The Board consists of four ex officio members,
and a Garrett County Commissioner who votes
only on matters pertaining to the wild portion of
the Youghiogheny River (Code Natural Resources
Article, sees 8-401 through 8 411)

MARYLAND CONSERVATION CORPS
Laune Denne, Director

Tawes State Office Building, E 3
580 Taylor Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401—2397 (410) 974 3771

Authorized in 1982, the Maryland Conservation
Corps was funded and began operation in 1984
(Chapter 297, Acts of 1982, Chapter 510, Acts of
1984) The Corps, formerly under the Tidewater
Administration, was assigned to the Forest, Park and
Wildlife Service m 1988 Since 1991, the Corps has
been under the State Forest and Park Service
The Corps provides Maryland youths, aged 14 to
21, with summer jobs that help develop and maintain
the State's natural resources Corps projects conserve
or improve natural resources or enhance and preserve
environmentally important lands and waters Parnci
pants may be sponsored by private industry and must
be physically fit and have the desire to work out of
doors, possibly in remote locations
Through a federal grant in 1992, the Corps started
a year-round program for persons aged 17 to 25 In
1995, fifty Corps members worked over 45,000 hours
on conservation and Chesapeake Bay restoration, and
3,500 hours of community service Their work corn
pleted the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenways
Trail and removed over a ton of trash from the Herring
Run watershed They also planted 45,000 loblolly
pme trees in Pocomoke River State Forest, surveyed
submerged aquatic vegetation with the U S Fish and
Wildlife Service, and constructed and installed 100
wood duck and bat boxes

STATE FORESTS
Maryland has seven State forests
Cedarville (301)8881410
Elk Neck (410)2875333
Garrett (301)3342038
Green Ridge (301) 478 3124
Pocomoke River (410) 632-2566
Potomac (301)334-2038
Savage River (301) 895 5759

STATE PARKS
Maryland has some forty State Parks Most are
open to the public, sunrise to sunset, April through
October Among these are
Assateague (410) 641 2120
Big Run (301)8955453
Calvert Cliffs (301) 872 5688
Cunnmgham Falls (301)271-7574
Dans Mountain (301) 777 2138

Deep Creek Lake (301) 387 4111
Elk Neck (410) 287 5333
Fort Frederick (301) 842 2155
Gambrill (301)271 7574
Gothland (301)7914767
Greenbner (301)7914767
Greenwell (301)8725688
Gunpowder Falls (410) 592 2897
Hernngton Manor (301) 334-9180
Janes Island (410) 968 1565
Martinak (410) 820 1668
New Germany (301) 895 5453
Patapsco Valley (410)4615005
Pocomoke River (410) 632 2566
Point Lookout (301) 872-5688
Rocks (410) 557 7994
Rocky Gap (301) 777 2139
Rosaryville (301)8881410
Sandy Point (410) 974 2149
Seneca Creek (301)924-2127
Smallwood (301) 888 1410
South Mountain (301) 791 4767
Susquehanna (410) 557 7994
Swallow Falls (301)3349180
Tuckahoe (410) 820 1668
Washington Monument (301) 791 4767

LAND & WATEK CONSERVATION
SERVICE

Michael J Nelson, Director
(410) 974-3036

The Land and Water Conservation Service be
gan in 1995 as Land Enhancement Services and
received its present name in November 1995 Un
der the Service are Operations and three programs
the Engineering and Construction Service, Re-
source Planning, and Program Open Space

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SERVICE
Robert P Gaudette, Director

Tawes State Office Building, D 3
580 Taylor Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401—2397 (410) 974 2937

The Engineering and Construction Service was
formed as the Capital Development Program, a part
of the Capital Programs Administration by 1984
In 1990, the Program was renamed Engineering
Services It became Engineering and Construction
Services m 1991 under Public Lands, in 1992
under Public Lands and Forestry, and in 1995 again
under Public Lands The Engineering and Con-
struction Service provides design and construction
services to other Department agencies and local
jurisdictions, evaluates facilities in order to plan
capital expenditures, and helps preserve historic
properties owned by the Department