The variety of habitats maintained here attract a host of bird species, counted each year by the Maryland Ornithological Society during the annual Christmas bird counts. What To Do Hunters can take advantage of the deliberate efforts of wildlife biologists to maintain the area as ideal game habitat, check out a map of the area . Many game species, like white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbits and bobwhite quail, prefer to live on wooded edges and edges between younger and older vegetation stages. Earleville has farm fields, old fields, strips of short grass and long grass, all designed to make the area irresistible to these species. Hunters will need a permit to hunt this area.
Unmarked trails invite hikers and all-terrain bicyclists to explore.
In the mid-1970's the area was turned over to the Wildlife Administration and managed as a game refuge until the fall of 1978 when it was opened to public hunting on a permit basis. Take Route 301 north to MD 313 to Galena and continue on MD 213. At MD 282 in Cecilton, travel west and then north on Glebe Road. Alternately, from the Baltimore Beltway, take Route 40 west to Elkton and follow MD Route 213 south to Glebe Road to Fingerboard School House Road and to Earleville WMA as above. Return to the home page Funding for Maryland's State and local parks and conservation areas is provided through The Department of Natural Resources' Program Open Space .