District 2—Laurel.

(Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Howard, Montgomery, Prince.

George's, St. Mary's Counties)
A. J. Pickall, District Forester
Raymond Luedtke, Asst. District Forester
Carl Stravinsky, Asst. District, Forester
Henry W. Schlosser, Supervisor
E. W. Brickerd, Supervisor
Percy Miller, Supt. Cedarville Forest
M. E. Martin, Jr., Supt. Patapsco Forest.

District 3—Salisbury.

(Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico,
Worcester Counties).

John J. Mohr, District, Forester
John Davis, Asst. District Forester
William Kier, Asst. District Forester
Robert G. Dennis, Supervisor
William E. Seeders, Supervisor
Lawrence Parsons, Acting Supt. Pocomoke Forest..

District 4—Bel Air.

(Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's Counties)
William H. Johnson, District Forester
Henry Stasiek, Asst. District Forester
Paul H. Seward, Supervisor
Charles W. Bayles, Supervisor
Roy I. Armour, Supt. Elk Neck Park.

The Commission of State Forests and Parks consists of five mem-
bers appointed by the Governor, one recommended by the Maryland
Farm Bureau, one by the Maryland State Grange; a third member
shall have had practical experience in the lumbering business, While
the remaining two shall have an interest in the advancement of for-
estery. The members serve for a term of five years with overlapping
tenure of office. They select their chairman and appoint the State
Forester who serves as director of the Department of State Forests
and Parks (Code 1943 Supp. Art. 39A, secs. 1-2)..

A forestry department was first organized in 1906 under the Board
of Regents of the University of Maryland. The present Department,
associated with the Board of Natural Resources was organized in
1941, and is the successor of the first department (Code 1943 Supp.
Art. 39A, secs. 1-2). The Department of State Forests and Parks
administers the tree marketing program under which woodland own-
ers who plan to dispose of their timber may secure a free marking
service to yield maximum return in saw timber and other forest
products, with due provision made for a sustained yield of successive
timber crops. The Department also administers the Forest Con-
servancy Districts Act designed to ensure the practice of forestry
on privately owned woodlands throughout the State (Code 1943
Supp. Art. 39A, secs. 52-64). The district foresters of the Department
serve as executive officers and secretaries of local forestry boards set
up under the Act. Another responsibility of the department is the
protection from fire of 2,700,000 acres of public and private wood-
land. To carry out this assignment, the department maintains a
specially trained fire control force, which is supplemented by 600-
700 forest wardens commissioned by the Governor. The protection of
approximately 3,000,000 trees along the state highways is also a re-.