{"id":44921,"date":"2025-06-24T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=44921"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:33:33","slug":"new-md-outdoors-licensing-system-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/06\/24\/new-md-outdoors-licensing-system-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"New MD Outdoors Licensing System Now Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_44927\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/22118224669_f740600b9a_c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44927\" class=\" wp-image-44927\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/22118224669_f740600b9a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Two people fishing\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/22118224669_f740600b9a_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/22118224669_f740600b9a_c-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/22118224669_f740600b9a_c-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Tonia Quade, submitted to the 2015 Maryland DNR Photo Contest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u2019 new online licensing system, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdoutdoors.maryland.gov\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MD Outdoors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, is now available for residents and visitors to purchase Maryland hunting and fishing licenses as well as associated stamps and permits, boat and off-road vehicle renewal registration, and other services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MD Outdoors provides residents and visitors a convenient one-stop shop, replacing the former site COMPASS.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current license-holders will retain their DNR ID number. The new website will provide clear instructions on creating a new username and password for MD Outdoors, where customers can easily retrieve their account information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new system includes auto-renew options, an easier-to-navigate interface, and an app that stores your license information, and can help direct people to new hunting and fishing opportunities. Other benefits and capabilities will be added in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR worked with Brandt Information Services, a leading provider of hunting and fishing licensing technology, to launch MD Outdoors. The new system comes at no additional cost to taxpayers\u2014it costs the same as the previous Compass system. This project is funded by the Maryland Department of Information Technology through its Major IT Development Project Oversight Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new system will not affect fees for hunting and fishing licenses, which are set by the General Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information is available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdoutdoors.maryland.gov\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MD Outdoors website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/MD-Outdoors-Features.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44821\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/MD-Outdoors-Features.jpg\" alt=\"MD Outdoors Features\" width=\"409\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/MD-Outdoors-Features.jpg 409w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/MD-Outdoors-Features-132x300.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u2019 new online licensing system, MD Outdoors, is now available for residents and visitors to purchase Maryland hunting and fishing licenses as well as associated stamps and permits, boat and off-road vehicle renewal registration, and other services. MD Outdoors provides residents and visitors a convenient one-stop shop, replacing the former<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/06\/24\/new-md-outdoors-licensing-system-now-online\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"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":[957,3171,11,3172],"tags":[5367,4960,5384,5177,5560],"class_list":["post-44921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-hunting","tag-fishing-license","tag-hunting","tag-hunting-license","tag-licensing-and-registration","tag-md-outdoors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44921","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\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44928,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44921\/revisions\/44928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}