County, and Belle Grove State Game Farm in Allegany County. At
these farms wild ducks and wild turkeys are propagated. In addition,
the Department leases many other areas, which are managed under
the Maryland Cooperative Game Program.

In all sections of Maryland the Department has especially empha-
sized habitat improvement on private and public lands for the purpose
of increasing wildlife populations. In cooperation with the Department
of Forests and Parks, it manages wildlife conservation in more than
100,000 acres of State Forests.

The Commission now owns and operates a fresh water fish hatchery
for trout. It also owns and operates trout-rearing stations at Bear
Creek in Garrett County and Lewistown in Frederick 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 commercially
purchased or State hatchery-reared fish during the year.

The Inland Fish Division raises nearly 100,000 (30,000 lbs.) adult
Trout each year and 75,000 fingerlings. It also raises approximately
25,000 fingerling Smallmouth Bass, together with fingerling Large-
mouth Bass and Bluegills, for over 500 farm ponds annually. To sup-
plement this fish raising and stocking program, the Department each
year purchases some 60,000 Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Walleyes, and
Bluegills to put into our warm waters as brood fish and "put and
takers."
Appropriations—1959

Special Federal
Funds Funds

Administration $ 113,019 $ 113,019
Public Relations 28,014 28,014
Law Enforcement 316,268 316,268
Game Management 285,579 136,000 420,579
Inland Fish Management 210,411 39,000 249,411

Totals $ 958,291 $ 174,000 $1,127,291

Appropriations—1960

Administration $ 144,716 $ 144,715
Public Relations 28,516 28,516
Law Enforcement 348,450 348,450
Game Management 311,925 $ 127,250 439,175
Inland Fish Management 246,138 18,000 264,138

Totals $1,079,744 $ 145,250 $1,224,994
Staff: 109.

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND PARKS
The Commission

Chairman: R. Brooke Maxwell, 1962

Willis T. Hancock, Maryland Farm Bureau, 1960; J. Wilson
Lord, Maryland State Grange, 1961; Paul B. Naylor, 1963,
Arthur K. Spicer, 1964.
Joseph F. Kaylor, Director
H. C. Buckingham, State Forester
William A. Parr, Superintendent of State Parks
Karl E. Pfeiffer, Consultant
Adna R. Bond, Assistant State Forester
David 0. Prince, Supervisor, Roadside Trees

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371