Welcome to the news archive for Friends of Greenbury Point. Here you’ll find past updates, announcements, and important information about our efforts to protect and preserve this cherished natural area.
The Baltimore Banner, July 17, 2023, “Greenbury Point should be part of a Chesapeake Bay national park” https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/greenbury-point-chesapeake-bay-holly-beach-sandy-point-chris-van-hollen-john-sarbanes-whitehall-manor-UBVY6NG2YFBCRNNJYEGALEMUOA/
Annapolis Creative, May 4, 2022, “U.S. Navy addresses concerns about Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, July 17, 2023, “Maryland congressional delegation moves to keep Annapolis Greenbury Point open to the public”
Chris Van Hollen | U.S. Senator for Maryland, July 17, 2023, Van Hollen, Cardin, Sarbanes Secure Language to Halt Changes to Greenbury Point Access in Annual Defense Bill”
The The Baltimore Banner, July 17, 2023, “Greenbury Point should be part of a Chesapeake Bay national park”
Washington Post, June 16, 2023, “Opinion | The Navy should back off another Annapolis golf course” – Tom Jurkowsky
Club and Resort Business, June 15, 2023, “News of Potential Jack Nicklaus Course Once Again Riles Environmentalists”
The Washington Post, June 13, 2023, “Potential Jack Nicklaus golf course tees up environmentalists’ fury”
Chesapeake Bay Magazine, May 23, 2023, “Feedback Wanted On Navy’s Plan To Build New RV Park At Severn River’s Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, May 5, 2023, “The battle of Greenbury Point; let’s save an important ecological site | Commentary” – Gerald Winegrad
Stars and Stripes, January 27, 2023, “Maryland lawmakers urge more public input on Navy’s proposed Greenbury Point ‘danger zones’”
The Capital Gazette, January 26, 2023, “Cardin, Van Hollen and Sarbanes urge more public input on Navy’s proposed Greenbury Point ‘Danger Zones’”
The Capital Gazette, December 30, 2022, “Commentary | After depressing 2022, let’s make kindness a priority in 2023″ – Gerald Winegrad
The Baltimore Banner, December 30, 2022, “Unlikely Predictions for 2023, June”
The Capital Gazette, December 25, 2022, “We need to preserve Greenbury Point” – Rebecca Wilde
The Capital Gazette, November 20, 2022, “A push to reopen Greenbury Point | Reader Commentary”
Patch.com, October 20, 2022, “Anne Arundel County Executive Debate: Analyzing Pittman Vs. Haire”
The Baltimore Sun, October 20, 2022, “Four takeaways from the Anne Arundel County executive debate between Steuart Pittman and Jessica Haire”
The Capital Gazette, October 20, 2022, “Four takeaways from the Anne Arundel County executive debate between Steuart Pittman and Jessica Haire”
WTOP, October 19, 2022, “Haire, Pittman sling insults in Anne Arundel debate, but find they have plenty to agree on, too”
Maryland Matters, October 19, 2022, “Haire, Pittman sling insults in Anne Arundel debate, but find they have plenty to agree on, too”
The Capital Gazette, October 18, 2022, “Jessica Haire, Steuart Pittman debate Anne Arundel issues in county executive forum | VIDEO – Greenbury Point”
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The Washington Post, October 4, 2022,“Opinion | Annapolis doesn’t want a new Navy golf course” – Tom Jurkowsky, Annapolis
Annapolis Creative, October 4, 2022, “Boasting about removing large trees is par for the course with the Naval Academy Golf Association – delving into the press releases and rhetoric about a second golf course”
