{"id":28358,"date":"2019-09-06T14:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T18:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=28358"},"modified":"2019-09-09T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T21:00:33","slug":"elk-neck-state-forest-shooting-range-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/09\/06\/elk-neck-state-forest-shooting-range-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Neck State Forest Shooting Range Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Critical Maintenance Completed for Sept. 6 Opening<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48687744193_9332ab04d3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of renovated shooting pavilion at Elk Neck State Forest\" width=\"405\" height=\"227\" \/>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce the rifle and shotgun ranges at <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/central_elkneckforest.aspx\">Elk Neck State Forest<\/a> in Cecil County reopens at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, following completion of a critical maintenance project this summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department worked with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccgov.org\/government\/sheriff-s-office\">Cecil County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> in repairing 22 sections of range safety baffles. An important safety addition is a No Blue Sky system &#8212; a feature which helps shooters focus only on their intended target and keeps rounds safely within the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The range is popular with shooting sports enthusiasts and hunters who are honing their skills ahead of Maryland\u2019s fall hunting seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical Maintenance 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 reopens at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, following completion of a critical maintenance project this summer.\u00a0 During the six-week project, the department\u2019s contractor enhanced numerous safety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/09\/06\/elk-neck-state-forest-shooting-range-reopens\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/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":[1965,3172,23,12],"tags":[5008,4569,5009],"class_list":["post-28358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","tag-cecil-county-sheriffs-office","tag-elk-neck-state-forest","tag-sport-shooting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28358","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=28358"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28391,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28358\/revisions\/28391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}