need to act now to preserve NOT DEVELOP this important natural resource!

146 Diana Coady Frederick MD As a Maryland resident it is disheartening to hear that more development is threatening our beautiful state. Nature and our waterways are precious and need to be protected.

147 Linda Rawlings Frederick MD Do not disrupt Mattawoman Creek's economic and ecological benefits with air water and noise pollution.

148 Ann Andrex Frederick MD enlarging and industrializing the airport to accommodate more economic growth is like loosening your belt to accommodate obesity. It just lets the problem get bigger and bigger! Mattawoman Creek's economic and ecologic benefits are threatened by this plan to industrialize a Charles County airport whose air water and noise pollution disproportionately affects people of color. Just STOP it

149 Patricia Bodine Frederick MD For the health of our water our fish our people please carefully consider rejecting this amendment. Water is life for all. Diversity of fish species is vital to the food chain if we loose one the next consumer up the food chain is negatively effected. Those people who live near this place those people who use this river for transportation or recreation are our neighbors and deserve our care.

150 Cristin Dennis Frederick MD How much more wildlife has to die so you can get rich? Stop it! I love wildlife. ESP animals. I live very close to the Monacacy and and Potomac rivers. There is no need for you to ruin everything so your wallets are fat. Im so sick of fighting big corrupt politicians and CEOs. I know none of you give a damn about what the people of Maryland think. Your gonna do what you want. Why do you people want to destroy Earth? Its where we live. One day Morher Nature is going to retaliate and that could mean the end for humans. Instead of destroying everything in your path why not help the environment. It is no wonder I prefer the company of animals than humans. They need land and water to survive and you have no right to take that away from them. Cristin Dennis

151 Linda Rawlings Frederick MD Mattawoman Creek and the area around the airport deserve economic and ecological protection.

152 Suzanne Feldman Frederick MD Mattawoman creek is a pristine and valuable community resource. It should be protected!

153 Malgorzata Schmidt Frederick MD Mother Nature matters to us all. Especially to the future generations. We need a TRAIN not airport. Thank you.

154 Malgorzata Schmidt Frederick MD Our beautiful environment belongs to the future generations of all animals including H. sapiens except those who violate Mother Nature with airports.

155 Matt Lemp Frederick MD Please protect our natural spaces.

156 Genevieve Adell Frederick MD Progress is not about more. It is about balance and care.

157 Sharon Garlena Frederick MD Save Maryland Biodiversity Hotspot from Airport Expansion!

158 John Stipicevic Frederick MD stop killing Animals and taking there homes

159 Dedra Salitrik Frederick MD The development of an airport near a neighborhood is a poor decision that will negatively impact air water and standard of living quality.

160 Kelley Dempsey Frederick MD There is nothing more important than clean water!! Without clean water everyone and everything dies. Keeping the Watershed Conservation District in place is vital to a clean and undamaged Mattawoman Creek.

161 Pat Beach Frederick MD We cannot continue to allow commerce to override the common good with irreversible consequences.

162 David Mosher Gaithersburg MD I cherish the Chesapeake Bay and all that it provides to our region and communities. Many of our citizens depend on the Bay for their livelihoods recreation and health. I'm a paddler hiker and supporter for Maryland's healthy environment. I want to leave my children a liveable and sustainable Maryland.

163 S Price Gaithersburg MD I taught my son to fish there. He taught his friends. His friend taught his father who had never been fishing. Please don't ruin this treasure.

164 Matthew Vogt Gaithersburg MD Maryland has great natural spaces that need to be protected for all especially our children.

165 Barbara Barnard Gaithersburg MD Our waterways have to be protected for human use as well as that of animals birds and bees.

166 Walter Helton Gaithersburg MD There seems to be a general consensus today that "more is better" ; this might hold true in certain matters but not so in instances that seek to degrade our environmental protections. There has been sufficient evidence that lessening or losing completely hard fought for protections are not good decisions when viewed through future-looking lens. Think twice or more and act responsibly.

167 Carole Sutton Gaithersburg MD We are the keepers of the environment and scratching away at the important environmental significance of the wetlands is a travesty .

168 Robert Goldberg Germantown MD Mattawoman Creek's economic and ecologic benefits are threatened by a plan to industrialize a Charles County airport whose air water and noise pollution disproportionately affects people of color. Please protect Mattawoman Creek.

169 Renee Roth Germantown MD Myopic planning and zoning boards have already squandered the majority of our natural areas leading to irrefutable environmental disasters that have plagued many states. The state of Maryland has a miserably poor record - the state of Bay is a dismal representation of Maryland's poor environmental policy. Not to mention Ellicott City with two "floods of the century" in as many years due to dismal awareness of runoff water management from new construction and limiting porous land mass. Don't think for a minute that fires heat waves floods and drought are problems in other states. Plan for the future - the writing is on the wall.

170 Claire Wolfe Germantown MD Please help to preserve the few remaining habitats that provide essential biodiversity to Maryland.

171 Paula Sayers Germantown MD Please take action now. Let's do what we can to defend our threatened environment.

172 Joseph Fisher Glen Arm MD This is a beautiful area that I would like my grandchildren to be able to enjoy

173 William Shepard Glen Burnie MD Thank you for taking the time to read my comments concerning the impacts of the proposed Charles County airport expansion. As you are aware Mattawoman Creek provides a critical breeding ground for anadromous and semi-anadromous fish that inhabit the Potomac River Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. One of the most prized fish is the coveted Largemouth Bass. Citizens and fishing organizations travel great distances to experience fishing one of the finest tidal water bass rivers in the world. The popularity of Mattawoman Creek results in local and state revenue and international exposure about Marylands natural resource tourist opportunities. The diverse social economic and biological benefits from Mattawoman Creek demonstrates the overwhelming need to protect this important watershed from an ill conceived and unnecessary airport project.

174 Penny Whitmer Glen Burnie MD We need more nature and less air pollution.

175 Judith Wierzbowski Glen Burnie MD We need to keep our wild places to mitigate climate change. Animals deserve to have a place to live.

176 Diane Krell Great Mills MD I am a faithful voter living in nearby St Marys county. I urge you to do what's right for the climate wildlife and people affected by this issue. Thanks.

177 Teresa Smithson Greenbelt MD I frequent natural areas near my home and want to see them protected preserved. As a behavioral health clinician I know that “green time― is central to childrens healthy development so having clean and cared for natural resources is important.

178 Susan Barnett Greenbelt MD It is soo important to me that where I live Maryland protect its natural areas above all else. We need to eliminate the notion that building = progress. In this day and age conservation = progress. Finding the way forward that is smarter rather than bigger is the right way. Don't build protect. Don't grow renovate Follow the Biden Administration's plan "America the Beautiful" and conserve 30% of our natural areas by 2030!

179 Jennifer Loss Greenbelt MD It's important to me to save these biodiverse areas. Life does not occur as a monoculture.

180 William Snyder Greenbelt MD Our natural world is very precious to Marylanders. In the face of continued growth and development we need to preserve every acre. Please reject this airport expansion- an unnecessary project that would negatively affect our precious greenspace.

181 Laura Bonkosky Greenbelt MD Our water and wildlife especially in the Chesapeake watershed is a local and national treasure. The Mattawoman creek is far too precious to squander to an airport expansion that serves only the wealthiest people. Please put the environment and the people ahead of this unnecessary expansion. This Mattawoman watershed directly impacts the Chesapeake Bay as well as being a uniquely beautiful and vibrant part of nature that deserves protection. We don't need an expanded airport that serves only the richest and most resourced people at the expense of the environment the climate and the other 99% of us.

182 Virginia Lawson Greenbelt MD The chain of interdependence demands this vital watershed be protected

183 William Snyder Greenbelt MD The Mattawoman Creek is a Maryland treasure of vital importance to the Bay and the whole ecosystem of Southern Maryland. It needs to be protected! Please don't approve shortsighted building plans in place of a priceless natural resource.

184 Robin Gorsline Greenbelt MD The Mattawoman watershed is vital to Maryland health. Please oppose the plan for the Maryland Airport.

185 Tess Dew Hagerstown MD Bio-diversity along with Climate Change are 2 of the world's most significant problems. It'll take local action to start a larger strategy to solve them. There's no time to wait for environmental change. Please consider the longer term impact of this amendment and reject it.

186 R Joseph Galitsky Halethorpe MD Folks you can do better than this. Now is not the time to condemn our children to a greatly degraded world. Please save the

Mattawoman Creek for them to enjoy and benefit from.

187 Emilie Murphy Hanover MD Please have a long term vision to preserve the environment biodiversity and the health of people instead of putting concrete everywhere. Politics should take more courageous decisions in these directions.

188 Debbie Sutton Harwood MD Please stop this proposed expansion. I love paddling on this creek enjoying the wildlife. Please use your vote to keep this beautiful nature area untouched.

