{"id":32440,"date":"2021-01-06T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=32440"},"modified":"2021-01-06T13:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:56:30","slug":"elk-neck-rifle-and-shotgun-range-upgrades-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/01\/06\/elk-neck-rifle-and-shotgun-range-upgrades-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Neck Rifle and Shotgun Range Upgrades Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shooting Facilities Reopen Jan. 7 after One Month of Work<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48821912028_47cf8e057c.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Elk Neck State Forest entrance sign\" width=\"351\" height=\"197\" \/>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the reopening of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/central_elkneckforest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elk Neck State Forest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rifle and shotgun ranges starting Jan. 7, after completing substantial upgrades and repairs at the complex.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the one-month closure, contractors working with the department installed a new roof overhang on both the front and rear of the firing line pavilion to improve site drainage. At the same time, department staff repaired safety baffles and replaced posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/11\/25\/elk-neck-rifle-and-shotgun-ranges-scheduled-for-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">critical maintenance work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> began Dec. 7 to allow hunters access to the range prior to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/12\/21\/deer-harvest-up-16-during-maryland-firearms-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">two-week deer firearm season<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which ran <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Nov. 28 \u2013 Dec. 12.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Work was completed ahead of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/12\/28\/deer-firearm-season-reopens-jan-8-in-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January deer firearms season<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which takes place the weekend of Jan. 8.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shooting Facilities Reopen Jan. 7 after One Month of Work The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the reopening of the Elk Neck State Forest rifle and shotgun ranges starting Jan. 7, after completing substantial upgrades and repairs at the complex.\u00a0<\/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":[2934,4569,4960,3288],"class_list":["post-32440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","tag-cecil-county","tag-elk-neck-state-forest","tag-hunting","tag-shooting-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32440","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=32440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32442,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32440\/revisions\/32442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}