{"id":17219,"date":"2017-09-19T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=17219"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:36:09","slug":"trapping-opportunities-available-on-lower-eastern-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/09\/19\/trapping-opportunities-available-on-lower-eastern-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapping Opportunities Available on Lower Eastern Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Sealed Bids Accepted Until Oct. 18<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8469\/8405944160_955974e299.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Salt Marshes in Janes Island State Park\" width=\"361\" height=\"239\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is currently accepting bids for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/furbearers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017-2018 trapping seasons<\/a> at multiple public lands located on the Lower Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n<p>Properties include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/janesisland.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janes Island State Park<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/cedarisland.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cedar Island<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/dealisland.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deal Island<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/eavaughn.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E. A. Vaughn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/isleofwight.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle of Wight<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/johnson.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/marylandmarine.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Marine Properties<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/pocomokeriverwma.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocomoke River<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/pocomokesound.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocomoke Sound<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/southmarsh.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Marsh Island<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/wellington.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellington<\/a> wildlife management areas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bid packages must be picked up in person at <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/publiclands\/eastern\/wellington.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellington Wildlife Management Area<\/a> in Princess Anne or the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/servicecenter.aspx?ServiceCenter=Salisbury%20Service%20Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salisbury Regional Service Center<\/a>. Completed and sealed bids must be returned to the Salisbury Regional Service Center by noon Oct. 18. The bids will be opened at 1 p.m. that same day. The individual with the highest bid will be awarded annual trapping privileges.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a>\u00a0at 410-543-8223 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Furbearers that can be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/furbearers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trapped<\/a>\u00a0in Maryland include: beaver, coyote, fisher, gray fox, long-tailed weasel, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, red fox, river otter and skunk. All trappers must possess both a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/furbearers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Furbearer Permit<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/nrp\/Pages\/trappered.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate of Trapper Education.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sealed Bids Accepted Until Oct. 18 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is currently accepting bids for the 2017-2018 trapping seasons at multiple public lands located on the Lower Eastern Shore. Properties include\u00a0Janes Island State Park\u00a0and Cedar Island, Deal Island,\u00a0E. A. Vaughn,\u00a0Isle of Wight,\u00a0Johnson,\u00a0Maryland Marine Properties, Pocomoke River, Pocomoke Sound,\u00a0South Marsh Island,\u00a0and\u00a0Wellington wildlife management areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"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":[957,3172,23,12,13],"tags":[3743,3554,3744,3126,3745,3665,3733,3746,3747,3748,3749,3687,3485],"class_list":["post-17219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-wildlife","tag-cedar-island-wildlife-management-area","tag-deal-island-wildlife-management-area","tag-e-a-vaughn-wildlife-management-area","tag-eastern-shore","tag-island-of-wight-wildlife-management-area","tag-janes-island-state-park","tag-johnson-wildlife-management-area","tag-maryland-marine-properties-wildlife-management-area","tag-pocomoke-river-wildlife-management-area","tag-pocomoke-sound-wildlife-management-area","tag-south-marsh-island-wildlife-management-area","tag-trapping","tag-wellington-wildlife-management-area"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17219"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17442,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions\/17442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}