{"id":30007,"date":"2020-01-28T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30007"},"modified":"2020-02-06T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T18:16:42","slug":"public-comment-sought-for-hunting-and-trapping-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/28\/public-comment-sought-for-hunting-and-trapping-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Comment Sought for Hunting and Trapping Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Input Taken Beginning Feb. 3; Public Meetings Scheduled<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8592\/28118119801_e411dba4d9.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of man hunting with his retriever\" width=\"384\" height=\"255\" \/>The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in February will accept public comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/Comments\/Hunting_Seasons\/2020-2022-Proposed-Hunting-Seasons.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed changes to the 2020-2022 hunting and trapping seasons<\/a>. Included in the proposals are concepts related to the 2020-2021 Migratory Game Bird Seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the past several months, the department has presented a variety of management concepts to internal and external stakeholders representing a diverse group of staff, citizens, and advisers.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are now pleased to present the current concepts for further public review and input,\u201d Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cWe look forward to this phase of the public process as it always helps inform and further refine our proposals.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The public can <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/Comments\/Hunting_Seasons\/2020-2022-Proposed-Hunting-Seasons.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">view the proposed regulations<\/a> and comment\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Feb. 3 through Feb. 24. The department will also accept feedback by phone at 410-260-8540, by fax at 410-260-8596, or in writing to Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service, 580 Taylor Avenue, E-1, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposals will also be presented and discussed in person at the following public meetings:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Wye Mills:<\/strong> Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chesapeake.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chesapeake College<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span>1000 College Circle, Wye Mills<br \/>\nRoom 127 in the Health Professions and Athletics Center<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Hagerstown:<\/strong> Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wcpsmd.com\/schools\/high-schools\/south-hagerstown-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Hagerstown High School<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1101 S Potomac St, Hagerstown. Follow signs to the meeting location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Citizens with any questions may contact the department at 410-260-8540.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Input Taken Beginning Feb. 3; Public Meetings Scheduled The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources in February will accept public comment on proposed changes to the 2020-2022 hunting and trapping seasons. Included in the proposals are concepts related to the 2020-2021 Migratory Game Bird Seasons.\u00a0 Through the past several months, the department has presented a variety of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/28\/public-comment-sought-for-hunting-and-trapping-seasons\/\">&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":[957,3172,13],"tags":[3218,4960,4498,3071,2945,3687,5097],"class_list":["post-30007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","category-wildlife","tag-hagerstown","tag-hunting","tag-hunting-seasons","tag-migratory-game-bird-hunting-seasons","tag-paul-peditto","tag-trapping","tag-wye-mills"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30007","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=30007"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30091,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30007\/revisions\/30091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}