{"id":30684,"date":"2020-05-20T08:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30684"},"modified":"2020-05-20T08:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:02:48","slug":"maryland-offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/05\/20\/maryland-offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Offshore Blind and Shoreline Licensing Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications Must Be Submitted and Postmarked by May 31<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4460\/37507219872_9561cfc825.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of offshore waterfowl hunting blind\" width=\"349\" height=\"245\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lori R. Bramble<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/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\"> is now accepting offshore waterfowl blind and shoreline license <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/OSBL_App.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for riparian (waterfront) property owners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riparian property owners, or anyone granted permission by the owner, may license their shoreline allowing them to establish offshore stationary blinds or blind sites for hunting waterfowl, and\/or prevent others from hunting the shoreline at a later date.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Applicants must submit paperwork and fees by mail, postmarked no later than May 31, 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Property owners may license their shoreline in a one-year or three-year increment, at a cost of $20 per year. Landowners who miss the May 31<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deadline may participate in the \u201copen\u201d licensing process that begins August 4, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications and information on laws related to shoreline licensing for riparian property owners are available <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Licenses\/riparian.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or by calling the Wildlife and Heritage Service at 410-260-8538, toll free at 1-877-620-8367.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications Must Be Submitted and Postmarked by May 31 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting offshore waterfowl blind and shoreline license applications for riparian (waterfront) property owners. Riparian property owners, or anyone granted permission by the owner, may license their shoreline allowing them to establish offshore stationary blinds or blind sites for<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/05\/20\/maryland-offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open\/\">&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],"tags":[4960,3028,3027,3030,5045],"class_list":["post-30684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-hunting","tag-offshore-blind","tag-riparian-property","tag-waterfowl","tag-wildlife-and-heritage-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684","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=30684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30687,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions\/30687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}