The Chief provides overall guidance and serves
as the State's authority on matters relating to pes-
ticide use and application (Code Agriculture Arti-
cle, sees. 5-201 through 5-211).

PLANT PROTECTION SECTION

Dr. William F. Gimpel, Jr., Chief

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5920

This Section administers programs relating to
nursery inspection, plant protection and quaran-
tine, integrated pest management, nuisance bird
control, forest pest management, certified plant
production, inspection and registration of honey
bee colonies, and implementation of the Interstate
Pest Control Compact.

Personnel in this Section serve as the State's au-
thorities on plant pests and agricultural quaran-
tines, and provide liaison for the Department with
other State and federal regulatory officials (Code
Agriculture Article, sees. 5-301 through 5-313,
5-501 through 5-507, 5-701 through 5-716,
5-801 through 5-805).

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Richard W. Wright, Wicomico
County, 1987

Soil Conservation District Supervisors: George H.
Godfrey, Queen Anne's County, 1988; W. Mitchell
Digges, Charles County, 1989; Floyd Allred, Jr.,
Cecil County, 1990.

Ex officio: Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Secretary of
Agriculture; Vacancy, Secretary of the
Environment; Torrey C. Brown, Secretary of
Natural Resources; Raymond J. Miller, Vice-
President for Agricultural Affairs, University of
Maryland; Paul V. Twining, Jr., Chairperson,
Maryland Agricultural Commission; Donald L.
Spickler, President, Maryland Association of Soil
Conservation Districts.

Advisory non-voting members: Dr. Craig S.
Oliver, Director, Cooperative Extension Service;
Pearlie S. Reed, State Conservationist, U.S. Dept.
of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.

Anne C. Sieling, Executive Secretary

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5863

Established in 1937, the State Soil Conservation
Committee has organized twenty-four soil conser-
vation districts that cover the entire State except
Baltimore City (Chapter 436, Acts of 1937). The
Committee coordinates district work to apply sci-
entifically sound and practical conservation mea-
sures ("best management practices") to Maryland
lands. The goal is to retard erosion and non-point
source pollution and to conserve soil and water.
For each district, the Committee appoints four of
the five persons who serve on a board of soil con-
servation supervisors.

The State Committee serves as liaison for dis-
tricts in securing the advice and help of State and
federal agencies that have resources for soil and
water conservation and certain phases of related
land use programs. Relevant areas of concern in-
clude non-point source pollution, watershed pro-
tection and flood prevention, siltation of streams
and reservoirs, shore erosion control, highway
erosion control, forest and woodland conservation
and development, the protection and development
of wildlife, and the development of public land ar-
eas.

The Committee consists of six ex officio mem-
bers and five soil conservation district supervisors.
District supervisor members are appointed to five-
year terms by the Secretary of Agriculture from
recommendations made by the districts represent-
ed (Code Agriculture Article, sees. 8-101 through
8-501).

SOIL CONSERVATION
ADMINISTRATION

Rosemary Roswell, Administrator

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5863

The Soil Conservation Administration is re-
sponsible for administering the Department's soil
and water conservation program and implement-
ing State policies that further the control of soil
erosion and agriculturally related non-point
source water pollution.

The Administration provides resources to the
twenty-four Soil Conservation Districts in the
State. Financial assistance and State personnel are
made available to support programs that provide
technical assistance to the agricultural communi-
ty. Through these programs, soil and water con-
servation plans are developed for agricultural
landowners and farm operators, and agricultural
"best management practices" are promoted.