{"id":24276,"date":"2018-10-01T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=24276"},"modified":"2018-10-01T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T14:28:10","slug":"outdoor-enthusiasts-have-yet-another-way-to-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/10\/01\/outdoor-enthusiasts-have-yet-another-way-to-give-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Enthusiasts Have Yet Another Way to Give Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Partnership with Chesapeake Bay Trust Establishes\u00a0Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1481\/25114090735_52f1f3474a.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of waterfowl hunter at dusk\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/>Anglers, boaters and hunters who purchase their licenses or registrations from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> have a new way to give back to natural resources they enjoy and love. In partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the department announced\u00a0today\u00a0a new voluntary option in the online checkout for the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbtrust.org\/mdoutdoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Funds generated by the new program will be distributed as grants for on-the-ground conservation and restoration projects that seek to enhance habitat and water quality as well as programs aimed at getting K-12 students outdoors. Grants will be provided to nonprofits in support of environmental and natural resources priorities throughout the state, from the Youghiogheny to the Coastal Bays.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur citizens and customers shared our commitment and passion for the great outdoors, and are great advocates and stewards in the conservation, protection and wise use of our state\u2019s lands and waters,\u201d Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cThanks to our strong partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, we can provide our customers with an easy and simple way to give back to nature\u2019s bounty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grants from the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund will support projects as small as $100 to over $500,000 made to community and environmental organizations as well as research and watershed groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to make stronger connections between the fishing, hunting and boating communities, and improvement of the resources they enjoy,\u201d Chesapeake Bay Trust Executive Director Jana Davis said. \u201cThe evidence is mounting that being outdoors is good for all of us: We want these communities to have an option not just to enjoy their outdoor activities, but the opportunity to take part in restoring and protecting outdoor resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All contributions will be tax deductible. Contributors over $10 will have the option of enrolling in a \u201cPerks Program,\u201d which offers discounts and preferred parking at local businesses throughout Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of projects supported by the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boating field trips<\/li>\n<li>Eel, oyster, shad, terrapin, trout and other raise-and-release programs for students<\/li>\n<li>Living shoreline projects, including access for canoes and kayaks<\/li>\n<li>Local sustainable seafood projects<\/li>\n<li>Research to improve efficacy of stream restoration practices<\/li>\n<li>Trout stream restoration projects<\/li>\n<li>Wetland restoration projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For every $20 contributed, one tree can be planted and one student can receive an outdoor field trip.<\/p>\n<p>Funds will be managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Trust, a nonprofit grant-making organization established by the Maryland state legislature in 1985.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnership with Chesapeake Bay Trust Establishes\u00a0Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund Anglers, boaters and hunters who purchase their licenses or registrations from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have a new way to give back to natural resources they enjoy and love. In partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the department announced\u00a0today\u00a0a new voluntary<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/10\/01\/outdoor-enthusiasts-have-yet-another-way-to-give-back\/\">&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":[957,3171,11,1965,3172,23,12,33,13],"tags":[3197,2959,4312,2967],"class_list":["post-24276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-boating","tag-chesapeake-bay-trust","tag-conservation","tag-jana-davis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24276","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=24276"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24342,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24276\/revisions\/24342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}