189 Nancy Samuels Havre De Grace MD The natural areas that comprise the Mattawoman Creek and its surrounds are a precious state resource and of important ecological consequence. I implore you to reject any plans that would impact this area. Natural areas in the watershed are crucial to the health of the Chesapeake Bay which remains in poor conditions after the damaging practices of prior generations.

190 Kathleen Kain Hollywood MD Please don't remove a needed watershed just to cover with pavement for an airport extension.

191 Richard Cook Hughesville MD Please do not pollute our waters and increase taxes by decreasing the value of our ecosystem.

192 Laurel Imlay Hyattsville MD As a former resident of Charles County and with family living there now I have huge appreciation for the beautiful and valuable natural areas the County is blessed with. The Mattawoman Creek watershed is actually a resource that benefits not only the local residents but the state and the region. It's only 20 miles from DC and is one of the jewels of the Chesapeake Bay. An Anacostia Watershed staffer once raved to me about how the Mattawoman is what the Anacostia used to be and what they are striving towards with all the millions of dollars being spent up there. The future of Charles County the fate of our fisheries economic security tourism capacity and health of the community is interwoven with preservation of the watershed's biological diversity which in turn is contingent on intact natural forests. Lifting the watershed conservation district designation with

increased pavement and surface runoff will destroy this world renowned valuable resource. Your responsibility is clear

193 Sylvia Seeley Hyattsville MD As someone who has paid taxes in Maryland all her working life I treasure what few even semi-wild places remain. We do not need any more cement or any more noise. Keeping Mattawoman Creek as it is will benefit all of us; airport expansion will benefit the wealthier segment. Please make the right decision for all of us. Thank you

194 Vikki Avey Hyattsville MD I stand against the removal of 558 acres from the Watershed Conservation District (WCD) encompassing the Mattawoman Watershed to industrial or any other usage than WCD usage.

195 Alexi Boado Hyattsville MD Once these ecosystems are gone their is no recuperating them. Gone forever. Please understand that.

196 Loreta Jordan Hyattsville MD This matters to me because such expansion is ruining Mother Earth and displacing or putting in danger the inhabitants of the proposed expansion. Please DO NOT contaminate Mattawoman Creek area! In the name of survival of the planet!

197 Deborah Spice Kleinmann

Idlewylde MD I have canoed and hiked this area and it is a treasure that should be here for generations to come!!!!

198 Harry Prince Ijamsville MD It seems like every day we are conceding another natural treasure to progress. From the next big oak tree to the little creek forest or river health. At some point we will wish we had saved some of them. I propose that this be a starting point. Please don't infringe on Mattawoman Creek in the name of progress.

199 Kim Robertella Jessup MD Having healthy communities is paramount and investments in ecosystem protections that provide resilience against a changing climate is sound policy.

200 Leslie Olson Kensington MD Every action taken that diminishes our natural resources or the future for those resources is a step in the wrong direction and an action that impacts daily lives - whether present or future. There is opposition to this expansion for a reason; please give it the thought and research it deserves and vote no on the airport expansion.

201 Kira Lueders Kensington MD This creek is an exceptional location for Marylanders to enjoy a unique ecology not found elsewhere. It is something that would be irreparably damaged by the plans to expand the airport.

202 Melinda Fowl Kingsville MD Im a Marylsnd resident not a Wéstern or Eastern Shore resident but very proud of both. I urge you not to pit Industrial development against the health of people school children and the health of the Bays water and resources. Keep priorities straight and find an alternative win-win situation that secured and protects the Massawoman Creek and watershed.

203 Sonia Demiray Knoxville MD Please keep the Maryland airport as it is. If there is any take-away from recent atmospheric developments is that we need to curtail development especially where it has a large impact on ecosystems essential to drawdown. There are more than enough airports in the region that can take on additional traffic.

204 Kris Hale Knoxville MD We need more trees not more concrete jungles.

205 Holly Digiovanni La Plata MD Charles County has been my home for over 50 years. It's growth has been astounding in those years. Growth is an acceptable thing; total disregard for it's natural resources and inhabitants that thrive within is NOT acceptable!

206 Charles White La Plata MD I have lived in this community for over 60 years. This is a stable neighborhood and we love each other. We do not receive public water or sewer. So I don't know why I need an airport much less expanding one that we don't ever use. I don't why you want to disturb the wildlife here and Noise factor. Why Why Why do you want this ?

207 Carolyn Smith La Plata MD I stand against the removal of 558 acres from the Watershed Conservation District (WCD) encompassing the Mattawoman Watershed to industrial or any other usage than WCD usage.

208 Cecilia Jmanaini La Plata MD The value of natural space is increasingly important not just for wildlife but also for our mental health

209 Donald Chu Laurel MD At this time when threats to the environment and biological diversity threaten the economy and even human civilization as we know it proceeding with plans to expand unnecessary and deleterious air travel seems foolish at best.

210 Nancy Matus Leonardtown MD Expanding the industrial area will cause irreparable harm to the environment of the area and probably increase harmful pollutants to those living nearby.

211 Kristina Howansky Lexington Park MD Protect the natural spaces to keep Maryland beautiful

212 William Yates Lothian MD With climate change and seawater levels rising we shouldn't add more stress to the environmental jewel that Charles County has. Mattawoman Creek needs to be protected for the future.

213 William Yates Lothian MD With continued population growth in the region and increasing stress on the Mattawoman Creek watershed there will never be another chance to preserve an area like this for future generations.

214 Lila West Lusby MD All of Chesapeake Bay depends on Mattawoman Creek. This will decrease house values and decrease property taxes .

215 Charles Alexander Lutherville MD The Mattawowan area seems so very special relatively unspoiled . It is already so close to a lot of paved areas. More development near this creek is not advisable. I think wiser use of the airports facilities and capabilities is wiser than expansion which would endanger a Maryland special place with more pollution. This is a beautiful reportedly pristine area of natural beauty so close to an urban area. Well worth preserving in it's current natural state.

216 Patrick McGee Lutherville Timonium

MD These protections and nature resources are vital for the future of our planet my children and my grandchildren. We need to protect all habitats that help us reduce global warming and all for the natural diversity that makes Maryland a great place to live.

217 Michael Ryan Marbury MD Mattawoman creek is steps away from my front door which makes it very important to me. Please help keep the Mattawoman healthy for future generations to enjoy.

218 Ann Payne Middletown MD I am very concerned when disregard for human particularly children's health is compromised in the name of 'improvments.' I also am already disturbed by the condition of the Chesapeake Bay itself which depends on healthy ecosystems such as the one in Mattawoman Creek. To burden a community with injustice and to burden us all by further degrading our struggling biodiverse waterways is just plain wrong. Please rethink this plan with more respect for life.

219 Matthew Perry Mitchellville MD Natural areas like Mattawoman Creek need to be protected for the betterment of the environment and for the enjoyment of our descendants.

220 Barbara Anderson Mitchellville MD Please dont destroy the environmental treasure of Mattawoman Creek or subject its neighbors to noise and air pollution.

221 Edna Miller Montgomery Village

MD Please do not destroy this Watershed it includes floodplains marsh streams & with each matching habitat are invertebrates fish & wildlife's biodiversity. These creatures do not have a hotel to go to. These habitats are the only home local birds & animals know. This area has seasonal visitors called Migratory Birds. Unlike Snow Birds they come here to raise their next generation. Here is why that is important about 100 years ago in 1920 the Supreme Court upheld a subsequent piece of legislation the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes writing for the majority declared the protection of birds was in the "national interest." Without such measures he declared one could foresee a day when no birds would survive for any power-state or federal-to regulate. Expanding this airport into these wetland habitats would destroy their food source nesting sites & protection from preditors of their young. This is the Nationa Law. NO Airport Expansion Here!

222 Brian Higgins Mount Rainier MD I have never visited Mattawoman Creek but now I think I want to. But if you approve the airport expansion then you only make things worse in Charles County and I would not want to visit.

223 Richard Helmer Mount Rainier MD Please reject the proposed amendment to rezone the airport. This would endanger the area wildlife. Thank you for your kind attention.

224 Deborah Abramsky Mount Rainier MD The Mattawan Creek Watershed area is essential to conserve and maintain for environmental and human health in Charles county and nearby areas. The conservation of this atea is essential for biodiversity. Also my family and friends frequently enjoy canoeing in Mattawan and destruction if the ecosystem would take away this beautiiful place that we have enjoyed for decades. Please maintain its designation as a waterfront conservation area. In Appreciation Deborah Abramsky

225 Gabrielle Tayac Nanjemoy MD Mattawoman Creek is an essential site of cultural historic and ecological importance for Piscataway people and the diverse community. So much of our homeland is already degraded destroyed and threatened - please keep this life source area protected!

226 Michael Ziebell Nanjemoy MD Please do not make changes. The WCD protects our future as citizens as it protects our watersheds.

227 Sandra Raviv North Beach MD In an age of increasing concern about our environment and its sustainability it makes no sense to allow projects that accelerate harms to our vulnerable places. We need to support not destroy efforts to secure the health of our waters and all lie that depends on it.

