News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering free tree seedlings to help improve water quality in targeted Eastern Shore communities. Landowners in Kent and Queen Anne’s counties who have a creek, drainage ditch, stream, or other waterway on or near their property are eligible for free tree seedlings through the department’s Backyard Buffer program. […]
Continue ReadingThe 16th Annual Maryland Department of Natural Resources Photo Contest runs now through Aug. 30, 2019. All winners will be featured in the department’s 2020 wall calendar and published in the winter 2020 edition of the magazine. New this year, all entries must be submitted online. No hard copies of photographs will be accepted. Enter […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the statewide spring turkey season will kick off Saturday, April 13 with Junior Turkey Hunt Day. All hunters can try to bag a bird during the regular statewide spring turkey season, April 18-May 23, 2019. For the first part of the regular hunting season, April 18-May 9, […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting public comment on the proposed 2019-2020 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons. The comment period continues until noon on March 15, 2019. Proposed season dates for all migratory game birds can be viewed on the department’s website. The seasons will be finalized in spring 2019, after the […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces that the two-week firearm hunting season for sika and white-tailed deer opens November 24 and runs through December 8, 2018. “The two-week firearms season remains our most popular hunting opportunity in the state,” Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said. “More than one-third of the harvest occurs […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources aims to expand tree cover on public lands across the state by offering affordable and attractive trees for planting on public lands and open space through its Tree-Mendous Maryland program. Church, civic, community and school groups, homeowners associations, local governments, nonprofits, and others are eligible to purchase shrubs and […]
Continue ReadingHunters can now submit applications for the annual permit-only waterfowl hunting days at Deal Island Wildlife Management Area and Fairmount Wildlife Management Area impoundments in Somerset County. Applications to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources must be received by Sept. 10. Permits will be issued through a lottery drawing, with assignments based on a hunter’s […]
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