lands. They provide timber products for
local industry, public hunting and fishing
areas, open spaces for hikers and campers
and a place just to enjoy and appreciate the
natural environment (Natural Resources
Article, 5-101 to 8-1318).
Staff: 164.
PARK SERVICE
William A. Parr, Director
Tawes State Office Building,
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3761
Maryland's State Park system comprises
forty-seven scenic, historic, and natural en-
vironment areas located in all regions of the
State. Acreage presently owned by the State
in park areas totals 56,000.
Thirty-five State Parks are operational,
most of them serving a wide variety of in-
terests from such day-use activities as pic-
nicking, hiking, swimming, fishing, nature
study and sightseeing, to camping and cabin
occupancy, permitting more extended en-
joyment of these unique areas.
Each year, approximately ten million peo-
ple visit State Parks. Extensive construc-
tion activities are under way at many of
these areas where new facilities are being
installed to improve recreational opportuni-
ties.
Interpretive programs are underway at
21 parks. The programs serve a total of
158,000 people each year.
The following State Parks are presently
operational: Assateague, Big Run, Calvert
Cliffs, Casselman, Cedarville, Cunningham
Falls, Dan's Mountain, Deep Creek, Rocks,
Elk Neck, Fort Frederick, Fort Tonoloway,
Gambrill, Gathland, Greenbrier, Gun-
powder, Herrington Manor, Janes Island,
Martinak, Milburn Landing, New Germany,
Patapsco, Point Lockout, St. Clements,
Sandy Point, Seneca, Shad Landing, Small-
wood, Susquehanna, Swallow Falls, Wash-
ington Monument, Wills Mountain, and
Wye Oak.
Staff: 199. |
WATER RESOURCES
ADMINISTRATION
Herbert M. Sachs, Administrator
Tawes State Office Building,
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3846
The Water Resources Administration,
created by Chapter 348, Acts of 1972, re-
placed the Department of Water Resources,
created by Chapter 73, Acts of 1964, upon
the recommendation of State Planning De-
partment and on the basis of recommenda-
tions made in 1961 as a result of a study of
the future administration of Maryland water
resource activities. The water pollution con-
trol functions of the predecessor agency, the
Water Pollution Control Commission, origi-
nally created by Chapter 697, Acts of 1947,
were transferred in their entirety and with-
out substantial change to the new Depart-
ment. The Administration at that time also
took over certain powers and duties previ-
ously exercised by the Department of Geol-
ogy, Mines and Water Resources (which it-
self was reorganized and renamed Maryland
Geological Survey). The Administration,
then the Department, replaced the abolished
Water Pollution Control Commission as a
member department of the Department of
Natural Resources.
This agency is concerned with the pro-
tection enhancement and management of
the water resources of the State.
Program activities are divided into three
basic categories. Enforcement, Permits and
Certification, and Technical Services.
The Enforcement program is responsible
for the inspection, investigation and enforce-
ment activities of the Administration and
encompasses two primary projects: water-
shed control, which applies prevention
oriented enforcement procedures to those
activities directly related to geologic and
hydrologic processes occurring in watershed
areas. The water quality control activity is
responsible for enforcement of the provi-
sions of Article 96A of the code, relating to
industries and other point-source discharges
(Natural Resources Article, sees. 8-801 to
8-813). |