228 Sandra Raviv North Beach MD we ought to be discouraging increased capacity for flying in general due to the damaging carbon footprint....

229 Linda Wiley North Beach MD What the heck is wrong with Charles County.......you MUST KEEP THE Watershed Conservation District designation!

230 John Garber North East MD Now is the time to put protection above industrial expansion

231 Dorothy Elrod North East MD Save our wildlife!!

232 Glenn Ferenschak Nottingham MD Please do not allow oil and industry to cause our environmental improvements to be destroyed.

233 Janet Schlosser Odenton MD Our watersheds and our forests are literally out last gasps for breatheable air and clean water. Please don't destroy these with unnecessary building and development.

234 Patricia Gnarra Olney MD Mattawoman Creek contributes to Potomac fishing/ecotourism. The freshwater-tidal estuary/river/ watershed are full of wildlife; its forests hotspots for birds/amphibians/reptiles/water-dependent birds/mammals/largemouth bass/migratory fish/rich freshwater-tidal marshes. The areas biodiversity is critical to MD ecological success & the Mallows Bay-Potomac River Natl Marine Sanctuary. Removing environment protections for this area would double airport size/increase plane size/no. of flights/& noise/air/water pollution. Itll negatively affect home values/nearby schools/quality of life & expose an historic African American community to more pollution. An increase in paved areas will worsen storm-water problems. Do you really want to destroy this biodiverse area & increase its air/noise pollution footprint all for the sake of increasing airport size? Do the right thing: REJECT the proposed amendment of the 2016 Comprehensive Plan--Maryland Airport. Do it for Charles County. Do it for MD.

235 Stephen Jascourt Olney MD Mattawoman Creek watershed is vital to the health of the region. Chapman State Park and Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area are among my favorite places to seek and enjoy wildlife and nature in Maryland and both are in or adjacent to the Mattawoman Creek watershed and dependent on the ecosystem quality of that watershed. You have some of Maryland's ecological jewels in your county and you have been entrusted with an obligation to protect them for future generations. If economics is such that Charles County needs help from the rest of the state to protect this watershed make that case that could be a reasonable approach. But by all means your obligation is to protect these jewels which requires protecting the Mattawoman Creek watershed.

236 Susan Nerlinger Olney MD Please do not take a place of magnificent biodiversity and give it over to industrial development. We don't need more industrial development. We need more natural places where species of animals and plants can flourish. Just say "No!"

237 Leanora Winters Owings MD Mattawoman Creek matters! Protect this fragile area from the environmental devastation pollution and racial injustice that will result from this poorly planned airport expansion! Stop this proposed expansion now!

238 Catherine Cretu Owings MD We must begin taking decisive action now to save our remaining ecological treasures. We are at a tipping point and there will be no turning back from further damage that we do to our environment. We will suffer in ways that we have not anticipated and the supposed gains to economic growth will prove to have been a short-sighted view that will result in greater long term decline.

239 Lee Walker Oxford MD We must keep as much natural land for humanity and human health.

240 Bonnie Bick Oxon Hill MD Mattawoman Creek needs emergency attention and more protection. NOT less protection do not remove the Watershed Conservation District.

241 Alex Winter Oxon Hill MD The Watershed Conservation District put Charles County at the cutting edge of urgently needed public policy. It would be a grave mistake to undo the WCD. Enabling the proposed airport expansion would be a blow to the still wonderful Mattawoman. What Charles County does now will reverberate long into the future. The choice for short-term gain for a few will be pleasing no one in the not-distant future. Making the choice for long-term healing of this key natural and economic feature of Charles County will resonate long into the future bringing better lives to every person. The WCD should be supported with other support for the web of life we live in not torn away as a shield from harm. Those few persons charged with representing the public interest in this matter will be making a mark on history. Be the midwives of a

better future not the villains in a tragedy. Thank you. Alex Winter

242 Jessica Robinson Parkville MD Maryland is so great because we have places like this to go! Please dont ruin it. The Chesapeake Bay is such a treasure. Thanks.

243 Michael Phelps Parkville MD Mattawoman Creek is awesome and we are running out of awesome in Md. please protect it!

244 Sharon Durschlag Pasadena MD Stop giving into corporate money and destroying what little environment we have left. Why do assaults on our planet by big money get constantly IGNORED by what CITIZENS want ??

245 Alta Haywood Perry Hall MD Our stressed environment needs all the help it can get- now.

246 Mary Herring Pikesville MD We need to think long term.

247 David Riston Pomfret MD I stand against the removal of 558 acres from the Watershed Conservation District (WCD) encompassing the Mattawoman Watershed to industrial or any other usage than WCD usage.

248 Garrett Pollard Pomfret MD I would like to see the area not have extra road and air traffic.

249 Diane Andrulonis Port Deposit MD Too many of our waterways are being contaminated and Mattawoman Creek is one of those. Our waterways are precious and necessary and need to be protected not endangered. Please we need more and better environmental protections not amendments that put the environment and people in harm's way that is why I want the Amendment to the 2016 Comprehensive Plan-Maryland Airport to be rejected. It's

time to think of the environment and humans and not give way to poor planning and greed.

250 Alyssa Matanin Port Republic MD We need more resilient lands not less especially when this is a private limited use project that serves a privelegded few in the community but harms everyone else.

251 Kathleen Horvath Potomac MD A disruption of that ecosystem means the climate will go downhill. Doesnt MD have enough to deal with now? Our planet must have biodiversity. Its important in preventing climate change by keeping ecosystems intact.

252 Tom Chow Potomac MD Please help keep Mattawoman Creek pristine it's is a renowned watershed that my family enjoys visiting without the hustle and bustle of human expansion. I drive almost an hour to get to this destination to enjoy the scenery and sounds and expanding the airport would no doubt ruin that experience.

253 Benjamin Consilvio Potomac MD protecting the ecosystem is essential to help address climate change but the airport expansion works against this. Its not just "nice to have" -- today we can see its ESSENTIAL ! Please reject the amendment to the 2016 Maryland Airport comprehensive plan.

254 Marie Lurquin Potomac MD Strengthen Mattawoman protections do NOT weaken them. Keep the Watershed Conservation District in place.

255 Daniel Hayden Potomac MD We need to protect our open spaces and especially wetlands due to their high tourism and ecosystem value.

256 Ray Reilly Randallstown MD We should all care more about our neighbors and the environment.

257 Cecilia Rund Reisterstown MD Airports are major pollution pits and we know this scientifically and witnessing the noise the fuel pollution the people pollution and the mass destruction of building an airport will be horrendous. Stop the destruction of our natural wetlands. The continued decimation of these lands ends badly; erosion loss of habitat flooding toxins a complete shift in the natural environmental protection.

258 Marie La Porte Reisterstown MD Currently 90% of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported due to overfishing and destruction of habitat for sea life within our own country. We need to start improving water quality not continuing to destroy it. This is essential for our watermen/women who depend on water health for their livelihood and for those of us who depend on it for food. It's also critically important for the countless and diverse animal kingdom that also depends on clean water and biodiversity. Destroying yet another creek is tone deaf. These wetlands are critical for biodiversity and for preserving fisheries for our watermen. Maryland has a culture of enjoying both the recreation and the food from our shores. We must do more to preserve it.

259 Gail Frantz Reisterstown MD Mattawoman Creek area is an irreplaceable portion of the natural environment in this area. Destruction of habitat displacement of species will undoubted ly take place. There are no other localities or natural spaces to make up for this loss.

260 Thomas Hutson Ridgely MD As Maryland's population continues to grow and the state continues to urbanize the only way to ensure a healthy environment for people and others species is to increase protections for natural ecosystems not decrease them. Please work too preserve natural areas and limit development.

261 Tyndall Traversa Rockville MD As a longtime resident of Charles County my husband and I strongly use the Commissioners to save Mattawoman Creek—do not expand the industrial area and airport!! Such an expansion will not benefit the people of Charles County just a very small subset and folks with airplanes. The creeks watershed is critical to theCountys climate resilience! Please plan for our long-term needs—not short-term minor benefits.

262 Margie Glazer Rockville MD Clean air water etc are important to everyone no matter their color. Which should never be taken advantage of! Especially in such a negative impact. How about a positive plan?

263 Barbara Blaylock Rockville MD For the sake of public health we should be making efforts to preserve our watersheds and air quality. Continuing to expand industrial areas and airports at this time when we are already approaching a global crisis from climate change in part driven by such expansion over the past decades will add to the problem. We should be focusing on changing our collective lifestyles to reduce air traffic pollution and consumerism and begin restoring more land to nature rather than continuing to chip away at our natural resources in the pursuit of profit.

