{"id":35825,"date":"2022-03-21T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=35825"},"modified":"2022-03-21T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:30:09","slug":"offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/03\/21\/offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore Blind and Shoreline Licensing Open for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications Must Be Postmarked by May 31<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51308949781_3125e837c9_w.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of hunter in a waterfowl blind\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jake McPherson, Ducks Unlimited<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service 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\"><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 who has been granted permission from the riparian property owner, may license their shoreline. A license will establish offshore stationary blinds or blind sites for hunting waterfowl, and\/or will prevent others from licensing and 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, 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Property owners may license their shoreline for one year at $20 or three years at $60. Landowners who miss the May 31<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deadline may participate in the \u201copen\u201d licensing process that begins August 2, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications and information on laws related to shoreline licensing for riparian property owners are available at the DNR website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Licenses\/riparian.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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 877-620-8367.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications Must Be Postmarked by May 31 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service is now accepting offshore waterfowl blind and shoreline license applications for riparian (waterfront) property owners. Riparian property owners, or anyone who has been granted permission from the riparian property owner, may license their shoreline. A license will<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/03\/21\/offshore-blind-and-shoreline-licensing-open-for-2022\/\">&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":[3028,3027,3030],"class_list":["post-35825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-offshore-blind","tag-riparian-property","tag-waterfowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35825","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=35825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35827,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35825\/revisions\/35827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}