{"id":40870,"date":"2024-02-12T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=40870"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:52:07","slug":"dnr-seeks-public-input-for-upcoming-hunting-seasons-and-bag-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/02\/12\/dnr-seeks-public-input-for-upcoming-hunting-seasons-and-bag-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR Seeks Public Input for Upcoming Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comment period includes migratory game bird season proposal for the coming season<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8630\/27580205954_20006b0c62.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of woman and dog hunting in a cornfield\" width=\"349\" height=\"232\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland DNR photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is accepting public comment on proposed changes to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/2024-2025proposals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2024-2026 hunting and trapping seasons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as well as the proposed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/2024-25MigBirdSeasonProposed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2024-2025 Migratory Game Bird Seasons and Bag Limits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have been working diligently to develop these proposals with our staff and our stakeholders, who represent a diverse group of citizens,\u201d said Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Karina Stonesifer. \u201cThe current concepts, now available for public comment, are the results of that process and have been revised based on stakeholder input. We look forward to receiving comments from the public to help us further refine and finalize our proposals.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The public can view the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Comment-Form-Hunting-Regulations-2024-25.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">proposed regulations and comment\u00a0online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as view and comment on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Comment-Form-Proposed-Maryland-migratory-game-bird-seasons-2024-25.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">proposed migratory game bird seasons and bag limits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> now through February 26. The department is also accepting feedback by phone at 410-260-8540; by fax to 410-260-8596; or in writing to: Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service, 580 Taylor Avenue, E-1, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Citizens with any questions may contact the Wildlife and Heritage Service at 410-260-8540.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment period includes migratory game bird season proposal for the coming season The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is accepting public comment on proposed changes to the 2024-2026 hunting and trapping seasons as well as the proposed 2024-2025 Migratory Game Bird Seasons and Bag Limits.\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":[957,3172],"tags":[4960,4498,3071,5355,3687],"class_list":["post-40870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-hunting","tag-hunting-seasons","tag-migratory-game-bird-hunting-seasons","tag-public-comment","tag-trapping"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40870","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=40870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40873,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40870\/revisions\/40873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}