264 Stuart Andrews Rockville MD I spend my money on local businesses when visiting to paddle Mattawoman Creek. It is evident that the creek remains under tremendous watershed and will go elsewhere is there is further ecological degredation. Further the creek features a wild lotus plant field that is fairly rare in the area and it would be a tragedy to lose it. Any zoning change must include zoning to enhance the watershed.

265 Sally Stolz Rockville MD It is so important to protect our bio-diversity! Please do not rezone this very important place!!!

266 Camilla Day Rockville MD Mattawoman Creek is a rare and beautiful treasure that must be saved! We have kayaked here and I have never seen such a rich abundance of bay life. It would truly be a tragedy if this magical place is lost to an airport expansion! We have already lost too many of our natural treasures. Please save this gem for us and for the children.

267 Linda Silversmith Rockville MD The world is running out of clean water - we need to protect what we've still got. We need to save our streams and lakes.We saved Mattawoman years ago -- let's save it again NOW

268 Steven Stryker Rockville MD To protect and sustain the Mattawoamn Watershead is first and foremost before any airport expansion shall occur.

269 Joyce Siegel Rockville MD We are losing so much of our beautiful world...we need to save what we can. I am writing to ask you to save not harm Mattawoman Creek.We need to preserve and protect our threatened environment

270 Jennifer Rossmere Rockville MD We need to be stewards of the pristine places left on this earth. Please leave the environmental protections in place and therefore reject the Amendment to the 2016 Comprehensive Plan - Maryland Airport. It is so important for our health and the health of this state.

271 Betty Stipe Severn MD Mother Nature Matters

272 Kathy Machan Severna Park MD Biodiversity makes the health of this Mattawoman Creek critical to ecological success throughout Maryland and particularly to the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary ecosystem. The watershed has the 2nd greatest amount of “targeted ecological area― in Maryland and according to the DNR Mattawoman Creek is already on the tipping point of irreparable damage. We cannot push it over the edge to irreparable damage.

273 Misha Williams Severna Park MD It will harm the environment that is already threatened by the overpopulation and big corp polluting our waterways.

274 Katie Mccord Severna Park MD I've been a Maryland resident most of my life and the biodiversity ecology and wildlife are a big part of why I want to live in Maryland. We need to preserve the Mattawoman Creek area. Please please err on the side of life! Please to not allow this area to be developed by changing rules and regulations to serve industrial purposes and airport expansion. We need to stand up for our land and species they can't stand up for themselves. Thank you for considering doing the right thing for our state!

275 Joshua Greenberg Severna Park MD Please remember that tourists don't come to visit dead or damaged waterways.

276 Bradley & Leslie Schoener

Severna Park MD Strong biodiversity makes the health of this creek critical to economic success of Charles County Maryland and particularly to the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary ecosystem. According to the DNR the watershed is already at the tipping point of irreparable damage. Protecting Mattawoman Watershed's forests wetlands and clean water protects the health of our communities and provides resilience against the local impacts of our new climate reality.

277 James Riley Silver Spring MD Areas inducing exploration of nature and wildlife also are preserving those aspects of our natural environment. These characteristics benefit people by allowing us to relax observe and to learn without the intrusion of industrial noise and pollutants. Protest the Mattawoman watershed from the airport.

278 James Togashi Silver Spring MD during covid people went outside to nature we nature spaces to enjoy

279 Doris Leeds Silver Spring MD Each time we chip away at our natural environment we set off a disastrous chain reaction that affects our plant and wildlife that is so vital to the survival of our planet. Save Mattawomans Creek to save our environment.

280 Jennifer Hinrichs Silver Spring MD Growth of this airport does not serve greater Charles County nor Maryland.

281 Supporter Unknown Silver Spring MD I live in Maryland along with my wife and three children. I am concerned about the loss of the natural world that is rapidly increasing and in the health of the Chesapeake. I am writing to oppose the amendment to allow an increase in the airport in the Mattawoman watershed to protect this unique and vital part of our state and to help protect the Bay that it is part of.

282 R G Steinman Silver Spring MD I urge you to reject the amendment to the 2016 Comprehensive Plan re: the Maryland Airport. Maintain the Watershed Conservation District designation to prevent industrialization that would lead to the degradation of both the health of the community and the biodiversity of the watershed. Maintaining ecosystem biodiversity is essential to mitigating climate change and protecting the health of the community - both natural and human.

283 Brian Ditzler Silver Spring MD If the climate crisis we are now experiencing tells us anything it's that we need to fully consider the impacts of all proposals on our quality of life. Allowing the airport to be expanded would wreak havoc on our Watershed Conservation District increase air water and noise pollution and dramatically worsen stormwater runoff problems. Please save Mattawoman Creek and reject the amendment to the comprehensive plan affecting Maryland Airport.

284 Laura Henschel Silver Spring MD In addition to protecting important wetlands keeping natural space for wildlife and our own enjoyment is important. Thank you. Consider expanding into areas less vulnerable. Thank you. Regards Laura

285 Mimi Brody Silver Spring MD It is so important to protect this beautiful habitat! I love kayaking and really hope youll do the right thing here!!

286 Robert Peters Silver Spring MD Maryland is getting increasingly urbanized so it is important to protect parkland for futrue generations. Dr. Robert Peters

287 Galen Tromble Silver Spring MD Mattawoman Creek draws people like me from Silver Spring to come to Charles County. I urge you to protect its integrity and future. Remaining natural places in the Mid-Atlantic like Mattawoman Creek are precious oases of biodiversity and vital to air and water quality. We need these places much more than we need an expanded airport that will destroy a living place cover it with a lifeless impervious surface in support of a fossil fuel intensive industry that is a major contributor to global warming.

288 Anne Riley Silver Spring MD My father flew out of that airport some many decades ago. What is the point of having a Comprehensive Plan if we keep undermining it? Reject the amendment! The watershed is more important. I spent a lot of time around small airports so am familiar with the day to day reverberations on the surrounding flora & fauna.

289 Abigail Rome Silver Spring MD My favorite kayaking river in all of Maryland is Mattawoman Creek. It's quiet and peaceful and the water is clean. The airport expansion would threaten this tremendously. For our health and sanity we need places like Mattawoman. It is one of the few remaining wild places around.

290 Janis Sonley Silver Spring MD Our planet depends on protecting all the natural spaces! Due to housing demands highway expansions and other development projects forests are being eliminated! Trees play an important role in reducing greenhouse gases and removing toxic chemicals from our waters. At this stage of the climate issue we need to pause. Alot has happened this past year that may affect the way we use our highways due to hybrid work weeks. Perhaps in a year or two we won't need bigger wider roads. Once we remove protection status from the natural areas there is no turning back. Once the landscapes are paved over greenhouse gas emissions increase dramatically. Please hit pause on legislation that eliminates outdoor areas. Janis Sonley

291 Elizabeth Johnson Silver Spring MD Please act to protect the Mattawoman watershed and reject the proposed amendment that would rezone the Maryland airport. The development that would result from the proposed Amendment may appear to provide economic benefits but that is a short-term view that is not in the interests of people who live in that area and not in anyone's long-term interests.

292 Patricia Glander Silver Spring MD Please help. This should matter to every Marylander who cares about the environment and other people's quality of life.

293 Kate Mcgee Silver Spring MD Please please please do NOT remove the Watershed Conservation District designation to expand Maryland Airport.

294 Bharat Kaku Silver Spring MD Preserving diversity in nature and natural habitats for animals and birds is of ultimate benefit to the residents of the state. Please do all you can to further the goal of protecting fragile ecosystems for our children and their children to enjoy.

295 Carrie Callaghan Silver Spring MD Saving our natural spaces is so important! Please reconsider.

296 Abbie Pierson Silver Spring MD The amount of wild animal in this state and across the country is shrinking. We need to protect what we have left.

297 Allison Wright Silver Spring MD There are so few spaces left. Let's save them the the younger generations.

298 Paula Fitz-William Silver Spring MD This is so important please listen. Please put off this vote or vote NO to removing the Watershed Conservation District designation. Someone recently said it well ... "We need these lands not only for nature and people but also for future generations who depend on us to make the right decisions." Thank you for using your role for the greater good.

299 Kit Mason Silver Spring MD This is the only creek emptying into the Chesapeake that retains its original biodiversity. It is an Eden of life. Please do not destroy it.

300 Steve Warner Silver Spring MD This project could be redirected away from environmental sensitive lands

301 Donald Byrne Silver Spring MD This project seriously damages our already diminished environmental health. Please make it stop.

302 Barbara Conklin Silver Spring MD This request is for our children and grandchildren and all those that come after us. Apparently you dont care about them. If you do not agree with me I sincerely hope that your names go down in history for all to see that YOU JUST DONT CARE about our beautiful country or state. You cannot rebuild what you are hoping and planning to destroy.

303 Heidi Strom Moon Silver Spring MD We can no longer afford to prioritize the profits of developers over the health of the planet and people especially Black communities disproportionately affected by pollution - a contributing factor to the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on these communities. Please think carefully about how your decision today can impact generations into the future.

