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Nov 11, 2008 10:25 am US/Eastern

Citizens Want Access To Garrett Island

PERRYVILLE, Md. (AP) ― Citizens are urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to grant public access to a portion of Garrett Island, a 200-acre federal property in the Susquehanna River near Perryville.

The island was ruled off limits to the public after the agency became its owner in 2005. Fish and Wildlife officials want to catalog the animals and plants there before allowing any public access, but the project has been slowed by a manpower shortage.

Meanwhile, Perryville resident Margaret Barrow says she has collected more than 1,100 signatures on a petition seeking at least some limited public access.

Federal officials say it's possible some access could be granted, with the cooperation of state and local officials and private citizens.

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