HEC/News: Md. state parks banning alcohol without permit (The Washington Post)

HEC/News
Friday, March 20, 2009

Md. state parks banning alcohol without permit
The Washington Post (DC) March 17, 2009
By the Associated Press

"Drinking without a $35 group permit will be banned March 31 in day-use
areas and Nov. 1 in campgrounds and shelters, the Department of Natural
Resources said Tuesday. After that, consuming alcohol anywhere in the 65
parks except in full-service cabins, recreational vehicles or at the Rocky
Gap Lodge will be outlawed and punishable by a $55 fine..."

"The new rules will bring Maryland's alcohol policy in line with those in
neighboring Pennsylvania and Virginia, where booze is similarly banned.
Border states Delaware and West Virginia prohibit alcohol consumption in
some of their parks."

"The most recent survey of state park alcohol policies conducted by the
National Association of State Park Directors in 2004 found that at least 12
states prohibited alcohol consumption in parks, Executive Director Philip K.
McKnelly said..."

Full article available at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/17/AR2009031702
546.html

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