304 Anne Ambler Silver Spring MD We definitely need clean water and the Chesapeake Bay more than we need an expanded airport. The climate emergency we face demands that our transportation plans focus on a national rail network that makes much of highly polluting air travel unnecessary. I urge you NOT to expand airports.

305 Bernard Patlen Silver Spring MD What we do to our water resources matter. Are we incapable of learning from history and archaeology how to preserve them? We destroy our critical resources nd we will disappear with them. That is reason enough to decide whether we want runways or water. I am ignoring the lost profits to be made from building an airport. Our water resources should take first priority.

306 Frances Barber Silver Spring MD YOU MUSTNT CHANGE THE BALANCE OF NATURE! IT ALWAYS CAUSES UNFORSEEN PROBLEMS WITH OUR AIR LAND AND WATER WHICH CAUSES DISTRESS TO OUR WILDLIFE. OUR EARTH PLANET IS ALREADY STRESSED AND WE ARE REAPING THE EFFECTS.

307 Julia Hart St Michaels MD We only have this planet on which to live. We MUST protect all of the natural resources for us to continue living. Why are

we attacking our own ecosystem that we depend on to live!!

308 Nancy Butowski Stevensville MD Although this is a form letter I want to personally offer my opposition to this amendment. As described in the letter Mattawoman is an important habitat to protect for many reasons. We need to ensure that special places like Mattawoman are not further impacted by development. No amount of mitigation or restoration can reclaim the functional value of this area and its contributions to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. It imperative that Mattawoman Creek not only remain under environmental protections through the Watershed Conservation District designation but also be strengthened.

309 Paul Marth Takoma Park MD Do we have to destroy a healthy environmental area in the name of progress?? Can't we protect our pristine countryside?? Please please don't allow industrialization at the Charles County airport.

310 Laura Welch Takoma Park MD Given the dire news about our warming planet we all need to act within our capacities to reduce carbon emissions and to build a resilient environment. Protecting wetlands is a crucial part of this strategy since wetlands absorb rain and storm surges. More details on the importance of these wetlands is below.

311 Robert Guldin Takoma Park MD I have canoed on Mattawoman Creek. I strongly oppose airport development that will disrupt the delicate ecosystem.

312 Joan Clement Takoma Park MD Mattawoman Creek is a precious resource for all who love nature and whose sanity depends on connecting with nature in the wild. Thank you for considering this.

313 Rita Marth Takoma Park MD Mattawoman Creek is vital to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. We cannot afford to do more damage to the bay. Rita Marth

314 Rowyn Peel Takoma Park MD We only get one planet; we only get one Mattawoman Creek. With the expansion of virtual meeting spaces such as Zoom the demand for plane flights is less urgent. Prioritize the planet not the planes!

315 Patti Fredericks Thurmont MD Please consider the health and learning of our children . They dont deserve to be exposed to noise air and water pollution. Please dont remove the Watershed Conservation District designation to expand Maryland Airport. Mattawoman Creek is at risk of irreparable damage . Thank you .

316 Lea Sloan Tilghman MD The strongest driver of economic well-being for Charles County and its the health of its environment. Tourism eco-tourism and recreation are low-cost high-return magnets for people of all ages. Please be leaders with vision. Please be good stewards of the irreplaceable riches in resources like the Mattawoman Watershed and preserve them for our families our communities and our future.

317 Wayne Zink Towson MD Mattawoman Creek is one of the last preserved places in the Chesapeake watershed. It should remain entirely protected.

318 Catherine Turner University Park MD Further destruction of what little wilderness is left in Maryland helps no one not even ultimately the rich. Please abandon this indefensible project.

319 Brad Conad University Park MD The Mattawoman Creek is an important part of our the Maryland heritage and the future of the Bay. It will negatively impact future generations and not benefit our local economy.

320 Dana Simson Upper Fairmount MD Environment must come first-

321 Janet Gingold Upper Marlboro MD Mattawoman Creek is a very special place. Airport activity is not just about planes coming and going but also about runoff of toxic materials into the precious waters that sustain a unique ecosystem. Already toxins from Joint Base Andrews threaten the area. Please do not expand the airport. The Mattawoman Creek Watershed is an important biodiversity hotspot and recreational center for all of Maryland. It is especially important to residents of Prince George's County and Charles County because we share responsibility for its guarding its health. Already the area is threatened by pollution from the federal facilities at Joint Base Andrews and development upstream. We face a Climate Emergency where our forested lands take on an even greater importance for carbon sequestration as well as for their many ecosystem services related to cooling and cleaning the air and the water. The area around the Maryland Airport was set aside for protection because it is an essential resource for all of Maryland. Please protect the people who live nearby and the people who visit from around the state from the pollution and environmental degradation that would accompany the expansion of this airport.

322 Sara Matts Waldorf MD As a resident of Waldorf and an avid hiker I value the Mattawoman watershed area.

323 Patty Zasadny Waldorf MD Do not destroy this creek. The environment is more important! We are destroying our surroundings in this county. The building must stop.

324 Ron Ault Waldorf MD I live in the area and kayak fish Mattawoman Creek...it is a beautiful irreplaceable natural treasure. Save our creek!

325 Mildred Kriemelmeyer Waldorf MD It is hard to believe you would even consider this proposal. You have the facts regarding the detrimental and permanent environmental impacts of destroying the natural integrity of this important part of the Mattawoman protection area. The airport is a lost cause. Dont sacrifice Charles County to every greedy developer. Say NO.

326 Taylor Stark Waldorf MD Oh no! I OPPOSE the airport expansion the pollution and noise that it will bring. This will only help the wealthy land speculators and airplane owners. How many Charles County tax payers own a private plane? Please do not destroy Mattawoman Creek one of the best tributaries in the state of Maryland. Scientists have proven the creek is what a restored Chesapeake Bay would look like. The biodiversity can NOT be found in other nearby areas. Do not let what happened to Piscataway Creek happen to Mattwoman Creek. Sadly It is dead now! Please save the fishery and wildlife that thrive and depend on Mattawoman's freshwater tributary. The county map by DNR shows the entire area has incredible biodiversity surrounding the airport we need to keep our green spaces. Please vote agains the airport expansion.

327 Alicia Dorr WALDORF MD Our environment is seriously ill and needs protection.

328 Vontasha Simms Waldorf MD This is an important matter to me because public health and safety is important to me . All past contacts land sales land owners and interested party should be investigated . Taxpayer's dollars should not go to private interest and or personal gain . Many activist like myself have fought hurt for accountability within our Elected Officials in regards to our Environment and Climate . Charles County has received an Award due to these efforts now it's time to continue to take action on these issues . Many generations of Indigenous Ancestors and African American people continue to live in sub standard conditions while their tax dollars go to private interest. We must do better . As Always I'm Honored To Serve You Vontasha Simms VoteSimms4SenateMD28 Re-ElectSimmsCCDCC Maryland Environmental Justice Commission Outreach and Education Maryland Climate Change Commission Environmental Climate Crisis Council Maryland State Democratic Party Sierra Club Maryland Endangered Species

329 Jacqueline Purnell Waldorf MD To Whom It May Concern I TOTALLY OPPOSE the airport expansion!!!! Thank you Jacqueline Purnell

330 Mercia Cummings Waldorf MD Unfortunately over the years I watched Charles county be built up. And a lot of its beauty be taken away. I recall as a child coming to visit family here and it just always been such a beauty with trees and greenery. And have a move down here and lived here for the last 20 years; I watch as the beauty has decreased. More homes and shopping centers have gone up. And see the impact of people. Most of what were doing occurs outside of the county. And also the beauty that attracted me here is gone and starting to push me to look at elsewhere like many others. its easy to want to just continue to build and build! But unfortunately there comes a point in time we have to leave some of the beauty or else we all lose the clean air creeks and the mini beauties they may Charles county such a unique place in southern Maryland.

331 Stephen Jones Walkersville MD Mattawoman Creek is a special area and is inexcusable that you are contemplating removing certain protections on the area. Thank you.

332 Sharon L Stewart West Friendship MD I am a Maryland resident who has enjoyed the natural beauty of the Mattawoman Creek area and I do not think it should be threatened by the proposed development. I urge you to oppose this development. THank you

333 Charles Huber Westminster MD Economic engines cannot be the be all and end all for decisions that affect a multitude of community interests. Especially in these times of severe climate change maintaining and preserving our natural resources must be given a very high priority when making these decisions. We must preserve and protect our wild places. Charles County and the people that live and visit there need a healthy and thriving Mattawoman Creek more than an expanded airport.

334 Carole Flood Westminster MD Maintaining natural areas is more important to me and my family than expanding fossil-fuel-dependent transportation and economic expansion. If we keep overtaking nature which we depend on we can no longer survive as a species ourselves. Stop expanding into natural areas!