The Capital Gazette, October 2, 2022, “Reader Commentary: Buckley wrong on Greenbury Point resolution” – David Means, Annapolis
Naval District Washington, September 29, 2022, “Greenbury Point FAQ”
The Capital Gazette, September 23, 2022, “Annapolis City Council Votes Down Resolution Opposing Golf Course at Greenbury Point”
Meanwhile, in Annapolis, September 23, 2022, “Sometimes a Hat Is More than Something that Just Covers Your Head”
The Capital Gazette, September 13, 2022, “Annapolis City Council Moves Forward with Fall Legislation Schedule After August Recess”
The Capital Gazette, September 13, 2022, “Providence Point Project Has Reached Critical Point”
The Baltimore Sun, September 6, 2022, “Saving the Chesapeake Bay: How the Small Things All Add Up”
Bay Weekly, August 25, 2022, “On the Hunt for Biodiversity”
The Leader (Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community), August 23, 2022, “Morning Coffee”
Military Times, August 22, 2022, “Battle over New Naval Academy Golf Course Is a Double Bogey”
The Navy Times, August 22, 2022, “Battle over New Naval Academy Golf Course Is a Double Bogey”
The Capital Gazette, August 21, 2022, “Navy Should Focus on Important Issues, Not Golf”– Retired US Navy Rear Admiral Tom Jurkowsky, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, August 21, 2022, “Commentary: Golf,Conservation Can Coexist at Greenbury Point” – Former Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, August 21, 2022, “Commentary: Greenbury Point Golf Course Plan Is Incompatible with Conservation” – Annapolis County Council Member Elly Tierney, Annapolis
The Southern Maryland Chronicle, August 18, 2022, “Navy Golf Course Proposal on Chesapeake Bay Shorelines Hits Roadblock”
Association of Defense Communities, August 18, 2022, “In Our Communities”
Club & Resort Business, August 17, 2022, “US Navy Halts Talks on Proposed Golf Course””
Patch, August 17, 2022, “Proposed Golf Course Falls Through After County Suggests Park Instead”
MSN, August 17, 2022, “Proposed Golf Course Falls Through After County Suggests Park Instead”
Eye on Annapolis, August 17, 2022, “Daily News Brief”
Baltimore Business Journal, August 17, 2022, “8 Things You Need to Know this Morning”
The Capital Gazette, August 17, 2022, “Navy Pauses Consideration of Competing Plans to Lease Greenbury Point; Navy Athletic Official Still Seeks Golf Course”
Meanwhile in Annapolis, August 16, 2022, “Exclusive: Naval Academy Athletic Association Ready to Submit its Proposal for Greenbury Point””
WTOP-FM, August 16, 2022, “A Popular Nature Area in Annapolis will Remain Unchanged after Competing Bids to the Navy”
Inside Climate News, August 16, 2022, “The Navy Abandons a Plan to Develop a Golf Course on a Protected Conservation Site Near the Naval Academy in Annapolis””
The Baltimore Banner, August 16, 2022, “The Navy Abandons a Plan to Develop a Golf Course on a Protected Conservation Site Near the Naval Academy in Annapolis””
What’s Up Annapolis, August 16, 2022, “Chesapeake Bay Foundation Statement on Competitive Leases at Navy’s Greenbury Point”
Eye on Annapolis, August 16, 2022, “Daily News Brief”
The Chesapeake Bay Journal, August 16, 2022, “Navy Golf Course Proposal on Chesapeake Bay Shorelines Hits Roadblock”
The Capital Gazette, August 15, 2022, “Navy Will no Longer Consider Proposals by Anne Arundel County or Golf Association to Lease Greenbury Point”
WMAR-TV, Channel 2, ABC, August 15, 2022, “Naval Academy Wants Golf Course, Community Wants to Preserve Greenbury Point”
Yahoo! News, August 15, 2022, “Naval Academy Wants Golf Course, Community Eyes Preserving Greenbury Point”
