{"id":31124,"date":"2020-08-18T11:04:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=31124"},"modified":"2020-08-18T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:11:17","slug":"hunting-lottery-open-for-chesapeake-forest-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/08\/18\/hunting-lottery-open-for-chesapeake-forest-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting Lottery Open for Chesapeake Forest Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline for Hunt Clubs to Enter Lottery is Aug. 25<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48104797038_b27ebae747.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of trail in Chesapeake Forest lands\" width=\"351\" height=\"264\" \/>Hunt clubs interested in obtaining a hunting lease agreement on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/chesapeakeforestlands.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chesapeake Forest Lands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0can now enter a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/CFL\/Hunting-Tract-Lottery.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lottery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0for individual, non-leased tracts in Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties. The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/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\">\u00a0will accept\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us\/forests\/chesapeakeforests\/cfForm.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online entries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, 2020.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Hunting is a traditional recreational use and a valuable part of our land management activities on Chesapeake Forest Lands,&#8221; Acting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Forest Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Director Kenneth Jolly said. &#8220;We look forward to another successful year, offering this lottery opportunity to the hunting community in Maryland.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department advises entrants to visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/CFL\/Lottery-Hunting-Tract-Directions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chesapeake Forest tracts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> before making a selection, as some have limited access. Hunt clubs are expected to help maintain access roads, gates, and signs along the leased property, as is defined in the Maintenance and Services Section of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Documents\/chesapeake\/HUNTCLUBLEASE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunting Lease Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules and guidelines for the lottery are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only hunt club members at least 18 years of age can participate in the lottery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A hunt club must have at least two members licensed to hunt in the state of Maryland, with one person designated as the club president.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each member may fill out a lottery form. Only one submittal per person will be placed in the lottery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each entrant can choose up to four tracts for the hunting lottery. The drawing will occur at 2 p.m. Aug. 26. Winning entries\u00a0will be awarded the first available tract they choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chesapeake Forest Lands include 187 management units totaling more than 75,376 acres in six lower Eastern Shore counties. The state purchased the lands to manage and protect them, and to expand opportunities for public access to outdoor recreational opportunities such as canoeing, birding, fishing, and hunting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline for Hunt Clubs to Enter Lottery is Aug. 25 Hunt clubs interested in obtaining a hunting lease agreement on\u00a0Chesapeake Forest Lands\u00a0can now enter a\u00a0lottery\u00a0for individual, non-leased tracts in Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties. The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0will accept\u00a0online entries until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, 2020.<\/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":[957,1965,3172],"tags":[2970,3434,2922,4960,2933,3276,2910],"class_list":["post-31124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","tag-caroline-county","tag-chesapeake-forest-lands","tag-dorchester-county","tag-hunting","tag-somerset-county","tag-wicomico-county","tag-worcester-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31124","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=31124"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31130,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31124\/revisions\/31130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}