335 Karen Holway Westminster MD Please do not industrialize a Charles County airport. We need to keep the nature we have around us. Thank you

336 Howard Kapp III Westminster MD The need is not great enough to out weigh the impact on the environment and the poor. Stop this project.

337 Tacy Lambiase Wheaton MD As a Maryland resident who cares deeply about conservation and environmental justice I urge you to reconsider this project and maintain the Watershed Conservation District designation for this area. Please protect the health of this ecosystem and local residents by opposing development at this site.

338 Carolyn Wooster White Plains MD Thank you for choosing the future of our citizens and our planet over the short-term allure of corporate interests.

339 Kat Peterson Williamsport MD Please pay close attention to our environmental issues.

340 Carol Moorefield Windsor Mill MD We drive from Baltimore City just to visit this beautiful area. Please do the right thing and begin HERE to stop Climate Change!

341 Susan Blaha Woodstock MD As a Maryland master Naturalist an avid bird watcher and conservationist I have spent a great deal of time on the Chesapeake Bay shores. I am writing to you today to ask you to prioritize protection of Mattawoman Creek and neighboring watersheds. The area is highly valued as a beautiful and biodiverse treasure in Southern Maryland and a sweet-spot for visitors to Charles County. Please say "NO" to airport development. Thank you for your consideration Susan Blaha

