{"id":9584,"date":"2015-12-22T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2015-12-22T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:51:33","slug":"first-portion-of-marylands-wildlife-action-plan-open-for-public-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/12\/22\/first-portion-of-marylands-wildlife-action-plan-open-for-public-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"First Portion of Maryland\u2019s Wildlife Action Plan Open for Public Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Department of Natural Resources Seeks Public Input<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/PublishingImages\/RedKnot_FWS_Greg-Breese.jpg\" alt=\"Red knot birds by Greg Breese \" width=\"242\" height=\"156\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red knot birds by Greg Breese<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the first portion of Maryland\u2019s draft <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/plants_wildlife\/SWAP_home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">State Wildlife Action Plan<\/a>. This first section focuses on threatened wildlife species and their habitat.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of this document is to outline up-to-date, strategic conservation approaches for wildlife and wildlife habitats across Maryland,\u201d Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cFrom biologists to hunters to local governments, collaboration among our stakeholders is critical to producing a successful, comprehensive State Wildlife Action Plan that will create and guide conservation management practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requires that each state review and revise their action plan every 10 years. The department is leading this effort for Maryland, working with other federal, state and local organizations to describe recommended projects for wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Public input is welcome on any part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/plants_wildlife\/SWAP_How-to-Help.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">first six chapters<\/a> through the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/plants_wildlife\/SWAP_How-to-Help.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">online comment form<\/a>, by email to <a href=\"mailto:mdswap.dnr@maryland.gov\">mdswap.dnr@maryland.gov<\/a>, or by mail to: Maryland State Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator, 580 Taylor Ave., E-1, Annapolis, MD 21401.<\/p>\n<p>The complete draft of the Maryland State Wildlife Action Plan will be available for final public comment prior to March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Natural Resources Seeks Public Input The Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the first portion of Maryland\u2019s draft State Wildlife Action Plan. This first section focuses on threatened wildlife species and their habitat.<\/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":[957,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584","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=9584"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9590,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions\/9590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}