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Article: Developer Under Fire On 2 Sides of Atlantic; Beech Tree Planner Faces Opposition in Ireland
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- The Washington Post
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- July 7, 1999
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Whether it's Beech Tree in Upper Marlboro, or the beaches of
Ireland, golf course developer Gerald Barton is feeling heat from
critics who say his projects will hurt, not enhance, the environment.
In Prince George's County, the opposition centers on the
stripeback darter, an endangered fish first found in 1995 at a point
where the East Branch meets the Collington Branch, smack in the
middle of the 1,200-acre tract known as Beech Tree.
In Ireland, Friends of the Irish Environment have mobilized on
behalf of the narrow-mouth whorl snail, a critter less than 2
millimeters long that lives in coastal dunes.
On both sides of the Atlantic, Barton, who has hired Australian
golf pro Greg Norman to ...