Become a member

Join the chapter

Membership connects you with people who care about conservation, outdoor traditions and time in nature. Here's every step, and where you are.

How joining works

1
Find a sponsor
A current member in good standing sponsors your application. If you don't know one, a Board member can help.
2
Fill out the application
The sponsored application, right here, with your sponsor's name.
Full nameEmailPhoneMembershipYour sponsor
What brings you here?
Conservation Rifle & pistol Shotgun Archery Air guns Hiking Youth programs Social events
3
Pay your first-year fees
Today they're paid by check, cash or money order at the Board meeting. Here, you pay online ahead of time.
Family membership, first-year dues and one-time fees
$312.50
Card or bank account.
4
Meet the Board
Introduce yourself at the Board of Directors meeting, upstairs in the clubhouse. Arrive by 6:30 PM. The Board votes after the dinner break.
Next Board meeting: Wed, Nov 4, 7:30 PM (arrive by 6:30 PM).
5
Be sworn in
At the next membership meeting, members vote on new members and swear them in. Social hour starts at 6:30 PM.
Next one: Wed, Nov 18, social 6:30 PM, meeting 7:30 PM.
6
Chapter & Range Orientation
Earn your Range Access Card so you can use the rifle and pistol ranges on your own. Usually the last Sunday of the month, 8:30 AM.
Next one: Sunday, December 27, 8:30 AM, upstairs hall.
7
Your two-year probation
Help with four work projects in your first two years, at least two of them conservation. Your work credits are tracked in the members area.

What you pay depends on the month you join. Highlighted: joining now, in October or November.

Type	Jan-Jun	Jul-Aug	Sep	Oct-Nov	Dec
Individual	$225	$147.50	Closed	$225	$225
Family	$312.50	$196.25	Closed	$312.50	$312.50
Student	$62.50	$34.25	Closed	$62.50	$62.50
Youth	$32	$14.25	Closed	$32	$32

Individual: One adult. One key card, two visitor badges, one vote.
Family: Two adults, and children under 18 who live at home. Two key cards and two votes.
Student: A full-time undergraduate, 18 to 21. One key card.
Youth: Under 18. Uses the ranges with a range-approved member over 21. No vote.

•Includes chapter, national and Maryland division dues, a one-time $60 initiation (Individual and Family), and the electronic key card you need to enter the buildings.
•Dues are prorated in July and August. The chapter doesn't take new members in September. Join October through December and your membership runs through the next year.
•Renewals are due January 1: $155 Individual, $232.50 Family, $48.50 Student, $32 Youth.
•New members serve a two-year probation with four work projects, at least two of them conservation. Unfinished credits add $100 a year starting with the third year.