{"id":8547,"date":"2015-05-06T15:05:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8547"},"modified":"2015-05-07T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T15:05:35","slug":"dnr-welcomes-public-input-on-plans-for-newtowne-neck-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/05\/06\/dnr-welcomes-public-input-on-plans-for-newtowne-neck-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR Welcomes Public Input on Plans for Newtowne Neck State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7487\/16287838605_80acf48a36_b.jpg\" alt=\"Aeriel Photo of the Park by Mark Odell\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mark Odell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/newtowne.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">three draft plans<\/a> detailing the future design and use of Newtowne\u00a0Neck State Park, located in St. Mary&#8217;s County. Each proposal presents a different scenario that will conserve and showcase the site\u2019s natural, cultural and recreational resources. Input is\u00a0being accepted\u00a0via online survey through June 30, and will be used to finalize a master plan for the park later this summer.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All three plans\u00a0support a lightly developed park setting that would protect\u00a0the\u00a0landscape and historic significance, and allow for passive recreational access. They differ primarily in how amenities would be situated and the degree of developed improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The plans were created by DNR with extensive input from the Master Plan Advisory Committee, which includes representatives from an array of community, government, recreational and heritage stakeholder groups. Each proposal includes a map and a summary of elements\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0products of a DNR open house, design\u00a0charrette and community meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The Department values the\u00a0public&#8217;s\u00a0time and interest in providing feedback on one of Maryland\u2019s newest State Park additions.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Newtowne\u00a0Neck State Park, view the\u00a0concept plans or\u00a0take the survey, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/newtowne.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/newtowne.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on three draft plans detailing the future design and use of Newtowne\u00a0Neck State Park, located in St. Mary&#8217;s County. Each proposal presents a different scenario that will conserve and showcase the site\u2019s natural, cultural and recreational resources. Input is\u00a0being accepted\u00a0via online survey through June 30,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/05\/06\/dnr-welcomes-public-input-on-plans-for-newtowne-neck-state-park\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[957,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8547"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8559,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547\/revisions\/8559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}