{"id":23534,"date":"2018-08-14T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=23534"},"modified":"2018-08-14T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T13:50:34","slug":"national-hunting-and-fishing-day-celebrated-sept-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/08\/14\/national-hunting-and-fishing-day-celebrated-sept-23\/","title":{"rendered":"National Hunting and Fishing Day Celebrated Sept. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Free, Family-Friendly Event in Washington County<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/633\/21604128669_bbf8707a83.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of archery instruction\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/>Anglers, conservationists, hunters and others interested in the great outdoors are invited to take part in the annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/NHFD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Hunting and Fishing Day<\/a>\u00a0celebration Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0and Izaak Walton League of America will host a <strong>free<\/strong>, family-friendly event \u2013 rain or shine \u2013 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/3XjZFwUnrAE2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12759 Independence Road, Clear Spring<\/a> in Washington County.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring exhibits from various sportsman clubs, conservation organizations and small businesses, visitors will enjoy educational and interactive activities and programming, including spin-casting and wildlife identification, as well as instructor-led archery and target shooting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event is designed for individuals who share a love for the great outdoors, from youth to seasoned anglers, hunters and shooters interested in speaking with staff or other like-minded individuals, organizations or vendors,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a>\u00a0Hunter Recruitment Specialist Chris Markin said. \u201cIt is also a great opportunity to educate and engage citizens about the important role that fishing and hunting play in natural resource conservation and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Hunting and Fishing Day was created by the National Shooting Sports Foundation in 1972 to celebrate the conservation successes of America\u2019s anglers and hunters. Sportsmen generate nearly $800 million annually for state and local economies, supporting countless jobs, boosting local economies and helping fund public resources and wildlife management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free, Family-Friendly Event in Washington County Anglers, conservationists, hunters and others interested in the great outdoors are invited to take part in the annual\u00a0National Hunting and Fishing Day\u00a0celebration Sept. 22. The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0and Izaak Walton League of America will host a free, family-friendly event \u2013 rain or shine \u2013 from 10 a.m. to<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/08\/14\/national-hunting-and-fishing-day-celebrated-sept-23\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/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":[957,11,3172],"tags":[4312,3603,3601,2909],"class_list":["post-23534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","category-hunting","tag-conservation","tag-izaak-walton-league-of-america","tag-national-hunting-and-fishing-day","tag-washington-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534","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=23534"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23545,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions\/23545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}