Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:42:22 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jane E Fallon Subject: Re: Hunting banned in four counties MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Bow Hunting is scheduled at the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge during most of October and November. Jane Fallon Sherry Peruzzi cc: Sent by: Maryland Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hunting banned in four counties Birds & Birding 10/16/2002 01:25 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding The Washington Post reported today that "Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening plans to sign an executive order today temporarily banning the outdoor discharge of firearms for recreational purposes in Prince George's, Montgomery, Howard and Anne Arundel counties for the duration of the search for the sniper.... The order came at the request of law enforcement and political leaders in the four counties, who wanted the ban so that police would receive fewer reports of gunfire that turn out to be false alarms.... The order would ... temporarily suspend hunting in the four counties." Does anyone know if the Patuxent Refuge North Tract and other areas that are normally closed to birders during hunting season will be open during the ban, since no one can hunt there right now? Hunting was scheduled to start at the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area in Howard County tomorrow, so I'm wondering if that will remain open for us as well until the shooter is caught and the hunting ban is rescinded. Sherry Peruzzi Columbia, MD net.comcast@bookworms (read the words from right to left) ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================