the type of farming dominant in the respective lo-
cale. These research centers include the Tobacco
Research Farm near Upper Marlboro (Prince
George's County), the Sharpsburg Research and
Education Center for ornamental fruit research
(Washington County), the Agronomy-Dairy For-
age Farm near Ellicott City (Howard County),
the Horse Research Center near Jessup (Howard
County), and the Beef Research Center at Spring-
field (Carroll County). Research on vegetables,
corn, soybeans, and other field crops is conducted
at the Wye Research and Education Center in
Queen Anne's County, the Poplar Hill Research
Farm, the Salisbury Research Substation in
Wicomico County, and the University's College
Park and Eastern Shore campuses. Broiler pro-
duction research is also conducted at the Salis-
bury Research Substation.

In 1982, the University and the Maryland Agri-
cultural Experiment Station initiated the Center
for Advanced Agricultural Concepts at the Wye
Research and Education Center. This program
stresses a multi-disciplinary approach to research
and concentrates on bringing a combination of re-
sources to bear on the challenges to agriculture.
The program includes six major research areas: 1)
integrated pest management; 2) cattle breeding
and genetics; 3) plant breeding and genetics; 4)
energy development, use, and conservation; 5)
quality of life studies; and 6) interaction of land
and water. The Center for Advanced Agricultural
Concepts seeks as one of its major goals the rapid
dissemination of important research information
to agricultural leaders, scientists, scholars, and the
general public.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

Craig S. Oliver, Director

Symons Hall
University of Maryland
College Park 20742 Telephone: 454-3742

The University of Maryland Cooperative Exten-
sion Service was established by federal and State
laws in 1914 (Chapter 247, Acts of 1914). It is
supported by federal, State, and county funds.
The Cooperative Extension Service is noted for its
programs in agriculture, home economics, 4-H
and youth, energy and marine sciences, and com-
munity and resource development.

In its role as the "off-campus out-of-classroom"
arm of the University of Maryland, the Extension
Service uses a number of different methods to pro-
vide educational programs, including personal

consultations, direct mail, publications, radio, tel-
evision, workshops, institutes, and short courses.
Extension Service offices and staff in all twenty-
three Maryland counties and Baltimore City bring
the University of Maryland near to the people it
serves.

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ESTUARINE STUDIES

lan Morris, Ph.D., Director

Steven C. Wilson, M.S., Associate Director/or
Administration

Dennis L. Taylor, Ph.D., Head, Horn Point
Environmental Laboratories

Administrative Offices
Horn Point Environmental Laboratories
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge 21613 Telephone: 228-9250

Kenneth R. Tenore, Ph.D., Head, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
P.O. Box 38
Solomons 20688 Telephone: 326-4281

Joint UM/DNR Shellfish Biology Program
P.O. Box 351
Crisfield 21817 Telephone: 968-1655

Kent B. Fuller, Ph.D., Head, Appalachian
Environmental Laboratory

Appalachian Environmental Laboratory
Frostburg State College
Gunter Hall
Frostburg 21532 Telephone: 689-3115

The University of Maryland Center for Envi-
ronmental and Estuarine Studies was established
by the Board of Regents in 1970. The Center, in
cooperation with the University campuses, con-
ducts studies of environmental problems impor-
tant to the State of Maryland. The program in-
cludes research in fields that have environmental
significance; direct service to State agencies and to
the public; technical education; and, in collabora-
tion with the campuses, instruction at the gradu-
ate level through the University-wide Marine-Es-
tuarine-Environmental Sciences Program.

The Center has administrative offices and facili-
ties at the Horn Point Environmental Laborato-
ries on a 721-acre site by the Choptank River
near Cambridge. This property was originally giv-
en to the City of Cambridge by the late Francis P.