{"id":39064,"date":"2023-08-08T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=39064"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:45:29","slug":"chesapeake-forest-hunting-tract-leasing-lottery-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/08\/08\/chesapeake-forest-hunting-tract-leasing-lottery-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesapeake Forest Hunting Tract Leasing Lottery Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline for hunt clubs to enter the lottery is August 23<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4679\/38345984205_c714cf5552.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of entrance sign reading Chesapeake Forest and Pocomoke State Forest\" width=\"389\" height=\"297\" \/>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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chesapeake Forest Lands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0can enter a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/CFL\/Hunting-Tract-Lottery.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lottery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0for available tracts in Wicomico and Worcester Counties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0will accept\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/chesapeake-forest-lands-application.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online entries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0until August 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winning clubs will have the right to obtain a ten-year lease agreement, at the price listed on the department website, for the upcoming hunting seasons 2023-2024 through 2032-2033.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department advises entrants to visit the Chesapeake Forest tracts before making a selection, as some of these sites have limited access. Hunt clubs are expected to help maintain access roads, gates, and signs on the leased property.<\/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 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/CFL\/Hunting-Tract-Lottery.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fill out a lottery form<\/a>. Only one submittal per person will be placed in the lottery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The drawing will occur at 2 p.m. August 24. Winning entries\u00a0will be awarded the first available tract they choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chesapeake Forest Lands comprise 187 management units totaling more than 76,000 acres in six lower Eastern Shore counties. The state purchased the lands to manage and protect them, and to expand opportunities for public access for outdoor recreation like canoeing, birding, fishing and hunting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline for hunt clubs to enter the lottery is August 23 Hunt clubs interested in obtaining a hunting lease agreement on\u00a0Chesapeake Forest Lands\u00a0can enter a\u00a0lottery\u00a0for available tracts in Wicomico and Worcester Counties.\u00a0 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0will accept\u00a0online entries\u00a0until August 23. Winning clubs will have the right to obtain a ten-year lease agreement, at the<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/08\/08\/chesapeake-forest-hunting-tract-leasing-lottery-now-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":[957,1965,3172],"tags":[3434,4960,3276,2910],"class_list":["post-39064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","tag-chesapeake-forest-lands","tag-hunting","tag-wicomico-county","tag-worcester-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39064","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=39064"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39068,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39064\/revisions\/39068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}