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