The Washington Post, August 15, 2022, “Navy Says Dueling Lease Proposals for Greenbury Point not under Consideration”
Annapolis Creative, August 15, 2022, “Navy Says Proposals from Naval Academy Golf Association and Anne Arundel County ‘No Longer Possible to Consider’”
Chesapeake Bay Magazine, August 15, 2022, “USNA Golf Development at Greenbury Point Off the Table (For Now)”
Chesapeake Bay Magazine, August 15, 2022, “County-Run Park Proposed to Save Greenbury Point from USNA Golf Course Plan”
The Capital Gazette, August 15, 2022, “Commentary:Recreational Importance of Greenbury Point” –Bob Cawood, Annapolis
The Hill, August 14, 2022, “Opposition Builds Against Plan to Turn Naval Academy Park on Chesapeake Bay into Golf Course”
On Cue Sports, August 14, 2022, “Opposition Builds Against Plan to Turn Naval Academy Park on Chesapeake Bay into Golf Course”
The Capital Gazette, August 14, 2022, “Letter to the Editor:Save Greenbury Point” –Izabela Sweeney, Annapolis
The Baltimore Banner, August 13, 2022, “News Quiz”
Meanwhile in Annapolis, August 12, 2022, “After Failing to Unlock Holly Beach Farm, County Exec Turns to Greenbury Point”
The Washington Post, August 11, 2022, “Md. County Petitions Navy for a Park, Not a Golf Course, at Disputed Site”
Inside Climate News, August 11, 2022, “Anne Arundel County Wants the Navy’s Greenbury Point to Remain a Wetland, Not Become an 18-Hole Golf Course”
Club & Resort Business, August 11, 2022, “US Navy Asked to Drop Golf Course Plan in Favor of Conservation Area”
The Baltimore Sun, August 11, 2022, “Countering Navy’s Plan for a Golf Course, Anne Arundel County Executive Proposes Lease of Greenbury Point as Conservation Area”
The Capital Gazette, August 11, 2022, “Anne Arundel County Executive Wants to Lease Greenbury Point as a Conservation Area, in Place of Navy Golf Course Plan”
WTOP-FM, August 11, 2022, “Anne Arundel Asks to Lease Conservation Area Navy Plans to Turn into Golf Course”
Eye on Annapolis, August 11, 2022, “Daily News Brief”
Eye on Annapolis, August 10, 2022, “Pittman to Navy: Anne Arundel County Wants to Lease Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, August 10, 2022, “Navy Should Reject Greenbury Point Golf Plans”-Jim Scott, Arnold
The Capital Gazette, August 7, 2022, “Greenbury Point Is a Treasure”– Ooana Page, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, August 7, 2022, “Greenbury Point Rich in Plant, Animal Life”-Jessy Oberright, Annapolis
The Washington Post, August 4, 2022, “The Navy Tees Up a New Threat to Chesapeake”-Mike Brinck, Bethany Beach, Delaware
The Washington Post, August 4, 2022, “The Navy Tees Up a New Threat to Chesapeake”-Blair Caviness, Luray
The Washington Post, August 4, 2022, “The Navy Tees Up a New Threat to Chesapeake”- S. Representative Betty McCollum, Member of the House Appropriations Committee where she serves as the Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, the Vice Chair of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee, and as a member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee
What’s Up Annapolis, August 4, 2022, “Water, Water Everywhere, But…”
WYPR, August 5, 2022, “Proposed Annapolis Golf Course Inside Environmental Conservation Area Draws Critics”
Annapolis Creative, August 3, 2022, “With Missions Off Course, Who Has Oversight of the Incestuous Relationship between the S. Naval Academy, Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Naval District Washington and the Naval Academy Golf Association?”
