{"id":30327,"date":"2020-03-30T20:56:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:03:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:03:40","slug":"dnr-issues-guidance-on-governor-hogans-stay-at-home-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/30\/dnr-issues-guidance-on-governor-hogans-stay-at-home-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Natural Resources Issues Guidance on Governor Hogan&#8217;s Stay at Home Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/031320_NIAID_coronavirus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-30333\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/031320_NIAID_coronavirus-300x246.png\" alt=\"Coronavirus icon\" width=\"350\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/031320_NIAID_coronavirus-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/031320_NIAID_coronavirus.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Governor Larry Hogan has issued an executive order on March 30, 2020, which institutes a <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/2020\/03\/30\/as-covid-19-crisis-escalates-in-capital-region-governor-hogan-issues-stay-at-home-order-effective-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay at Home directive<\/a> and says that no Maryland resident should be leaving their home unless it is for an essential job or reason, such as obtaining food or medicine, seeking urgent medical attention, or for other necessary purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the order does allow for outdoor exercise recreation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> (DNR) is reaffirming the need for members of the public who engage in outdoor recreation to follow all rules and guidelines in place to prevent the spread of the <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Hogan has stressed that safely practiced outdoor recreation time is essential to health and well-being. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland state parks<\/a> and other public lands remain open, and residents may engage in safe, isolated activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/05\/06\/frequently-asked-questions-about-governor-hogans-stay-at-home-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Updated guidance has been issued effective May 7, 2020<\/a>.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><del>Under the executive order, no Marylander should leave their home except for an essential reason. Therefore, recreational boating is not allowed. Subsistence hunting and fishing &#8212; limited hunting and limited recreational fishing and crabbing for sustenance &#8212; can continue, however social distancing must be adhered to strictly.<\/del> No permits for fishing tournaments, including virtual tournaments, will be issued by the department until further notice. Commercial fishing is deemed essential and may continue since it is part of the food supply chain.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone engaging in outdoor activity needs to follow social distancing and other <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CDC guidelines and state regulations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department website includes a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/COVID-19-Personal-Spacing-at-Parks.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guide to social distancing and safe outdoor activity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some key guidelines include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only individuals, immediate family members, and people who reside together should engage in outdoor activities &#8212; these groups should be limited to 10 people or fewer, and distance of at least six feet from others should be maintained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extra soap or hand sanitizer should be packed for any activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone who is sick or has been sick the past two weeks should stay home.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/COVID-19-DNR.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proactive<\/a> in protecting public and employee health since Governor Hogan first declared a state of emergency on March 5, 2020. DNR has closed its offices and licensing centers and canceled public meetings and special events. State beaches, campgrounds, pavilions, playgrounds, and other facilities have been closed to prevent potential spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In recent weeks, department staff has reported that the vast majority of state park visitors are enjoying passive, solitary activities and complying with the governor&#8217;s orders on social distancing and avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Natural Resources Police, an essential first responder force, and Maryland State Parks staff will continue to patrol these sites and other locations to enforce the orders, disperse crowds and protect the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More details are available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/31\/frequently-asked-questions-about-governor-hogans-stay-at-home-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> page.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Larry Hogan has issued an executive order on March 30, 2020, which institutes a Stay at Home directive and says that no Maryland resident should be leaving their home unless it is for an essential job or reason, such as obtaining food or medicine, seeking urgent medical attention, or for other necessary purposes. While<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/30\/dnr-issues-guidance-on-governor-hogans-stay-at-home-order\/\">&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":[957,3171,11,1965,4998,3172,23,12,14,33,13],"tags":[3197,4335,5044,4960,2952,4975,4981],"class_list":["post-30327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hiking","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-nrp-news","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-boating","tag-crabbing","tag-fishing","tag-hunting","tag-larry-hogan","tag-maryland-natural-resources-police","tag-maryland-state-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30327","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=30327"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30621,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30327\/revisions\/30621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}