{"id":28331,"date":"2019-06-05T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=28331"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:59:24","slug":"elk-neck-state-park-shooting-range-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/06\/05\/elk-neck-state-park-shooting-range-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Neck State Park Shooting Range Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Upgrades Completed for Sept. 6 Opening<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"PhotoThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> is pleased to announce the rifle and shotgun ranges at Elk Neck State Forest<\/a> in Cecil County will re-open at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, following completion of a critical maintenance project this summer.<\/p>\n

During the six-week project, the department\u2019s contractor enhanced numerous safety and comfort features. Upgrades include a new concrete slab with new pavilion posts aligned with the shooting range baffles. The contractor also constructed and installed new shooting stations, lane partitions, and pavilion back rests.<\/p>\n

The department worked with the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office in repairing 22 sections of range safety baffles. An important safety addition is a No Blue Sky system — a feature which helps shooters focus only on their intended target and keeps rounds safely within the facility.<\/p>\n

The range is popular with shooting sports enthusiasts and hunters who are honing their skills ahead of Maryland\u2019s fall hunting seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Upgrades Completed for Sept. 6 Opening The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce the rifle and shotgun ranges at Elk Neck State Forest in Cecil County will re-open at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, following completion of a critical maintenance project this summer. During the six-week project, the department\u2019s contractor enhanced numerous  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"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":[1965,3172],"tags":[2934,5003,4569,3288],"class_list":["post-28331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","tag-cecil-county","tag-cecil-county-sherrifs-office","tag-elk-neck-state-forest","tag-shooting-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28331","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28331"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28337,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28331\/revisions\/28337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}