Region III: Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties

Arthur D. Jones, Regional Game Warden
Philip D. Lines, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region IV: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil and Harford Counties

Gordon L. Saunders, Regional Game Warden
Vacancy, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region V: Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties
James W. Ivens, Jr., Regional Game Garden
Howard R. Zeller, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region VI: Dorchester Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties

Battie Mixon, Regional Game Warden
John Warren, Wildlife Field Superintendent

The Department of Game and Inland Fish is associated with the
Board of Natural Resources. The present Department, established in
1943, superseded the Game and Inland Fish Commission and the game
and inland fish functions of the Conservation Department. The
Department of Game and Inland Fish is under the direction of a non-
salaried commission of five members appointed by the Governor from
the several geographical regions of the State. The term of each
member is five years, one term expiring each year. The Commission
elects a chairman and a vice-chairman from its membership, and
appoints the Director of the Department. The Commission has the
power to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary
for 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 and hunting licenses, these funds
being used to finance the activities of the department (Code 1951,
Art. 66C, sees. 113-115).

As of June 1953, the Department owned game farms and refuges
totaling 80,000 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