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lor the conservation of the resources in its charge. Such rules may
restrict, extend or enlarge the terms of the game and fresh water fish
laws. The Department enforces the game and fresh water fish laws
and such additional regulations as it enacts. It also receives the
proceeds from the sale of angling an^ hunting licenses, these funds
being used to finance the activities of the department (Code 1951,
Art. 66C, sees. 113-115).

As of June 1954, the Department owned game farms and refuges
totaling 32,000 acres. It has leased many other areas which are
managed under the Maryland Cooperative Game Program. The State-
owned game farms operated by the department are as follows: Gwyn-
brook State Game Farm in Baltimore County, Montgomery State
Game Farm in Montgomery County, Wicomico State Game Farm in
Wicomico County, and Belle Grove State Game Farm in Allegany
County. At these farms bobwhites, wild ducks, and wild turkeys are
propagated.

In all sections of Maryland special emphasis has been placed on
habitat improvement on private and public lands for the purpose of
increasing wildlife populations. Over 100,000 acres of State forests
are managed for wildlife in cooperation with the Department of
Forests and Parks.

The Commission now owns and operates a fresh water fish hatchery
at Lewistown, Frederick County, where trout and black bass are
propagated. It also owns and operates trout rearing stations, at Bear
Creek in Garrett County and Beaver Creek in Washington County.

Ninety (90) major surface water areas containing more than five
(5) acres each have been stocked with warm or cold water fish
species and over one hundred (100) streams receive quotas of com-
mercially purchased or State hatchery reared fish during the year.

The Inland Fish Division raises nearly 100,000 (30,000 Ibs.) adult
Trout each year and 75,000 fingerlings. Approximately 25,000 finger-
ling Small Mouth Bass, together with fingerling Large Mouth Bass
and Bluegills, are also raised for over 200 farm ponds annually.

Supplementing this State program is the purchase of adult Large
Mouth Bass, Crappie, Walleyes and Bluegills which total some 50,000
adults going into our warm waters as brood fish and "put and takers"
relieving the pressure of resident and non-resident fishermen, par-
ticularly in the Appalachian, Piedmont and Coastal Plain Regions.

Appropriations — 1 955
Special	Federal
Fund	Fund	Total
Administration .................................. $96,139	$............	$96,139
Public Relations ................................ 23,547		23,547
Law Enforcement .............................. 282,835		282,835
Game Management ............................ 186,803	75,750	262,553
Inland Fish Management ................ 172,084	33,450	205,534
Totals ........................................ $761,408	$109,200	$870,608
Appropriations — 1956
Administration .................................. $95,443	$............	$95,443
Public Relations ................................ 22,215		22,215
Law Enforcement .............................. 286,852		286,852
Game Management ............................ 182,685	81,000	263,685
Inland Fish Management ................ 155,009	39,000	194,009
Totals ........................................ $742,204	$120,000	$862,204
Staff: 77.