Charles County Artist Wins Maryland’s 34th Annual Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design Contest

2006-2007 Annual Report Migratory Game Birds

Waterfowl Guides Available to the Public For information about Waterfowl Guides contact the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Division at 410-260-8540.

2007-2008 Guide to Hunting & Trapping in Maryland

Wood Ducks Win Top Honors The 34th Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design Contest Jim Taylor’s “Autumn’s Glory” took home top honors and will become Maryland’s Migratory Game Bird Stamp for the 2007-2008 hunting season.

DNR Partners with the Maryland Wood Duck Initiative (MWDI) MWDI's mission is to enhance Maryland’s wood duck population and to generate a greater appreciation of the wetland habitats in which they live by advocating and demonstrating the merits of a “best practices” approach in managed nest programs.

New Public Waterfowl Hunting Reservation System for Elk Neck, Gunpowder and Susquehanna State Parks

Avian Influenza and Wildlife

Order Your Hunting or Fishing License ONLINE Today! www.wildlifelicense.com/md/ OR, Call Toll-Free 1-800-918-2870

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 Species, Age and Sex Identification
of  Ducks Using Wing Plumage
(Acrobat PDF Files - Open with Acrobat Reader and Leaves DNR Website)



Preseason Banding Locations of
Waterfowl Recovered by Maryland Hunters
(Acrobat PDF File-Open with Acrobat Reader)

US Fish & Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird Data Center
Find bird data and information useful in planning and
evaluation of bird conservation strategies as well as
in natural resource management.

The Federal Duck Stamp Program

Pintail Action Group

Recoveries of
American Black Ducks and Wood Ducks
Banded Preseason in Maryland
(Acrobat PDF File-Open with Acrobat Reader)

New Waterfowl Hunting Opportunity
Bloodsworth Island Range
Waterfowl Hunting Permit Procedures

Ducks at a Distance
A Waterfowl Identification Guide

Pintail Radio Telemetry Project
 

Hunting Information

2007 Early Canada Goose Seasons

2007-2008 Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits

Stamps Needed to Hunt Waterfowl

Offshore Blind & Shoreline License Application for Riparian Landowners

Guide to Offshore Waterfowl Hunting

Waterfowl Identification Guide Ducks and Geese of the Atlantic Flyway

A Guide to Waterfowl ID http://mawba.com/identify.htm

Maryland and Delaware Offer Snow Goose Hunting Reciprocity

Non-Toxic Shot and Unlawful Shot

Wildlife Permit Requirements

Regulated Shooting Areas

Game Husbandry Permit

Retriever Dog Training Permit

Waterfowl Outfitting and Guiding Permit/License

Additional Information

How to Report Banded Birds

When Resident Geese Become a Problem

Sarcocystis Disease: Rice Breast Disease In Waterfowl

Mute Swans in Maryland

Mute Swans’ Impact on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay Journal of Wildlife Management 2007

Predictive Modeling for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Decline Due to Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay Proceedings of the 20th Trumpeter Swan Society Conference 2005

Mute Swan Population Dynamics Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America. Journal of Applied Ecology 2007

Chesapeake Bay Mute Swan Management Plan, 2005

The Exotic Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) In Chesapeake Bay, USA. (Leaves DNR Website)

Maryland's Mute Swan Management Plan - April 2003

Mute Swan Population Survey Shows Decline

Mute Swan Task Force Report

Mute Swans: Beautiful But Controversial Birds