workshops, institutes, short courses, and
various other functions.
One of the real strengths of the Extension
Service is its uniquely effective system of
educational resources information. Offices
and staffs in all twenty-three Maryland
counties and Baltimore City bring the Uni-
versity of Maryland close to the people.
Field staffs rely on campus Extension spe-
cialists to provide up-to-date, meaningful
information. State administrative offices and
most of the specialists are on the College
Park Campus. New programs are developing
on the University of Maryland. Eastern
Shore and the University of Maryland, Bal-
timore City Campuses as a part of the Co-
operative Extension Service. The Coopera-
tive Extension Service is noted for its
programs in agriculture, home economics,
4-H and youth, and community and resource
development. As Maryland has grown and
changed, the needs of its people have
changed. Extension has been quick to re-
spond to high priority needs of people and
is broadening its program scope to better
serve more people This has meant adjust-
ing resources to give more attention to such
concerns as farm management, marketing,
safety, waste disposal, pollution abatement,
land use, human development, consumer
competence, money management, low in-
come programs in nutrition and health, work
with the aging, the handicapped and with
disadvantaged and urban youth (Code 1957,
1970 Repl. Vol., Art. 66C, sees. 56-57;
1975 Repl. Vol., Art. 77A).
CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ESTUARINE STUDIES
The Center for Environmental and Es-
tuarine Studies was established by the Board
of Regents in 1970. The Center, in coopera-
tion with the University campuses, conducts
studies of environmental problems important
to the State of Maryland. The program in-
cludes research in fields that have environ-
mental significance, direct service to State
agencies and to the public, technical educa-
tion, and, in collaboration with the cam-
puses, instruction at the academic level.
The Center has administrative offices and
facilities at the Horn Point Environmental |
Laboratories, on a 720 acre site on the
Choptank River near Cambridge. This prop-
erty was originally given to the City of Cam-
bridge by the late Francis P DuPont, and
was conveyed by Cambridge to the State
of Maryland for use by the University in
1971. The Center also includes the Natural
Resources Institute (Chapter 776, Acts of
1961) which conducts a comprehensive pro-
gram of research and education related to
the resources of Maryland. Institute facili-
ties include the Chesapeake Biological Lab-
oratory at Solomons Island on the Patuxent
River, the Seafood Processing Laboratory
at Crisfield, the Inland Research Laboratory
at College Park, and the Appalachian Re-
search Laboratory at LaVale. Specialized
facilities include research vessels up to 65
feet in length, the new Reginald V. Truitt
Environmental Laboratory at Solomons and
hatcheries at Horn Point for shellfish of the
Bay Region.
"The research programs of the Center
presently involve studies of the Che^apeake
Bay and its best uses; forests, fish, and
wildlife of the land areas of the State; waste
management; energy conservation; noise
control and abatement; and investigations
directed toward basic comprehension of the
Maryland environment. Educational empha-
sis includes estuarine ecology, resource an-
alysis, the process of public decision making
in matters that affect environmental quality,
and environmental education in cooperation
with other public agencies and groups.
A wide series of publications is issued,
including the quarterly journal, CHESA-
PEAKE SCIENCE, devoted to research re-
lated to the Chesapeake Bay Region.
MARYLAND VETERANS' HOME
COMMISSION
Chairman: John F. McNulty, 1979
Ex officio members: Marvin Mandel, Gov-
ernor; Steny H. Hoyer, President of the
Senate; John Hanson Briscoe, Speaker of
the House of Delegates.
Appointed members: J. LeRoy Boyer, 1977;
Charles Law, 1977; W. Le Roy Maddox,
1977; Thomas Bailey, 1978; Michael Bo-
nadio, 1978; Charles Callegary, 1979; |
