{"id":8918,"date":"2015-08-04T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8918"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:13:08","slug":"maryland-black-bear-lottery-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/08\/04\/maryland-black-bear-lottery-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Black Bear Lottery is Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hunting Limited to Allegany and Garrett Counties<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/blackbear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8927\" src=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/blackbear-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"blackbear\" width=\"227\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/blackbear-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/blackbear.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for this year\u2019s lottery for black bear hunting permits. Successful applicants will receive a permit valid for the four-day black bear hunting season, taking place <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/black-bear\/\" target=\"_blank\">October 26-29, 2015<\/a><\/u> in Garrett and Allegany counties. DNR will issue 500 permits.<\/p>\n<p>The annual bear hunt is an important management tool used to slow the growth of Maryland&#8217;s black bear population as it expands eastward.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hunters may apply in one of the following ways: online through <a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\" target=\"_blank\">COMPASS<\/a>; by phone at 1-855-855-3906 (weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.); by visiting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnr.maryland.gov\/service\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DNR Service Center<\/a>; or at one of more than 250 <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/service\/netag2.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Sport License Agents<\/a> across the state.<\/p>\n<p>All entries must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on August 31, 2015 and accompanied by a $15 nonrefundable application fee. DNR will only accept one application per person, with duplicates resulting in disqualification and forfeiture of all fees. <strong>All applicants please note: Your DNR ID number is your lottery number, which will remain the same every year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hunters will again have the option of voluntarily contributing to the Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund when they apply for a permit. The fund directly reimburses Maryland farmers who have suffered agricultural damage caused by black bears. Established in 1996, the fund has paid out more than $100,000 in eligible claims to Maryland farmers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Pages\/BearHuntGuide.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Bear Hunters&#8217; Guide<\/a> or follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mdblackbear\" target=\"_blank\">@MDBlackBear<\/a> on Twitter. Keep up to date with DNR\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/MD-DNR-Wildlife-Heritage-Service\/264705513668546?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDDNRWildlife\" target=\"_blank\">@MDDNRWildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunting Limited to Allegany and Garrett Counties The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for this year\u2019s lottery for black bear hunting permits. Successful applicants will receive a permit valid for the four-day black bear hunting season, taking place October 26-29, 2015 in Garrett and Allegany counties. DNR will issue 500 permits.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/08\/04\/maryland-black-bear-lottery-is-open\/\">&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":[957,3172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8918","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\/8918","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=8918"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8935,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8918\/revisions\/8935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}