{"id":38356,"date":"2023-03-20T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38356"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:44:42","slug":"maryland-department-of-natural-resources-seeking-public-comment-for-2024-state-forest-work-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/03\/20\/maryland-department-of-natural-resources-seeking-public-comment-for-2024-state-forest-work-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Natural Resources Seeking Public Comment for 2024 State Forest Work Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Input Accepted Through April 21<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51507430841_06ebb39eb3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of wooded area in springtime\" width=\"365\" height=\"274\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wetland in Potomac State Forest. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/workplans.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">proposed fiscal year 2024 annual work plans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chesapeake<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pocomoke<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green Ridge<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Potomac-Garrett<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Savage River<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/mdforests.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> state forests<\/a>. The comment period concludes Friday, April 21, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annual work plans help the department identify priorities within the scope of the forests\u2019 long-range management. They address composition, establishment, growth, health, and quality along with construction and maintenance projects.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The public comment period is the final part of a three-step process. The first step includes an internal review by natural resource professionals with expertise in wildlife and fishery habitats, recreation, forest management, water quality, and ecologically significant species. The second includes a review by a local citizens advisory committee. Following the conclusion of the public comment period, each forest manager will review, revise, and finalize their specific plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state forest annual work plans can be viewed on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/workplans.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Natural Resources website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Comments may be sent by email to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stateforests.dnr@maryland.gov<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> .<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Input Accepted Through April 21 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the proposed fiscal year 2024 annual work plans for the Chesapeake\/Pocomoke, Green Ridge, Potomac-Garrett, and Savage River state forests. The comment period concludes Friday, April 21, 2023. Annual work plans help the department identify priorities within the scope of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/03\/20\/maryland-department-of-natural-resources-seeking-public-comment-for-2024-state-forest-work-plans\/\">&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":[957,1965],"tags":[3434,3820,3248,4994,3989,3728,5355,3510],"class_list":["post-38356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","tag-chesapeake-forest-lands","tag-garrett-state-forest","tag-green-ridge-state-forest","tag-maryland-forest-service","tag-pocomoke-state-forest","tag-potomac-state-forest","tag-public-comment","tag-savage-river-state-forest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38356","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=38356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38467,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38356\/revisions\/38467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}