Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 10-103 - Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program(a) In this section, "Program" means the Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program.(b) There is a Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program in the Department.(c) The purpose of the Program is to: (1) Provide outreach on outdoor recreation and stewardship to suburban and exurban community leaders, organizations, schools, and universities;(2) Connect elementary and middle school students, their parents, and university students located in suburban and exurban areas to outdoor recreation and stewardship opportunities;(3) Foster interest in the use of private land and undeveloped public land for outdoor recreation; and(4) Foster interest in hunting and wildlife conservation.(d) The Department, in consultation with Program staff, shall develop a plan to increase engagement of communities that historically have not had access to hunting and conservation programs and engagement of veterans in:(1) Outdoor recreation and stewardship;(3) Wildlife conservation.Added by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.