Annapolis, MD — Governor Martin O’Malley announced Board of Public Works approval of local-side Program Open Space funding for eight local park improvement projects in seven counties.
Allegany County will receive $16,240 to pave the access road to the LaVale District Park.
Charles County will receive $338,000 to renovate the visitor center, picnic pavilions and restrooms at [...]
December 18, 2008 | Posted in
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The Department of Natural Resources has increased the number of private-land antlerless deer licenses available for Kent County (Deer Management Unit 041).
Demand for antlerless deer licenses has been much higher than usual this year, in the wake of the discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a captive deer in Kent County in August. Wildlife [...]
December 16, 2008 | Posted in
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PLEASE NOTE: An earlier version of this release did not specify this is a private land hunt only. This is being re-issued today to clarify.
Department of Natural Resources officials remind hunters that a special five-day, antlerless-only deer season begins Thursday in all of Zone 3, the southern Lower Peninsula, and in the six counties of [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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The nine-township area of northwest Kent County surrounding the captive deer facility that produced a deer with chronic wasting disease – Tyrone, Solon, Nelson, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield and Cannon — is the surveillance zone.
What does that mean?
All deer killed by hunters in the surveillance zone must be taken to a Department of Natural [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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FELTON, Del. – The Third Annual Killens Pond Fall Festival will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the park on Killens Pond Road in Felton. Activities for the day include hayrides, visits to the pumpkin patch, inflatables, food and drink, arts and crafts, live performances, a petting zoo, a [...]
September 15, 2008 | Posted in
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ANNAPOLIS, MD — Independence Day is drawing near and for many Marylanders, the Fourth of July holiday weekend means the beach, family barbeques, fireworks, and – to the dismay of children everywhere – long car rides. To direct restless energy during summer travel, parents are invited to pick up a free copy of the 2008 [...]
June 30, 2008 | Posted in
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The first big heat wave of summer 2008 did not seem to dampen the spirits of the young anglers and their families who turned out for the 22nd Annual Youth Fishing Tournament, held June 7 at three locations in Delaware.
At the Kent County location, Wyoming Pond in Wyoming’s Town Park, 48 children took up their [...]
June 12, 2008 | Posted in
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