CHESAPEAKE CONSERVATION
EDUCATION

Catherine Pieper Stevenson, Director
(410) 974 8474

Chesapeake Conservation Fducation was
formed in 1995 to oversee Chesapeake Bay Policy,
and Conservation Education

CHESAPEAKE BAY POLICY
Charles A Wheeler, Manager
(410) 974 8476

Chesapeake Bay Policy develops Department
policy on Bay related issues, drawing on depart
mental expertise and advice from citizens and sig
natones of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement

CONSERVATION EDUCATION
Carol Towie, Acting Manager
(410) 974 8474

For the Department, Conservation Education
coordinates conservation education programs,
publications, and materials to promote environ
mental awareness in Maryland

REGIONAL CHESAPEAKE BAT
PROGRAM

Carolyn V Watson, Director
(410) 974 8476

The Regional Chesapeake Bay Program derives
from Maryland's commitment under the 1983 and
1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreements to restore and
protect the Bay, particularly its finfish, shellfish,
wildlife, other aquatic life, and aquatic vegetation
The Director chairs the Living Resources Subcom
mittee of the Chesapeake Executive Council, an in
terstate agency Under the 1987 Chesapeake Bay
Agreement, that subcommittee develops and imple
ments plans to protect and restore habitats, ecosystems,
and populations of the Bay's living resources

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT SERVICE

Paul Massicot, Ph D , Director

Tawes State Office Building, C 2
580 Taylor Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401—2397 (410) 974 2926

Origins of the Resource Assessment Service trace
to 19th centurv legislation safeguarding clams, oys
ters, and fish Many later duties stem from the Depart
ment of Tidewater Fisheries formed under the Board
of Natural Resources in 1941 (Chapter 508, Acts of
1941) That department was reorganized as the De
partment of Chesapeake Bay Affairs m 1964 and

placed under the Department of Natural Resources
in 1969 (Chapter 82, Acts of 1964, Chapter 154,
Acts of 1969) In 1972, the Department merged
with the Fish and Wildlife Admimstranon to form
the Fisheries Administration (Chapter 348, Acts of
1972) Duties of the Fisheries Administration were
assigned to the Tidal Fisheries Division in 1979,
when the Division joined with the Coastal Zone
Management Program, and Waterway Improve
ment to form the Tidewater Administration (Chap
ter 601, Acts of 1979) Reorganized m 1988, the
Administration was made part of Resource Man
agement m 1992 As the Resource Assessment
Administration, it joined Chesapeake Bay and Wa-
tershed Programs in 1995 Later that year, it be
came the Resource Assessment Service
The Service collects and interprets scientific data
to support the restoration, protection, and man-
agement of Maryland's tidal and nontidal ecosys
tems The Service oversees the work of four
agencies the Maryland Geological Survey, the
Monitoring and Nontidal Assessment Division, the
Power Plant Assessment Program, and the Tidewa
ter Ecosystem Assessment Division

MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Emery T Cleaves, Ph D , Director

2300 St Paul St, Suite 440
Baltimore, MD 21218—5210 (410) 554 5504

The first State Geological Survey operated from
1834 to 1841 Fifty five years later, the State Geo
logical and Economic Survey was established in
1896 (Chapter 51, Acts of 1896) The work of the
Survey was placed under the Department of Geol
ogy, Mines, and Water Resources of the Board of
Natural Resources in 1941 (Chapter 508, Acts of
1941) In 1964, the Maryland Geological Survey
superseded the Department of Geology, Mines, and
Water Resources (Chapter 73, Acts of 1964) The
Survey became part of the Department of Natural
Resources in 1969 (Chapter 154, Acts of 1969)
Within the Department, it was placed under Re-
source Management in 1992 and under the Re-
source Assessment Service in 1995
The Survey researches the geology, water and
mineral resources of the State so this knowledge can
be applied to resolve practical problems related to
environmental and natural resources Publication
of maps and technical reports are the primary means
of relaying this information to the public, private
industry, and local, State and federal government
agencies The Survey periodically publishes County
Reports, County and Quadrangle Atlases, Reports of
Investigations, Basic Data Reports, Bulletins, Educa-
tional Series, and Information Circulars The Survey
also publishes county topographic and geologic maps,
a State geologic map, and other maps and charts