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State Agencies Natural Resources/261
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Torrey C. Brown, Secretary of Natural Resources
Louis N. Phipps, Jr., Deputy Secretary
Fred L. Eskew, Assistant Secretary for Capital Programs
Henry Silbermann, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
Spencer P. Ellis, Assistant Secretary for Resources Management
Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2230
Created in 1969, the Department of Natural Resources can trace its origins to the nineteenth centu-
ry. The first State Geological Survey operated from 1834 to 1841. In 1896 the State Geological and
Economic Survey was formed (Chapter 51, Acts of 1896). The State Game Warden's Office was creat-
ed in 1896 and in 1916 became part of the newly formed Conservation Commission (Chapter 293,
Acts of 1896; Chapter 682, Acts of 1916). By 1906 the State Board of Forestry was established (Chap-
ter 294, Acts of 1906). In 1941 several new agencies concerned with conservation were created to su-
persede these older agencies: the Board of Natural Resources; the Department of Tidewater Fisheries;
the Department of Game and Inland Fish; the Department of State Forests and Parks; the Depart-
ment of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources; and the Department of Research and Education
(Chapter 508, Acts of 1941). In 1969 these departments were further consolidated and became the
present Department of Natural Resources (Chapter 154, Acts of 1969).
The Department of Natural Resources consists of the following agencies: Capital Programs Admin-
istration, Energy Administration, Forest and Park Service, Maryland Environmental Service, Maryland
Environmental Trust, Maryland Geological Survey, Natural Resources Police Force, Scenic and Wild
Rivers Review Board, Tidewater Administration, Water Resources Administration, and Wildlife Ad-
ministration. The Department also includes the Upper Potomac River Commission, Land Reclamation
Committee, Program Open Space Committee, and other advisory bodies. The Department is responsi-
ble for the Maryland membership units of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin,
Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Potomac River
Fisheries Commission, Interstate Oil Compact Commission, Interstate Mining Commission, Potomac
River Basin Advisory Committee, Ohio River Basin Commission, Coastal States Organization, and the
Southern States Energy Board (Code Natural Resources Article, secs. 1-101 through 1-104).
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THE BOARD OF REVIEW OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Chairperson: John W. Neumann, 1984
Vice-Chairperson: Phillip S. Thompson, 1985.
Edward H. Higgins, 1983; Lem E. Kirk, 1983;
Stanley S. Fine, 1984; Caiman J. Zamoiski, Jr.,
1984; William H. Corkran, Jr., 1985.
(Code Natural Resources Article, secs. 1-106
through 1-107).
ADVISORY BOARD TO THE
SECRETARY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Chairperson: V. Edwin Unger
Vice-Chairperson: Erwin C. Hannum
Henry Allen; August Berlitz; Ralph A. Bitely;
Dr. William F. Brother; Carlton E. Dize;
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Gennaine Gallagher; Jordan L. Harding; W.
Dorsey Hines; Woody Jackson; Edgar A.
Merkle; Charles H. Milton, Jr.; William H.
Parker; J. Landon Reeve; Carl Del Signore;
Larry Simns; Victor P. Skruck, Sr.; Hubert I.
Snyder; Dorothy P. Stancill; R. Thomas
Thayer.
By Chapter 154, Acts of 1969, the Secretary of
Natural Resources was authorized to create an
advisory board for the Department of Natural
Resources. The Secretary determines the size of
the Board. Members serve indefinite terms and
represent the different professional areas or fields
of endeavor with which the Department is con-
cerned (Code Natural Resources Article, sec.
1-105).
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-
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