May 23, 2024 Maryland Natural Resources Police officers patrol the Severn River. Department of Natural Resources photo. As Marylanders become much more active on the state’s waterways, Maryland’s Natural Resources Police is reminding waterway users to …
May 22, 2024 Matt Ferenschak has a good reason to smile with this whopper of a Chesapeake channa (snakehead) that he caught in the Middle River. Photo courtesy of Matt Ferenschak With Memorial Day weekend, the traditional beginning of the summer season is …
May 22, 2024 Multi-year analysis to look at questions around juvenile recruitment, environmental factors Crew on the winter dredge survey boat sort through blue crabs found in the Choptank River. Data from this survey will be included in the stock …
May 22, 2024 The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, a cooperative effort between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), estimates 317 million blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay in 2024, …
May 20, 2024 Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo. Something ancient is making its way onto the shores of Maryland – the annual spawning migration of horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus. The migration usually takes place from May through July, …
May 17, 2024 Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo Cunningham Falls State Park will reopen its William Houck Area for day use on Saturday, May 18, as a sewer line replacement project along Route 77 in Frederick County has been completed ahead of …
Sarah Yow holds up a beautiful speckled trout she caught in Tangier Sound. Photo courtesy of Sarah Yow There are lots of great fishing opportunities this week, from freshwater to the coastal waters of Ocean City. The first segment of Maryland’s striped …
May 15, 2024 During striped bass season in the Chesapeake Bay, anglers may keep one striped bass measuring between 19 and 24 inches per day. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo by Eric Packard. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources …
May 15, 2024 The Artmor property in Allegany County was the former site of a plastics manufacturing plant. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources purchased the land to provide an access point to Wills Mountain State Park. Maryland DNR photo. Governor …
May 15, 2024 Funding includes recreational facilities in Calvert and Frederick counties Among the items funded, a conservation easement in the Upper Patapsco Rural Legacy Area in Carroll County will help protected forested stream buffer in the Chesapeake …
May 14, 2024 Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will offer license-free fishing days for all state residents and visitors on June 1, June 8, and July 4. These annual events provide anglers a unique …
Angler Randyka Pudjoprawoto caught a 22-inch largemouth bass on Lake Bernard Frank near Rockville on May 3. Photo courtesy of Randyka Pudjoprawoto. Spring is spreading its blanket of new growth and warmth across the Maryland landscape this month. The black …
May 8, 2024 The state’s chronic wasting disease management area has expanded to include two additional counties The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reported today that 52 white-tailed deer sampled within Allegany, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery …
May 8, 2024 Staff and volunteers help clean up invasives at Gunpowder Falls State Park for Earth Day 2024, which was the final day of Maryland State Parks Week this year. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo. In April, the Department of Natural …
May 7, 2024 An iconic fish begins its life cycle Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists Marisa Ponte, Jim Uphoff, and Shannon Moorhead traverse the quiet Choptank River, casting out a net to collect samples of striped bass eggs and larvae. …
May 2, 2024 NRP patrol vessels establish a 2,000-yard safety zone around the wreckage of the Key Bridge. Department of Natural Resources photo. The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) has been an integral part of the multi-agency response to the …
Ivanna Harshman holds up a large bluefish caught near Ocean City. Photo by Mary Harshman As we celebrate the beginning of May, balmy weather makes for comfortable fishing from the mountains of western Maryland to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Summer …
May 1, 2024 Funding includes recreational facilities in Anne Arundel, Montgomery counties Nanticoke Rural Legacy Area in Dorchester County, Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo. The Board of Public Works today approved Maryland Department of …
April 30, 2024 Adam Krauss of Baltimore County holds a northern snakehead. Photo courtesy of Adam Krauss. Adam Krauss of Baltimore County has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) FishMaryland …
April 30, 2024 Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo La Unidad de Educación y Divulgación de Seguridad de la Policía de Recursos Naturales de Maryland organiza su evento comunitario inaugural de seguridad náutica en español desde las 8 de la …
