Maryland Fifth-Graders Invited to Submit Arbor Day Posters for 2021
December 14, 2020
Annual Contest Taking Submissions until Jan. 15, 2021
Lola Lugard of Carroll County won first place honors for the 2020 Arbor Day Poster Contest.
The theme for 2021 is: “Trees Are Terrific…and Forest Products are Too!”
All entries must be delivered to a local Maryland Forest Service office by noon, Jan. 15, 2021.
Students are encouraged to share their appreciation for Maryland’s forests and trees through original works of art. Poster size must be no smaller than 8.5 by 11 inches and no larger than 22 by 28 inches. They must be drawn in acrylic, crayon, ink, marker, paint pens, regular or colored pencil, tempera paint, or watercolor.
State Roundup: Franchot urges aid for lower income residents as revenue estimates come in
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REVENUE ESTIMATES HIGHER, BUT $600M-$700M LESS THAN PRE-COVID: Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com spoke with Comptroller Peter Francot on Friday. He said that while revenue estimates improved since September – which he called a surprise – “We are still $600 million or $700 million less than what we should have been pre-pandemic.”
The state’s chief tax collector, an announced candidate for governor in 2022, called on Gov. Hogan (R) and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly to approve a one-time stimulus payment to lower-wage workers, Bruce DePuyt of Maryland Matters reports. “I have identified $1.5 billion in state reserves that could be spent immediately to prevent evictions, feed the hungry, provide medical care, and also support small businesses,” Franchot said.
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Deer hunters report successful firearms opening weekend
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says that hunters reported 11,054 deer taken on the opening weekend of the 2020 Maryland firearm season, Nov. 28-29. The harvest was 19 percent higher than last yearâs official first weekend harvest of 9,272. The 2020 total includes 4,932 antlered and 5,799 antlerless white-tailed deer, and 163 antlered and 160 antlerless sika deer. In Frederick County, 492 antlered and 665 antlerless deer were taken opening day, Nov. 28; 153 antlered and 197 antlerless were harvested Nov. 29. the season closes Dec. 12.
Muzzleloader deer season reopens Dec. 19
The muzzleloader deer hunting season in Maryland reopens Dec. 19 and runs through Jan. 2, 2021. This is the second half of the split season. Duck season runs Dec. 15 through Jan. 30, 2021; mourning doves Dec. 19 through Jan. 9, 2021; squirrel and rabbit seasons continue through Feb. 27, 2021; and ruffed grouse through Jan. 31, 2021. Hunt