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481 Robert Gole Bethesda MD

482 David Elfin Bethesda MD

483 Rhodie Jorgenson Bethesda MD

484 Lila McConnell Bethesda MD

485 Jeremy Harris Bethesda MD

486 Robert Musil Bethesda MD

487 David Bowen Bethesda MD

488 Jay Barker Bethesda MD

489 Elizabeth Lester Bethesda MD

490 James Zwiebel Bethesda MD

491 Jesse Cowan Bethesda MD

492 Alan Isaac Bethesda MD

493 Lynn Reynolds Bethesda MD

494 Roland England Boonsboro MD

495 James Beeler II Boonsboro MD

496 Deanna Spindler Bowie MD

497 Todd Spindler Bowie MD

498 Lauren Zamora Bowie MD

499 April Miskell Bowie MD

500 Julia Jackson Bowie MD

501 Christina Robinson Bowie MD

502 Gretchen Aurin Bowie MD

503 Katharine Blackman Boyds MD

504 John Lowe Braddock Heights MD

505 Leslie Marcus Brandywine MD

506 Daniel Cole Brunswick MD

507 Stephanie Felton Brunswick MD

508 Cara Morris Bryans Road MD

509 Franklin Creech Bryans Road MD

510 Emily Jacobs Bryans Road MD

511 Emily Franklin Cabin John MD

512 David Thurston Cabin John MD

513 David Epstein Cabin John MD

514 Terri Strassburger Cabin John MD

515 Marie France Cabin John MD

516 Paul Fitzpatrick Cabin John MD

517 Robert Newman California MD

518 Janet Wheatley Cambridge MD

519 Lauren Malone Cambridge MD

520 Laura Epperson Catonsville MD

521 Laura Finazzo Catonsville MD

522 Giancarla Calzetta Catonsville MD

523 Randy Gullard Catonsville MD

524 Rebecca Skaar Catonsville MD

525 Kimberly Agee Centreville MD

526 Anthony DePew Charlotte Hall MD

527 Crystal Tracy Chesapeake Beach MD

528 Jan Ruttkay Chesapeake Beach MD

529 Carol Edwards Chestertown MD

530 Cindy Nell Cheverly MD

531 Aimee Kehoe Chevy Chase MD

532 Edward Evans Chevy Chase MD

533 M J Langelan Chevy Chase MD

534 Nina Stark-Slapnik Chevy Chase MD

535 Dina Lassow Chevy Chase MD

536 Emmett Lewis Chevy Chase MD

537 Marley Kinkead Chevy Chase MD

538 Suzanne Nash Chevy Chase MD

539 Randy Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer

Chevy Chase MD

540 Jane Houlihan Chevy Chase MD

541 Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Chevy Chase MD

542 Robert Smythe Chevy Chase MD

543 Joan Slettvet Churchton MD

544 Melissa Diemand Clarksburg MD

545 Amy Peters Clarksburg MD

546 Jay Rosin Clarksburg MD

547 Jennifer Ramelmeier Clarksville MD

548 Lisa Krausz Clarksville MD

549 Charles Downs Clear Spring MD

550 Susan Dickerson Clinton MD

551 Eric Wynn Clinton MD

552 Donald Ramsey II Clinton MD

553 Ron Verdonk Clinton MD

554 Hank Williams Cobb Island MD

555 Jackie Lunz Cockeysville MD

556 Lily Fountain College Park MD

557 Ayesha Amsa College Park MD

558 Ari Sanjar College Park MD

559 Todd Larsen College Park MD

560 Elizabeth Ramming College Park MD

561 Fernando Gracia College Park MD

562 Michael Phillips Columbia MD

563 Kristin Davis Columbia MD

564 Sally Robertson Columbia MD

565 Mark Catlin Columbia MD

566 Natalie Rook Columbia MD

567 Brittany Parsons Columbia MD

568 Cynthia Alden Columbia MD

569 Richard George Columbia MD

570 Valeria Frances Columbia MD

571 McKenzie Rae Scott Columbia MD

572 Kathryn Kamo Columbia MD

573 Kathryn Kamo Columbia MD

574 Sharon Rousseau Columbia MD

575 Alexis Irby Columbia MD

576 Sean Beck Columbia MD

577 Hector Rodriguez Columbia MD

578 Ferold Torchenot Columbia MD

579 Michael Morucci Columbia MD

580 Isabela Porfirio de Aguiar Columbia MD

581 Judith Kowitt Columbia MD

582 Wendy Alberg Columbia MD

583 Susan White Columbia MD

584 Georgia Conroy Crofton MD

585 Gumus Ozkok Crownsville MD

586 Valerie Brown Crownsville MD

587 Donnelle Keech Cumberland MD

588 Alan Septoff Cumberland MD

589 Lupe Bevagna Cumberland MD

590 Nicholas Farrell Cumberland MD

591 Mark Vosburgh Damascus MD

592 Jan Gustin Davidsonville MD

593 Pamela Hennessy Davidsonville MD

594 Debra Cheek Deale MD

595 Jack Demorra Delmar MD

596 Kristyn Williams Denton MD

597 Katherine White Derwood MD

598 Elizabeth Elkins Derwood MD

599 Gayle Fraley Derwood MD

600 Laurence Beck Derwood MD

601 Beatrice Weiss Derwood MD

602 Dorothy Birch Dowell MD

603 Steven Kambouris Dundalk MD

604 Mateo Vanegas Dunkirk MD

605 Sally Lounsbury Dunkirk MD

606 Agnieszka Beletsky East New Market MD

607 Bobbie Wells Easton MD

608 Mildred Bowers Edgewater MD

609 Ruth Potts Edgewater MD

610 Lloyd Lewis Edgewater MD

611 Anna Jones Edgewater MD

612 Tyler Quinn Elkridge MD

613 Richard Williams Elkridge MD

614 Supporter Unknown Elkton MD

615 Meredith Mohr Elkton MD

616 Mar Ev Elkton MD

617 Heidi Pringle Ellicott City MD

618 Suellen Seigel Ellicott City MD

619 Susan Imbach Ellicott City MD

620 Daniel Law Ellicott City MD

621 Ruby Wang Ellicott City MD

622 Greta Swanson Ellicott City MD

623 Brenda Sinnett Ellicott City MD

624 Omar Siddique Ellicott City MD

625 Douglas Sward Ellicott City MD

626 Kalliopie Lewellyn-Moon Essex MD

627 Patricia Fouse Fallston MD

628 Kelly Odell Fallston MD

629 Maggie Harding Finksburg MD

630 Maggie Harding Finksburg MD

631 Neil Roloff Finksburg MD

632 Jack Dettner Forest Hill MD

633 Meya Law Forestville MD

634 Julie Ramey Fort Washington MD

635 osenat aremu Fort Washington MD

636 Collene Johnson Fort Washington MD

637 Collene Johnson Fort Washington MD

638 Vivian Voss Fort Washington MD

639 Clarissa Salcedo Fort Washington MD

640 Claude Stark Fort Washington MD

641 Lara Lattman Frederick MD

642 Linda Coyle Frederick MD

643 Jason Berry Frederick MD

644 Patrice Gallagher Frederick MD

645 Richard Leslie Frederick MD

646 Allan Davis Frederick MD

647 Elizabeth Tobin Frederick MD

648 Virginia Brace Frederick MD

649 Jeannette Bartelt Frederick MD

650 Dawn Hummer Frederick MD

651 Tammy Mathis Frederick MD

652 Nicole Miles Frederick MD

653 Joanne Schenck Frederick MD

654 Joanne Carey-Vert Frederick MD

655 Jeremy Mcclain Frederick MD

656 Jonathan Benson Frederick MD

657 Stephanie Horseman Fruitland MD

658 Carol W and David Daniels Fulton MD

659 Cynthia Perks Fulton MD

660 Deborah Malkovich Gaithersburg MD

661 Elizabeth Moore Gaithersburg MD

662 Julia Bernard Gaithersburg MD

663 Carol Rose Gaithersburg MD

664 Madeline Amalphy Gaithersburg MD

665 Pat Burton Gaithersburg MD

666 Aimee Coogan Gaithersburg MD

667 Kirsten Suhr Gaithersburg MD

668 Teresa Laudenklos Gaithersburg MD

669 della cheryl Acapulco Gaithersburg MD

670 Cyndi Ricard Gaithersburg MD

671 Elsy Orellana Gaithersburg MD

672 Andrew Messick Gaithersburg MD

673 Janet Greiner Gaithersburg MD

674 Tara Rice Gaithersburg MD

675 Cheryl Fahlman Gaithersburg MD

676 Christine Powell Gaithersburg MD

677 Bridget Pieroni Gaithersburg MD

678 Steve Schwartzman Garrett Park MD

679 Jonathan Paul Garrett Park MD

680 Tosh Keune Germantown MD

681 Frederick and Peri Schuyler Germantown MD

682 Kathy Milani Germantown MD

683 Yuan Jiang Germantown MD

684 John Hostalka Glen Arm MD

685 Nancy Rupp Glen Burnie MD

686 Donna Breccia Glen Burnie MD

687 Douglas Whitehead Glen Burnie MD

688 Cary Moeller Glen Burnie MD

689 Joyce Robinson Glen Burnie MD

690 David Buie Glen Burnie MD

691 Ian Picard Glenn Dale MD

692 Kathryn Chappell Glenwood MD

693 Pam Bythrow Glenwood MD

694 Diana McFadden Greenbelt MD

695 Mary Ann Canter Greenbelt MD

696 Thomas Zeller Greenbelt MD

697 Sebastian Fernandez Greenbelt MD

698 Robin Russell Greenbelt MD

699 Nancy Boyd Greenbelt MD

700 Angela Oddone Greenbelt MD

701 Linda Aston Greenbelt MD

702 Eric McKenzie Greenbelt MD

703 Bob Garber Greenbelt MD

704 Wally Minnick Hagerstown MD

705 Christina Barnes Hagerstown MD

706 Andrew Albertson Hagerstown MD

707 Janet Davis Hagerstown MD

708 Joyce Harris Hagerstown MD

709 Shaun Rock Hagerstown MD

710 Renee Burgan Hagerstown MD

711 Sandra Nicht Halethorpe MD

712 Mike Bullinger Halethorpe MD

713 Susan Berthold Hampstead MD

714 Marsha Ansel Hampstead MD

715 Robin Spence Hampstead MD

716 William Boteler Hanover MD

717 Melissa Heckrotte Havre De Grace MD

718 Brittany Schmiege Havre De Grace MD

719 Caitlin Welsh Highland MD

720 Nandita Shah Highland MD

721 Elizabeth Ward Hollywood MD

722 Eric Kuhl Hollywood MD

723 Robin Jenkins Hollywood MD

724 Julie Gargano Hughesville MD

725 Nancy Berger Hunt Valley MD

726 David Donahue Huntingtown MD

727 Renee Stockdale-Homick Huntingtown MD

728 Grace Hanners Huntingtown MD

729 Leigh Altman Hyattsville MD

730 Irene Marsh Hyattsville MD

731 Lissa Bell Hyattsville MD

732 Linda Murphy Hyattsville MD

733 Brenda Skarphol Hyattsville MD

734 Arman Milanian Hyattsville MD

735 Christina Kunze Hyattsville MD

736 Ronnie Townsend Hyattsville MD

737 Kathleen Spry Ijamsville MD

738 Nina Q. Allen Indian Head MD

739 Sue Courtney Jarrettsville MD

740 Douglas Sedon Jefferson MD

741 Douglas Sedon Jefferson MD

742 Mary Cramer Jefferson MD

743 Diane Rogers Jessup MD

744 Aimee Milarski Jessup MD

745 Laura Dumais Kensington MD

746 Molly Hauck Kensington MD

747 Margaret Alpert Kensington MD

748 Katie Klim Kensington MD

749 Jeff Muller Kensington MD

750 Margaret Chasson Kensington MD

751 Eileen Dinn Kensington MD

752 Ann Borlo Kensington MD

753 Peter Good Kensington MD

754 Barbara Carr Kingsville MD

755 Mary Mann Knoxville MD

756 Mary Mann Knoxville MD

757 Cindy Falkenstein La Plata MD

758 Laura Lopez McNulty La Plata MD

759 Tracy Carroll La Plata MD

760 John Posey La Plata MD

761 Brenda Nairn-Davies La Plata MD

762 Philip Gatov La Plata MD

763 Bernadette Cannon Lanham MD

764 Lucy Duff Lanham MD

765 Alex Culver Lanham MD

766 Ann Moomau Lanham MD

767 Robin Baiettini Laurel MD

768 Anne Juba Laurel MD

769 Rachel Kelton Laurel MD

770 Kim Moninghoff Laurel MD

771 Linda Solomon Laurel MD

