Love Maryland’s Outdoors? There’s an App for That!
DNR launches mobile app featuring recreation opportunities and news updates
AccessDNR App
Enjoying Maryland’s great outdoors has never been easier with the Department of Natural Resource’s new mobile app! The AccessDNR app provides the State’s hunters, anglers, boaters, park-goers ─ anyone seeking outside adventure ─ all of the latest in nature-related recreation, information and news right at their fingertips.
NRP Charges Five Watermen with Oyster Poaching
The Maryland Natural Resources Police charged five Queen Anne’s County watermen Wednesday with illegally taking 51 bushels of oysters from a protected area near the mouth of the Wicomico River within Tangier Sound. Read more 
NRP Blotter
The Maryland Natural Resources Police issued citations for hunting violations in Frederick County and on the lower Eastern Shore. Read more
Maryland’s Midwinter Waterfowl Survey Results Announced
Waterfowl Areal Survey
Each winter, aerial survey teams of pilots and biologists from The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources make visual estimates of ducks, swans and geese along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay shoreline and Atlantic coast. This year the teams witnessed more than 905,000 waterfowl, 22 percent higher than those observed in January 2013 (739,600). Read more
DNR Launches Sport Fishing Guide Cover Photo Contest
Calling all photographers! The Department of Natural Resources has a Maryland Fishing Guide cover in need of an exciting snapshot!
The shot that best showcases Maryland sport fishing will be featured on the cover of the 2015 Maryland Fishing Guide. The winner will also receive a one-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine along with a 2015 State Park Passport, which will provide unlimited day-use entry for everyone in the car and unlimited boat launching at all State Park facilities for the entire year. Read more
Second Chronic Wasting Disease Case Found in Maryland Deer
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources received laboratory confirmation on February 28 that a second white-tailed deer harvested in Maryland tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The adult female deer was harvested in Allegany County in December 2013 during firearm season. Read more
Recreation Areas in Prince George’s and Washington Counties to See Enhancements
Photo By Stephen Badger
Recreation areas in Prince George’s and Washington counties will soon receive funding for upgrades through Program Open Space. Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works approved the projects at today’s meeting in Annapolis. Read more
DNR Welcomes Public Input on State Forest Annual Work Plans
Green Ridge State Forest
Comment deadline March 31
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is currently seeking public comment on the proposed 2015 fiscal year work plan for Potomac-Garrett, Green Ridge, Savage River, Chesapeake, and Pocomoke State Forests. Read more
Cunningham Falls State Park Reopens Manor Area Following Tree Clean-Up
The Manor Area of Cunningham Falls State Park has reopened to the public as work to clear hazardous trees nears completion. Read more
Call for Volunteers: Clean-Up Along Solomons Island Road
MET staff helps protect the environment and keeps scenic byways beautiful
When: Thursday, March 20 from 10 to 11 a.m. Where: Tracys Landing Park & Ride Who: Open to the Public Contact: 410-514-7905
The Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) invites volunteers to help beautify a portion of Solomons Island Road in southern Anne Arundel County in an upcoming Adopt a Highway clean-up. MET “adopted” the nearly one-mile stretch of scenic byway last year and has pledged to keep it litter-free. Read more
