{"id":11998,"date":"2016-11-16T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=11998"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:07:30","slug":"anglers-gain-improved-access-to-beaver-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/11\/16\/anglers-gain-improved-access-to-beaver-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglers Gain Improved Access to Beaver Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Department Acquisition Opens Up Trout Fishery<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/river-016-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12007 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/river-016-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"river-016-1\" width=\"350\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a>The Board of Public Works unanimously approved today the <a href=\"dnr.maryland.gov\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> acquisition of 6.5 acres in Washington County, which will secure public fishing access to Beaver Creek,\u00a0a tributary to Antietam Creek.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition will provide anglers enhanced and improved access to Beaver Creek, a unique spring-fed creek environment that supports an excellent fishery for wild brown trout,\u201d said Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer. &#8220;The limestone stream provides an excellent\u00a0year-round fishery for residents and visitors alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Located downstream from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/hatcheries\/powell.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Albert M. Powell State Fish Hatchery<\/a>\u00a0in Hagerstown, the new area will\u00a0provide\u00a0public access to Beaver Creek for catch-and-release fly-fishing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/land\/Pages\/ProgramOpenSpace\/Program-Open-Space-Stateside-Targeting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Program Open Space<\/a> acquisition provides increased public access to nearly half of the current one-mile special trout management area, which was\u00a0previously\u00a0private land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department Acquisition Opens Up Trout Fishery The Board of Public Works unanimously approved today the Maryland Department of Natural Resources acquisition of 6.5 acres in Washington County, which will secure public fishing access to Beaver Creek,\u00a0a tributary to Antietam Creek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11998"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12014,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions\/12014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}