Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:38:12 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt. R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Hunting banned in four counties MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Keep in mind that there is no hunting in the state of Maryland on Sundays, so that all the public areas of Patuxent North Tract should be open to birding. The Refuge will close at 6:30 p.m. until 27 October, when 4:30 p.m. closing will begin. Note also that the refuge will open early that morning (27 Oct.) at 6:30 a.m. This is well before dawn, so it's a very interesting opportunity. All visitors are reminded to check in at the Visitor Contact Station before venturing into the refuge. Kurt Schwarz Howard County Patuxent Research Refuge Volunteer goawaybird@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane E Fallon" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Hunting banned in four counties > Bow Hunting is scheduled at the North Tract of the Patuxent Research > Refuge during most of October and November. > > Jane Fallon > > > > Sherry Peruzzi > NET> cc: > Sent by: Maryland Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hunting banned in four counties > Birds & Birding > .LSOFT.COM> > > > 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 is caught and the hunting ban is rescinded.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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================