772 Charles Kirk Laurel MD

773 Elisabeth Kirk Laurel MD

774 Mary Morris Laurel MD

775 Corrine Vrabel Mohnasky Laurel MD

776 Elizabeth O'Shea Laytonsville MD

777 Charles Bright Leonardtown MD

778 Joseph Guy Leonardtown MD

779 Lillian Saltzman Leonardtown MD

780 Michael Taylor Leonardtown MD

781 Brandon Smith Lexington Park MD

782 Michelle Smith Lexington Park MD

783 Sandra Gwynn Lusby MD

784 Richard Shannahan Lutherville Timonium

MD

785 Chris Walters Marriottsville MD

786 Richard Strasburger Mc Henry MD

787 Joe Ann Pellini Mechanicsville MD

788 Eugene Tehansky Mechanicsville MD

789 Cathryn Reid Mechanicsville MD

790 Richard Knox Middle River MD

791 Steven Kline Middle River MD

792 Joseph Beidle Middletown MD

793 Laurel Nichols Mitchellville MD

794 Steven Woodbury Mitchellville MD

795 Anne Meadows Monkton MD

796 Donald Watson Monrovia MD

797 M Pallas Monrovia MD

798 Richard Allen Montgomery Village

MD

799 Victoria Cross Montgomery Village

MD

800 Holli Loomans-Kropp Montgomery Village

MD

801 Paula Willey Mount Airy MD

802 Jason Kling Mount Rainier MD

803 William Pope Mt Lake Park MD

804 José M. Del Valle Myersville MD

805 Jennifer Murdock Nanjemoy MD

806 S. V. M. Maharaj New Market MD

807 Sherry Ward New Market MD

808 Cynthia Arnold New Windsor MD

809 Cynthia Arnold New Windsor MD

810 Jane Horvath Newburg MD

811 r a North Potomac MD

812 Naomi Dyer North Potomac MD

813 S S Davis North Potomac MD

814 Karen Orner Nottingham MD

815 Joan Worrall Ocean City MD

816 Pat Winkelmayer Ocean Pines MD

817 Susanna Kramer Odenton MD

818 Julio Barrera-Oro Olney MD

819 Margaret Iacangelo Olney MD

820 Lisa Tate Olney MD

821 Richard Newton Treadway Overlea MD

822 Birgit Sharp Owings MD

823 Judith Beckrich Owings MD

824 Kathy Cooper Owings Mills MD

825 Jean Meyer Owings Mills MD

826 Ivy Hill Owings Mills MD

827 Phyllis Gaiti Oxford MD

828 Susan Taliaferro, R.N. Parkton MD

829 Haley Kelly Parkville MD

830 Timothy Lidard Parkville MD

831 James Tanner Parkville MD

832 Cam Pullen Parkville MD

833 Liam Dietle Parkville MD

834 Jennifer Hruza Parkville MD

835 Jennifer Sillitti Pasadena MD

836 Deborah Pafel Pasadena MD

837 Lucy Crosby Price Pasadena MD

838 Jami Hussain Pasadena MD

839 Art Sherrell Pasadena MD

840 Jane Woltereck Phoenix MD

841 Joyce Lynagh Phoenix MD

842 Sandra Kelman Pikesville MD

843 Janice Wallach Pikesville MD

844 Rebeccs Klipstein Pinto MD

845 Karl Wiegand Pisgah MD

846 David Riston Pomfret MD

847 Kim Weigner Poolesville MD

848 Robert Jacobs Poolesville MD

849 Patricia Pease Port Republic MD

850 Malinda Gray Port Tobacco MD

851 tina wilson PORT TOBACCO MD

852 Katherine Babiak Port Tobacco MD

853 Nicolette Watkins Port Tobacco MD

854 Robert Ekman Potomac MD

855 Rachel Towbin Potomac MD

856 Kristin Cook Potomac MD

857 Evan Krichevsky Potomac MD

858 M Habib Potomac MD

859 Richard Gorman Potomac MD

860 Krista Kurth Potomac MD

861 Anna Weitzman Potomac MD

862 Elizabeth Biliske Preston MD

863 Steve Garonzik Pylesville MD

864 Andrea Hallock Reisterstown MD

865 P Agodoa Riva MD

866 Andrew Farrington Riverdale MD

867 Nicholas Orrick Riverdale MD

868 Allen Yun Rockville MD

869 Alexandra Bell Rockville MD

870 Max Sanborn Rockville MD

871 Nathan B. Harrington Rockville MD

872 Faith Kirk Rockville MD

873 Victoria Crawford Rockville MD

874 Stephen Spears Rockville MD

875 Ken Ayres Rockville MD

876 Jeffrey Shires Rockville MD

877 Mary Anders Rockville MD

878 Catherine Lemp Rockville MD

879 Marilyn Lehrer Rockville MD

880 Ken Bawer Rockville MD

881 Chris Rief Rockville MD

882 David Quan Rockville MD

883 Atul Chojar Rockville MD

884 Gale Luce Rockville MD

885 Emily Silva Rockville MD

886 Edward Bielaus Rockville MD

887 Gayle Countryman-Mills Rockville MD

888 Gale Katz Rockville MD

889 Emily Glaeser Rockville MD

890 Norma Fenves Rockville MD

891 Sumaya Berg Rockville MD

892 Maria Szokolai Rockville MD

893 Jennifer Rossmere Rockville MD

894 Bonnie Svec Rockville MD

895 Elaine Preston Rockville MD

896 Mark Traversa Rockville MD

897 Leslie Berlin Rockville MD

898 Dominique Lorang Rockville MD

899 Lucy Fensom Rockville MD

900 Michael Schenk Rosedale MD

901 Wilmer Waller Royal Oak MD

902 Christy Coombs Saint Inigoes MD

903 Sharon Cargo Saint Leonard MD

904 Melanie Odette Salisbury MD

905 Lou Rimbach Salisbury MD

906 Elizabeth Griffith Salisbury MD

907 Anne Greene Sandy Spring MD

908 Cindy Stine Severna Park MD

909 John Kuriawa Severna Park MD

910 Charles McClain Severna Park MD

911 Meredith Gray Severna Park MD

912 Ellen Scaruffi Severna Park MD

913 William Wilson Shady Side MD

914 Deborah Stotelmyer Sharpsburg MD

915 Doug Stephens Sharptown MD

916 Susan Levine Silver Spring MD

917 Allison Perry Silver Spring MD

918 Kristina Borror Silver Spring MD

919 Anna Carson Silver Spring MD

920 Dale Connelly Silver Spring MD

921 David Steigerwald Silver Spring MD

922 Laurine Cooke Silver Spring MD

923 Doug Kelley Silver Spring MD

924 Monica Ogilvie Silver Spring MD

925 Douglas Wolters Silver Spring MD

926 Randi Field Silver Spring MD

927 Mary Slaughter Silver Spring MD

928 Virginia Lamprecht Silver Spring MD

929 John Kester Silver Spring MD

930 Robbie White Silver Spring MD

931 Kiera Murphy Silver Spring MD

932 Mary Withers Silver Spring MD

933 Rachel Mandelbaum Silver Spring MD

934 Daniel Marcin Silver Spring MD

935 JAN BUSSLER Silver Spring MD

936 Lonnie Weinheimer Silver Spring MD

937 Nancy Rappaport Silver Spring MD

938 Chris Fang Brehm Silver Spring MD

939 Clarisse Holman Silver Spring MD

940 Patrick Knight Silver Spring MD

941 Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring MD

942 Jeffrey Spendelow Silver Spring MD

943 Amy Truly Silver Spring MD

944 Duane Thompson Silver Spring MD

945 George Schaefer Silver Spring MD

946 Donald Cowan Silver Spring MD

947 Jennifer Wolfe Silver Spring MD

948 David Dunmire Silver Spring MD

949 Susan Gellert Silver Spring MD

950 Sally Barucchieri Silver Spring MD

951 Eileen Kane Silver Spring MD

952 Scott Okrent Silver Spring MD

953 Jean-Pierre Moundou Silver Spring MD

954 Christine Long Silver Spring MD

955 Zachary Klipstein Silver Spring MD

956 Donnis Crump Silver Spring MD

957 Barbara Gifford Silver Spring MD

958 Shana Mcfarlane Silver Spring MD

959 Lunson Tina Silver Spring MD

960 Catherine Lowry Silver Spring MD

961 Johannes Staguhn Silver Spring MD

962 Sylvia Tognetti Silver Spring MD

963 Dan Rosenberg Silver Spring MD

964 Dawn Leaf Silver Spring MD

965 Kevin Patti Silver Spring MD

966 Brian Flores Silver Spring MD

967 Brian And Barbara Ditzler Silver Spring MD

968 Kevin Walsh Silver Spring MD

969 Ann Wakefield Silver Spring MD

970 Gilbert Adams Silver Spring MD

971 Brianna Gerondale Silver Spring MD

972 Elizabeth Johnson Silver Spring MD

973 Glen Worrell Silver Spring MD

974 Mark Posner Silver Spring MD

975 James Conklin Silver Spring MD

976 Sarah Peters Silver Spring MD

977 Susan Gleason Silver Spring MD

978 Susan Robinson Silver Spring MD

979 Zachary Weinstein Silver Spring MD

980 Judith Ramos Sparrows Point MD

981 Shari O'Hagan Stevensville MD

982 Claire Miller Stevensville MD

983 Beth Luers Swanton MD

984 Gwendolyn East Sykesville MD

985 Allegra Cronin Takoma Park MD

986 John Morotta Takoma Park MD

987 Susan Klein Takoma Park MD

988 Thomas Perkins Takoma Park MD

989 Carolyn Guthrie Takoma Park MD

990 Diana Younts Takoma Park MD

991 Susanne Lowen Takoma Park MD

992 Sholey Argani Takoma Park MD

993 Elisabeth Stieg Takoma Park MD

994 Joan Murtagh Takoma Park MD

995 Richard H. Timpson Takoma Park MD

996 Kolya Braun-Greiner Takoma Park MD

997 Sian Roussel Takoma Park MD

998 Keeli Sorensen Takoma Park MD

999 Richard Stout Takoma Park MD

1000 Melanie Hiller Temple Hills MD

1001 Margaret Stambaugh Thurmont MD

1002 Patti Fredericks Thurmont MD

1003 Mary Ellen Michael Thurmont MD

1004 Susan Davies Timonium MD

1005 Bill Denison Towson MD

1006 Eric Nuermberger Towson MD

1007 Vanessa Gonzalezgreen Towson MD

1008 Linda Harder Towson MD

1009 Joan Lewin Towson MD

1010 Randyl Sachs Towson MD

1011 Diane Topper Towson MD

1012 Paul Christensen Tracys Landing MD

1013 Francine Steininger Tracys Landing MD

1014 Heather Gibson Union Bridge MD

1015 Janet Carpenter University Park MD

1016 Maureen Schriber Unknown MD

1017 Bart Landry Unknown MD

1018 Maryann Gregory Unknown MD

1019 Dennis Lawson Unknown MD

1020 Andrea Munson Upper Marlboro MD

1021 Daric Rich Upper Marlboro MD

1022 Patricia Grigsby Upper Marlboro MD

1023 Dominique Edmondson Upper Marlboro MD

1024 Judith Strohmaier Upper Marlboro MD

1025 Judith Strohmaier Upper Marlboro MD

1026 Tim Mcchesney Upper Marlboro MD

1027 Nailah Dawkins Upper Marlboro MD

1028 Eric Giles Valley Lee MD

1029 Amanda Doane Waldorf MD

1030 Tracey Smallwood Waldorf MD

1031 Karyn Molines Waldorf MD

1032 David Somerville Waldorf MD

1033 Gabriela Zabel Waldorf MD

1034 Jessica Gammon Waldorf MD

1035 Kelly Duncan Waldorf MD

1036 Nina Moore Walkersville MD

1037 Joann Gilhooly Welcome MD

1038 Cheryl Thomas Welcome MD

1039 Tracy Trobridge West Friendship MD

1040 Douglas Greitz West River MD

1041 Athanasis Piera West River MD

1042 Terri Coppersmith Westminster MD

1043 Sandra Wright Westminster MD

1044 Melissa Shaffer Westminster MD

1045 Bobby Bauer Wheaton MD

1046 Ingrid Braun White Plains MD

1047 Barbara Connor Williamsport MD

1048 Anne Jenkins Williamsport MD

1049 Frode Jacobsen Windsor Mill MD

1050 Sylvia Henderson Woodbine MD

1051 Cynthia Williams Woodbine MD

1052 Peter Alexander Woodbine MD

1053 Nick Nichols Woodstock MD