406/Maryland Manual

STATE FOREST & PARK SERVICE

Richard P. Barton, Director

974-3771
camping information: 768-0895

The State Forest & Park Service originated in 1906
as the Beard ofForestry (Chapter 294, Acts of 1906).
The Board was replaced by the Department ofForests
and Parks in 1941 (Chapter 508, Acts of 1941). In
1969, the Department ofForests and Parks became
part of the Department of Natural Resources (Chap-
ter 154, Acts of 1969). The Department ofForests
and Parks divided into two units in 1972: the Park
Service and the Forest Service (Chapter 348, Acts of
1972). These Services were recombined in 1982 as the
Barest and Park Service (Chapter 184, Acts of 1982).
In 1984, the Forest and Park Service merged with the
Wildlife Administration to form the Forest, Park and
Wildlife Service (Chapter 136, Acts of 1984). Reor-
ganization in 1991 formed the State Forest and Park
Service separate from the Wildlife Program.
The State Forest & Park Service works to serve
the forest management and recreational needs of
the people of Maryland. The Service administers
and manages Maryland's State forests, parks, scenic
preserves, historic monuments, and natural en-
vironmental areas. While providing recreation sites,
the Service preserves natural resources, and ensures
multiple uses and a sustained yield of forest resour-
ces. The Service also is responsible for the Maryland
Conservation Corps.
The Service consists of fifty-three management
projects, including four State forests, ten multi-use
parks, fourteen general recreation parks, seven
waterfront 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 avail-
able at each park and upon request from the Service.

FOREST ADVISORY COMMISSION

Vacancy, Chairperson

Appointed by Governor with advice of Secretary of
Natural Resources: Peter Becfcer; John E. Brodie;
Marilyn Guerra; Preston T. Johnson III; OUie W.
Kitchen, Jr.; Margaret S. Mallino; James Parsons;
Susan Kay Reinhart; Thomas 0. Tyier III.

Contact: Flaxie Brice 974-3776

Formerly the Forest and Park Advisory Commis-
sion, the Forest Advisory Commission was created
in 1988 (Chapter 178, Acts of 1988).

PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION

Vacancy, Chairperson

Appointed by Governor with advice of Secretary of
Natural 'Resources: Joel T. Anderson; Clara D.
Clow; Ann S. Coates; William E. Mowczka;

Thomas A. Perry, Jr.; Margaret K. Ross; C. James
Sears; Robert L. Sensenbaugh; and George M.

WyckofF.

Contact: Linda Davis 974-3771

The Park Advisory Commission was formed in
1988 (Chapter 178, Acts of 1988).

SUSQUEHANNA STATE PARK ADVISORY BOARD
Monroe I. Duke, Chairperson

Appointed by Governor: Willard Clark; Thomas W.
Coudon; William S. James; Mrs. Frederick J. Viele.

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

MARYLAND CONSERVATION CORPS
Jonathan Underwood, Director

Tawes State Office Bidg., Rm B-2
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-3771

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. Since 1991, the Corps
has been under the Stare Forest and Park Service.
The Corps provides Maryland youths, aged 14
to 21, with meaningful and productive employment
to develop and maintain the State's natural resour-
ces. During the summer of 1990, 454 youths
worked on 49 crews in differenct projects
throughout the State. Participants may be spon-
sored by private industry and must have the physi-
cal fitness and desire to spend the summer working
out-of-doors, possibly in remote locations. Corps
projects conserve or improve natural resources or
enhance and preserve environmentally important
lands and waters.

PROGRAM OPEN SPACE

Malcolm Wilkerson, Acting Director
974-7231

Program Open Space acquires outdoor recrea-
tion and open space areas for public use. The Pro-
gram administers funds made available to local
communities for open and recreational space by the
Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969 and from
the National Park Service, Land and Water Conser-
vation Fund, U.S. Department of the Interior. The
Program coordinates the acquisition of Department
lands for the use of all departmental agencies.