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Members and friends of the Maryland Ornithological Society have donated over $800 to its Goshawk Reward Fund. This reward is being offered for information that results in the arrest and conviction of the person(s) who shot and killed Maryland’s only known breeding female northern goshawk in Savage River State Forest recently.

Persons wishing to donate to this fund can find further information at the following web site: www.mdbirds.org/conservation/endangered/GoshawkReward.pdf.

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>Reward to find goshawk killer grows

>The Maryland Ornithological Society has started a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot and killed a northern groshawk, believed to be part of the state’s only breeding pair, and left three chicks to die near Savage River State Forest.

The birders have $800 in hand and MOS official Dave Webb says the amount is expected to increase as clubs send out their newsletters.

The Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation also has offered a $1,000 reward.

Natural Resources Police is still investigating the death of the bird.

Maryland’s northern goshawks were driven to extinction in the 1900s by the logging industry’s harvesting of Appalachian Plateau forests. In 1991 and 1997, the federal government rejected calls to list the bird on the endangered species list. Many states, including Maryland, responded by placing the goshawk on their own lists.

In North America, the goshawk is federally protected under an amendment to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

>Reward offered for killer of rare goshawk

>Published: June 22, 2011 at 7:45 PM

Comments (0)EmailPrintListen BALTIMORE, June 22 (UPI) — Someone has fatally shot Maryland’s rarest bird, and a sportsmen’s foundation says it’s offering a reward for information leading to their arrest.

Natural Resources Police say an unknown person or persons in Garrett County shot and killed the uncommon female northern goshawk and her three nesting chicks and did so outside any legal hunting season.

The bird is on the state’s endangered species list, and its nest near Savage River State Forest was being watched closely by federal Department of Natural Resources biologists due to the bird’s “highly rare” status, The Baltimore Sun reported.

>Last northern goshawk in Maryland killed

>By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun

5:14 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2011
Someone in Garrett County has shot and killed Maryland’s most rare bird, the only known nesting northern goshawk.

Natural Resources Police confirmed the death of the raptor, which is on the state’s endangered species list. Without the female to protect and provide for them, the three chicks in the nest died as well.

Forestry and Timber The Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter. NRP is asking anyone with information about the crime to call the Poacher Hot Line: 1-800-635-6124.

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