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408/Maryland Manual
Ex officw: William Donald Schaefer, Governor;
Gerald W. Winegrad, designee of Senate President;
Samuel Q. Johnson III, designee of House Speaker.
275 West St., Suite 322
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-5350
The Maryland Environmental Trust was formed
in 1967 to conserve, improve, stimulate, and per-
petuate the aesthetic, natural, scenic, and cultural
aspects of the Maryland environment (Chapter
648, Acts of 1967). The Trust also promotes ap-
preciation of the environment and continued inter-
est in its care.
The Trust seeks donations of conservation ease-
ments ID the State on certain lands to preserve the land
from development. By 1986, the Trust had secured
111 conservation easements on 21,000 acres.
The Trust consists of fifteen trustees. Three
serve ex ofiicio. The remaining twelve trustees each
year elect three of their own successors for four-year
terms. The Trust selects the Director (Code Natural
Resources Article, sees. 3-201 through 3-211).
ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
NATURAL RESOURCES
Donald E. MacLauchlan, Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources
James E. Mallow, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Tawes State Office Building
580TaylorAve.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-2330
In 1991, the position of Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources was established. The Assistant
Secretary oversees four programs, Wildlife, Natural
Heritage, Freshwater Fisheries, and Forestry
WILDLIFE PROGRAM
Gary J. 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
projects to evaluate public demands on wildlife
resources, wildlife populations, harvesting
parameters, and relevant environmental factors. It
constructs ponds (primarily waterfowl habitat) and
plants food and cover vegetation. It also manages
and protects birds, land-based reptiles and am-
phibians, and mammals. Under its protection are
game species, nongame species, and threatened and
endangered wildlife.
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The Program develops and manages thirty-two
State Wildlife Management Areas (public hunting
areas). The Program also manages and administers
recreational use of cooperative wildlife areas and
some State park areas.
The Program is aided by several advisory bodies
among which are the following:
WATERFOWL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Vacancy, Chairperson
Appointed by Governor: Carol Jane Baker; Lee A.
Brohawn; Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.; John N. Fisher;
E. Hugh Galbreath; William S. James; Ladd
Johnson; Matthew C. Perry; Ronald Webster;
Michael H. Weir; J. D. Williams; John Zouck.
Contact: Larry Hindman 827-8612
The Waterfowl Advisory Committee was
formerly the Duck Release Program Advisory Com-
mittee. Appointed by the Governor, the Committee
works with the Wildlife Program to develop an
improved duck release program (Code Natural
Resources Article, sec. 1-102).
WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION
Vacancy, Chairperson
Appointed by Governor: J. Allen Swan, 1991; Fife
Symington, 1991; John W. Tieder, Jr., 1991;
Edwin F. Hale, 1992; Robert Scrimgeour, 1992;
Michale J. Sprague, 1992; C. A. Porter Hopkins,
1993; Bonnie Kelley, 1993; Raymond F.
Schoenke, Jr., 1993.
974-2330
The Governor appoints the Commission advise
the Wildlife Program and the Secretary of Natural
Resources on wildlife matters. Members serve four-
year terms (Code Natural Resources Article, sec.
1-102).
NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM
Janet McKegg, Director
974-2870
The Natural Heritage Program identifies sig-
nificant natural areas of the State and sets priorities
for their protection. A continuously updated and
computerized inventory describes all rare,
threatened, and endangered plants and animals, as
well as unique and exemplary natural communities.
The Program proposes a State listing of the
threatened and endangered species and provides
assistance to federal, State, and local county agen-
cies and educational institutions concerning
ecological resources in Maryland.
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