State Agencies

(Code Natural Resources Article, secs. 8-701
through 8-736).

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES ADVISORY
COMMISSIONS

CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL
ZONE ADVISORY COMMISSION

Albert I. Baker, Richard E. Lankford, Lawrence
Maryanov, John Thomas Parran, Jr., F. Pres-
cott Ward.

TIDAL FISHERIES ADVISORY
COMMISSION

Charles C. Callahan, Hopkins Fisher, John F.
Henderson, Robin M. Kirwan, David Syre, Ed-
ward Turner.

FOREST ADVISORY COMMISSION

Susan J. Crawford, Leonard Hudson, Richard
Malzone, William Parker, Adam Plummer.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMISSION

Chairperson: M. Gordon Wolman, 1982

James F. Coffroth, 1981; Richard W. Cooper,
1983; John C. Geyer, 1984; S. James Campbell,
1985.

PARKS ADVISORY COMMISSION

Ann DeJong, Paul Walter Hoye, Victor P.
Skruck, Sr., Philip Tawes, Joseph A. Yockus.

SPORT FISHERIES ADVISORY
COMMISSION

Jack Barnhart, Theodore R. Eschenburg, Lloyd
M. Gerber, James Gilford, Paul C. Helm, Rob-
in M. Kirwin II.

WATER RESOURCES ADVISORY
COMMISSION

Donald A. Emerson, Dr. John A. Grant, R.
Lamar Green, Robert J. McLeod, Nicholas
Pelagatti.

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WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION

Charles B. Allen, John W. Barton, William K.
Brendle, John S. Saladin, Vernon E. Unger.

Chapter 348, Acts of 1972, authorized the ap-
pointment of a number of advisory Commissions
to agencies of the Department of Natural Re-
sources. Commission members are appointed by
the Governor with the advice of the Secretary of
Natural Resources. Members serve at the plea-
sure of the Governor and must be knowledgeable
in the area of interest of the Advisory Commis-
sion to which they are appointed. Each Advisory
Commission may select its own officers and has
the duty to advise the Secretary or the adminis-
trator of the appropriate member agency of the
Department pursuant to regulations adopted by
the Secretary (Code Natural Resources Article,
sec. 1-102).

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Under the direct supervision of the Office of
the Secretary are the following services: Program
Planning and Evaluation, Assistance and Infor-
mation Services, and General Administration.

Program Planning and Evaluation is responsi-
ble for assisting the Secretary in the coordination
and direction of comprehensive planning in the
areas of natural resources management. Extension
Services are responsible for education of the gen-
eral public in the use of natural resources. Public
Information Services is charged with the responsi-
bility of keeping the public accurately and swiftly
informed of policies and activities of the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources. The Administration
section is charged with fiscal affairs, personnel,
federal aid coordination, data processing services,
and management of registration and titling of
boats.

CAPITAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION

Fred L. Eskew, Assistant Secretary

Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3947

The Capital Programs Administration operates
four programs: Land Planning Services, Shore
Erosion Control, Program Open Space, and Prop-
erty Management.