350/Maryland Manual

STATE FOREST AND PARK OPERATIONS
David Hathway, Director 974-3771

The State Forest and Park Operations adminis-
ters and manages Maryland's State forests, parks,
scenic preserves, historic monuments, and natural
environmental areas. While providing recreation
sites, the Program preserves natural resources, and
ensures multiple uses and a sustained yield of forest
resources. The Program also is responsible for the
Maryland Conservation Corps.

The Program consists of fifty-three management
projects, including four State forests, ten multi-use
parks, fourteen general recreation parks, seven wa-
terfront parks, six natural environment areas, ten
historic or scenic sites, one roadside picnic area, and
three natural resource management areas.

Parks and recreational activity brochures are
available at each park and upon request from the
Forest, Park and Wildlife Service.

FOREST ADVISORY COMMISSION

not yet appointed 974-3036

PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION

not yet appointed 974-3036

ELK NECK STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: Richard Smith 287-5333

HERRINGTON MANOR STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: Roger Riley 334-9180

MARTINAK STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: Tammy McCorkle 479-1619

PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: Walter Brown 461-5005

POINT LOOKOUT STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: Daniel Spedden 872-5688

ROCKY GAP STATE PARK BOARD

Contact: William Chilar 777-2138
(Code Natural Resources Article, sec. l-102(d)).

SUSQUEHANNA STATE PARK ADVISORY BOARD

Chairperson: Monroe I. Duke

Appointed by Governor: Willard Clark; Thomas
W. Coudon; William Cox, Jr.; William Foreaker;
E. Ralph Hostetter; William S. James; Sidney D.
Kreider, M.D.; Richard Mackie; William B. Reese;
Catherine I. Riley; James A. Seaman; James A.
Thomas; Mrs. Frederick J. Viele.

Contact: Chris Burley 939-0643
(Code Natural Resources Article, sec. 1-102).

MARYLAND CONSERVATION CORPS
Jonathan Underwood, Director

69 Prince George St.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-3768

Authorized by Chapter 297, Acts of 1982, the
Maryland Conservation Corps was funded and
began operation in 1984 (Chapter 510, Acts of
1984). The Corps, formerly under the Tidewater
Administration, was assigned to the Forest, Park
and Wildlife Service in 1988.

The Corps provides Maryland youths, aged 16
to 24, with meaningful and productive employment
to develop and maintain the State's natural re-
sources. Corps projects conserve or improve natural
resources or enhance and preserve environmentally
important lands and waters.

COOPERATIVE FORESTRY PROGRAM
James Roberts, Director 974-3776

The Cooperative Forestry Program, formerly
the Private Land Forestry Program, received its
present name in 1988. The Program helps private
forest landowners and municipal and county gov-
ernments manage their forests and trees. The Pro-
gram seeks to improve and maintain the economic,
aesthetic, recreational, and environmental contri-
butions of trees, forests, and forest-related resources
for human benefit. Duties include cooperative for-
est management; urban and community forestry;
resource use, planning, and protection; and all mat-
ters relating to forestry in the critical areas sur-
rounding Chesapeake Bay.

The Cooperative Forestry Program provides for-
est management expertise to private landowners
and local governments. Forest fire prevention and
control, insect and disease control, land manage-
ment, watershed management, as well as reforesta-
tion, and urban and community forestry constitute
the main thrusts of the Program. Through urban
and community forestry, the Program carefully
plans development and large-scale forestry projects
with developers, builders, architects, and city and
county planners. Supervision of utility trimming
and municipal tree care programs is an important
facet of urban and community forestry The urban
forestry concept includes granting individual shade
tree consultations to private landowners, as time
permits.

WILDLIFE PROGRAM
Gary Taylor, Director 974-3195

The Wildlife Program applies modern profes-
sional wildlife management techniques both to con-
trol and assure continuing wildlife while affording
optimum public recreational opportunities com-
patible with the welfare of wildlife resources. The
Program engages in field surveys and research pro-
jects to evaluate public demands on wildlife re-
sources, wildlife populations, harvesting
parameters, and relevant environmental factors. It