Club & Resort Business, August 1, 2022, “Thought of a Second Naval Academy Golf Course Riles Environmentalists”
The Washington Post, July 31, 2022, “S. Naval Academy’s Plan for New Golf Course Angers Environmentalists”
On Cue Sports, July 31, 2022, “U.S. Naval Academy’s Plan for New Golf Course Angers Environmentalists”
Meanwhile in Annapolis, July 29, 2022, “Sarbanes on Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, July 27, 2022, “Letter to the Editor:Greenbury Point, Green Space, Not Golf” –Brian Broderick, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, July 24, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Greenbury Point Should Not Become a Golf Course” –Mark Halleman, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, July 24, 2022, “Annapolis Greenbury Point Golf Couse Proposal Remains Under Review by the Navy”
The Baltimore Sun, July 24, 2022, “Annapolis Greenbury Point Golf Couse Proposal Remains Under Review by the Navy”
Inside Climate News, July 22, 2022, “The S. Naval Academy Plans a Golf Course on a Nature Preserve. One MD Congressman Says Not So Fast”
The Baltimore Banner, July 22, 2022, “The S. Naval Academy Plans a Golf Course on a Nature Preserve. One MD Congressman Says Not So Fast”
The Bay Net, July 17, 2022, “Proposed Navy Golf Course Expansion Faces Backlash”
The Capital Gazette, July 17, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Golf Course Proposal Is Unthinkable” – Angela Carpita, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, July 17, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Striders Oppose Greenbury Point Golf Course ” – Casey Rayburg, Annapolis
The Capital Gazette, July 17, 2022, Political Cartoon
The Star Democrat, July 11, 2022, “Course Correction”
Southern Maryland Chronicle, July 8, 2022, “Navy Academy golf course draws fire from locals, environmentalists”
The Chesapeake Bay Journal, July 7, 2022, “Navy Academy golf course draws fire from locals, environmentalists”
The Capital Gazette, June 19, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Don’t Destroy Greenbury Point” – Hutch Robbins, Annapolis
Eye on Annapolis, June 13, 2022, “Daily News Brief”
Meanwhile in Annapolis, June 13, 2022, “Well that Certainly Got Everyone’s Attention: Update on the Plan for a New Greenbury Point Golf Course”
Eye on Annapolis, June 11, 2022, “Conservation Organizations Commission Survey on Expanded Golf Course at Greenbury Point”
sharonleestable.com, June 9, 2022, “Greenbury Point Golf Course Proposal Threatens to Destroy Pristine Environment
Patch, June 9, 2022, “Golf Course Proposed in Annapolis, Residents Petition to Stop Project”
Annapolis Creative, June 6, 2022, “Public Input and Transparency in Plans Leading to Construction of Cottages at Greenbury Point and 2019 Golf Course Renovation Wasn’t Required”
The Capital Gazette, June 5, 2022, “Greenbury Point golf course would benefit public, wildlife” – Michael Collins, Annapolis
What’s Up? Media, June 2, 2022, “Marylanders Oppose Developing a Golf Course at the Greenbury Point Conservation Area”
The Capital Gazette, May 29, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Save Greenbury Point Critical Area from Development” – Sue Steinbrook, Annapolis
Annapolis Creative, May 16, 2022, “Chesapeake Bay Foundation opposes golf course expansion at Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, May 15, 2022, “Letter to the Editor: Can the State Take Action on the Proposed Navy Golf Course?” – Jim Stoops, retired policy analyst with the Maryland General Assembly Department of Legislature Service
Annapolis Creative, May 13, 2022, “Citing “serious and irreparable damage to the environment,” Severn River Association and Chesapeake Conservancy opposed to Navy’s golf course expansion”
Annapolis Creative, May 12, 2022, “More questions than answers on Navy’s possible leasing of Greenbury Point for golf course expansion”
WNAV, May 11, 2022, “US Navy Is Considering Expanding Its Golf Course on Environmentally Sensitive Land of Greenbury Point”
The Capital Gazette, May 11, 2022, “Navy considering new golf course at Greenbury Point, concerning environmentalists”
The Baltimore Sun, May 11, 2022, “Navy considering new golf course at Greenbury Point, concerning environmentalists”
Chesapeake Bay Magazine, May 10, 2022, “Proposal to Expand Navy Golf Course at Annapolis’s Greenbury Point Faces Backlash”
Annapolis Creative, May 6, 2022, “Meeting to inform neighboring communities about Greenbury Point postponed”
Meanwhile in Annapolis, May 6, 2022, “Navy golf course considers expansion, and Annapolis goes a little nuts over the future of Greenbury Point”
Annapolis Creative, May 6, 2022, “Can the U.S. Navy lease the land at Greenbury Point for an expansion of the golf course? Meeting scheduled to explain plans to neighboring communities”
Annapolis Creative, May 4, 2022, “U.S. Navy addresses concerns about Greenbury Point”
Annapolis Creative, April 13, 2025, “Gladchuck isn’t giving up the idea of a new golfcourse on GreenburyPoint…”