{"id":8899,"date":"2015-07-28T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:13:19","slug":"maryland-to-hold-public-meeting-on-waterfowl-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/07\/28\/maryland-to-hold-public-meeting-on-waterfowl-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland to Hold Public Meeting on Waterfowl Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/waterfowl-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"man placing duck decoys for waterfowl in the water \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>Proposed late season waterfowl hunting regulations will be discussed at a public meeting hosted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources at 7 p.m. on August 13 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesapeake.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chesapeake College<\/a> in Wye Mills. DNR will announce the\u00a0proposed dates\u00a0and bag limits in early August\u00a0after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalizes its late season framework.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>USFWS\u00a0establishes hunting regulations for migratory game birds via the Service Regulation Committee,\u00a0with\u00a0USFWS&#8217;s\u00a0director making the final rule. States are then provided with the framework,\u00a0which\u00a0includes the maximum season length, bag limits and hunting dates.<\/p>\n<p>Migratory game bird regulations are created\u00a0through a collaborative and scientifically sound process that combines input from the public and professional biologists working throughout the Atlantic Flyway. The framework allows for some flexibility so public input is an important element in the final selection.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens who are unable to attend the meeting may comment by email, letter, fax, phone and an online forum that will be available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\">department&#8217;s Wildlife and Heritage page<\/a>. All information, including the proposals\u00a0and\u00a0details on providing\u00a0public comment will be made\u00a0available\u00a0in early August. Finalized seasons and bag limits will be released in early September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed late season waterfowl hunting regulations will be discussed at a public meeting hosted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources at 7 p.m. on August 13 at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills. DNR will announce the\u00a0proposed dates\u00a0and bag limits in early August\u00a0after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalizes its late season framework.<\/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":[957,3172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899","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=8899"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8910,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions\/8910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}