FRESHWATER FISHERIES

Robert A. Bachman, Ph.D., Director
974-3061

Created in 1991, Freshwater Fisheries protects,
preserves, and restores the freshwater fish resources
of Maryland. Through administration of the
Esheries Management and Protection Fund, Fresh-
water Fisheries conducts scientific investigations
and environmental review, propagates fish, and
manages the nontidal finfish of the State.
Through standardized field surveys, Freshwater
Fisheries maintains a data base of the physical,
chemical and biological properties of freshwater
resources as a basis for environmental review and
management planning. By analysis of this data base,
consultation with the Sport Fisheries Advisory
Commission, and communication with the angling
public, Freshwater Fisheries regulates Maryland
freshwater fish resources to assure a pleasurable
angling experience and preservation of freshwater
fish stock for future generations.

FORESTRY PROGRAMS

John Riley, Acting Director
974-3776

Forestry Programs originated as the Private
Land Forestry Program. That Program was
renamed Cooperative Forestry Program in 1988
and reorganized as Forestry Programs in 1991.
Forestry Programs helps private forest land-
owners and municipal and county governments
manage their forests and trees. Forestry Programs
seeks to improve and maintain the economic, aes-
thetic, recreational, and environmental contribu-
tions of trees, forests, and forest-related resources
for human benefit. Duties include cooperative
forest management; urban and community
forestry; resource use, planning, and protection;
and all matters relating to forestry in the critical
areas surrounding Chesapeake Bay.
Forestry Programs provides forest management
expertise to private landowners and local govern-
ments. Forest fire prevention and control, insect and
disease control, land management, watershed
management, as well as reforestation, and urban and
community forestry constitute the main thrusts of
Forestry Programs. Through urban and community
forestry Forestry Programs carefully plans develop-
ment and large-scale forestry projects with developers,
builders, architects, and dry and county planners.
Supervision of utility trimming and municipal tree care
programs is an important facet of urban and com-
munity forestry The urban forestry concept includes
granting individual shade tree consultations to private
landowners, as time permits.

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
NATURAL RESOURCES

James W. Peck, Assistant Secretary fir Natural
Resources

Tawes State Office Building
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-3548

The Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources is
responsible for five agencies: the Tidewater Ad-
ministration, the Natural Resources Police Force,
the Boating Administration, Shore Erosion Con-
trol, and the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Com-
mission.

TIDEWATER ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Paul 0. Massicot, Administrator

Tawes State Office Building
580'IaylorAve.
Annapolis, MD 21401 974-2926

The Tidewater Administration was created in
1979 (Chapter 601, Acts of 1979). Reorganized in
1988, the Administration oversees the work of four
divisions: Fisheries, Coastal Resources, Chesapeake
Bay Research and Monitoring, and Power Plant and
Environmental Review.

FISHERIES DIVISION
W. Peter Jensen, Director
974-3558

The Fisheries Division carries out duties of the
former Fisheries Administration, created by Chap-
ter 348, Aces of 1972. The Division preserves,
enhances, develops, and oversees use of fishery
resources in Maryland.
The Division's Fishery Management Program
plants oyster shells for propagation, transplants
seed oysters on public oyster bars, and monitors
blue crab movement to gauge fluctuations in an-
nual harvest. The Program studies young fish an-
nually to determine reproductive success, monitors
anadromous fish reproduction and harvests, sup-
ports striped bass hatcheries for research and
release, and develops pond and reservoir fisheries.
The Program also issues permits for aquaculrure
and scientific collections offish and shellfish, inves-
tigates disease and parasite infestations, develops
and analyzes statistics for management decisions,
and formulates management plans. The Division
strives to provide maximum opportunities for
public trout fishing within existing habitat while
preserving and enhancing natural trout resources
within the State.