Bidding Open for Trapping Privileges on Select Eastern Shore Wildlife Management Areas

Muskrat

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is accepting bids for the 2015-2016 trapping season at Ellis Bay, Fishing Bay, Idylwild, LeCompte, Linkwood, Nanticoke River, Taylor’s Island, and Wetipquin wildlife management areas (WMA). 

Applicants must pick up their bid packages in person at LeCompte WMA (4220 Steele Neck Road, Vienna, MD 21869) and return them, sealed, via mail or in person by 12 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2015. DNR will award annual trapping leases to the highest bidder, as determined during the bid opening, to be held at 1 p.m. that same day.

For more information, please call 410-376-3236 ext. 302 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.