est-free loans for project construction to qualified
applicants. It designs and provides construction
supervison for State financed projects. The Pro-
gram also evaluates the effectiveness of new mate-
rials and methods developed to control erosion,
and provides public education on the causes and
prevention of shore and bank erosion. The Pro-
gram makes assessments and recommendations on
the overall erosion problem in the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries.

Program Open Space has as its primary objective
acquiring outdoor recreation and open space areas
for public use. This Program administers the funds
made available to local communities for open and
recreational space under the provisions of the
Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969 and from
the National Park Service, Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Program Open Space coordinates the acquisition of
DNR lands for the use of all departmental agen-
cies.

Established in 1983, Land Management and
Recreation Services Program is comprised of four
primary projects: Land Management, Real Proper-
ty Review and Evaluation, Recreation and Leisure
Services, and Enterprise Development.

The Land Management Project operates proper-
ties identified for enterprise development, major
capital improvement, or innovative natural re-
sources management. They include the Merkle
Wildlife Sanctuary, Somers Cove Marina, and the
Fair Hill and Patuxent River Natural Resources
Management Areas.

Real Property Review and Evaluation executes
all leases, rights-of-ways, easements, and use agree-
ments initiated by the Department for the use of its
real property. In addition, this section maintains a
Real Property Inventory for the Department, and
processes all requests for disposal, razings, or
change in use of properties.

Recreation and Leisure Services offers technical
assistance in planning and conducting recreation
activities and programs to agencies of State, local,
and municipal governments, as well as private
corporations, organizations, and members of the
general public. This section responds to requests
regarding grant sources, land acquisition, program
development, lectures, and workshops.

Enterprise Development is a new project where-
by State lands are developed by private interests in
an enterprise that generates benefits and revenues
for both the public and private sectors. These
enterprises will be established in a manner that will
preserve the integrity of our natural resources,

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while enhancing their recreational potential and
fiscal productivity.

Capital Development Program provides design
and construction services to other DNR agencies,
evaluates facilities for capital budget planning
purposes, and assists in the preservation of DNR-
owned historic properties.

The following special committees work through
the Capital Program Administration:

Catoctin Furnace Local Advisory Board

G. Eugene Anderson, Chairperson

The Board advises the Department on matters
concerning Catoctin Furnace (Code Natural Re-
sources Article, sec. l-102(d)).

Deep Creek Lake Advisory and Review Committee

DeCorsey E. Bolden, Chairperson

The Committee reviews and advises the Secre-
tary of Natural Resources on all matters relating to
the Deep Creek Lake Recreation Maintenance and
Management Fund and the Deep Creek Lake
Management Program (Code Natural Resources
Article, sec. 5-216).

Gunpowder Local Advisory Board

A. Louise Matzinger, Chairperson

The Board advises the Department on matters
concerning Gunpowder Falls State Park (Code
Natural Resources Article, sec. l-102(d)).

Helen Avalynne Tawes Garden Advisory
Committee

W. Offutt Johnson, Chairperson

The Committee plans and develops the Tawcs
Garden, a barrier-free Annapolis garden which
features plants characteristic of Maryland (Code
Natural Resources Article, sec. l-102(d)).

Program Open Space Allocation Committee

James dark, Jr., Chairperson

R. Charles Avara; Lem Kirk; Laurence Levitan;
R. Clayton Mitchell; L. Clements Nixon; Lome
C. Rickert; Hugh B. Robey; Francis J.
Santangelo, Sr.; Charles H. Smelser.

Appointed by the Governor, the Committee
prepares and adopts an apportionment formula for
the percent of total funds that each subdivision will