# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 10. Wildlife

### Subtitle 2. Organization and Authority of Unit Pertaining to Wildlife -- in General

#### Section 10-211

(a) The Department shall establish a program to control the population of the nonnative bird species known as the mute swan.

(b) The program established under this section, where appropriate, may include:

  (1) The managed harvest of adult mute swans; and

  (2) The solicitation of licensed hunters to participate in the managed harvest of adult mute swans established under this subsection.

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Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)