man and appoint the Director of the Department and his staff (Code
1967, Art. 66C, sees. 18-21).

The Department conducts three major programs. These respond to
the needs of other departments of the Board of Natural Resources
and usually require their cooperation. At the Chesapeake Biological
Laboratory at Solomons Island, the Department studies the Bay and
the organisms in it, particularly fish and shellfish of economic im-
portance. The Inland Resources Division studies game, mammals and
birds, fresh water fish, and forests of the State. The Conservation
Education Division helps to educate the public, especially school
teachers, about the natural resources of Maryland and their effective
conservation. It issues a periodical—the Maryland Tidewater News—
research reports, educational pamphlets, and other printed materials.

A training program at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory pro-
vides summer apprentice training for biology students and courses and
participation in workshops for graduate students, teachers, and con-
servation law enforcement officers. In addition, the Department sup-
ports the Maryland Weather Service, a joint Federal-State project, at
the Friendship International Airport, and the Chesapeake Bay Insti-
tute of The Johns Hopkins University, which conducts special investi-
gations on behalf of the State.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $199,556 $251,420
Special Funds 30,001 82,065
Federal Funds - 20,262

Totals $229,557 $363,737
Staff: 33.

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION

Chairman: Maurice Siegal, 1963

Ex officio members: A. L. Penniman, Jr., State Board of Health;
Dr. Harry C. Byrd, Chairman, Board of Natural Resources;
L. Eugene Cronin, Director, Department of Research and
Education; Ernest A. Vaughn, Director, Department of Game
and Inland Fish.

Appointed members: George F. Hazelwood, 1961; Royal H.
Carlock, 1965.
Paul W. McKee, Director

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 8-3371

The Water Pollution Control Commission was created in 1947 upon
the recommendation of the temporary Committee on Water Pollution,
which had been designated in 1946 to study the problem of water
pollution. The Commission consists of seven members, three of whom
are appointed by the Governor for six-year terms. The other four
members are the Chairman of the Board, of Natural Resources, the
Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fish, the Director of
the Department of Research and Education, and a representative of
the State Board of Health. The Chairman, who must be one of the
appointed members, is designated by the Governor. By act of the 1959
General Assembly, the Water Pollution Control Commission became a
member department of the Board of Natural Resources (Acts 1959
chap. 696).

The Commission makes regulations to prevent the pollution of Mary-
land streams and waters. It investigates all sources of stream pollu-
tion. It may request known polluters to correct the situation, and