ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES

Robert B. Dannecker, Director

Tawes State Office Building, D-3
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 974-3666

Engineering and Construction Services began as
the Capital Development Program, which was part of
the Capital Programs Administration by 1984. In
1990, the Program was renamed Engineering Services.
It became Engineering and Construction Services in
1991 under Public Lands and in 1992 under Public
Lands and Forestry. Engineering and Construction
Services provides design and construction services to
other Department agencies, evaluates facilities for capi-
tal budget planning purposes, and helps preserve his-
toric properties owned by the Department.

FOREST SERVICE

Eric C. Schwaab, Director

Tawes State Office Building, E-l
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 974-3776

Forestry Programs started in 1943 with the For-
est Conservancy Districts Act (Chapter 722, Acts
of 1943). By 1971, the Program was called the
Technical Forestry and Reforestation Program. By
1979, it was renamed Cooperative Forest Manage-
ment and, by 1983, Cooperative Forestry Program.
It became Forestry Programs in 1991.
Forestry Programs helps private landowners and
municipal and county governments manage their for-
ests and trees. Forestry Programs seeks to improve and
maintain the economic, aesthetic, recreational, and
environmental contributions of trees, forests, and for-
est-related resources for human benefit. Duties in-
clude cooperative forest management; urban and
community forestry; resource use, planning, and pro-
tection; 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 man-
agement, as well as reforestation, and urban and com-
munity forestry constitute the main thrusts of Forestry
Programs. Through urban and community forestry,
Forestry Programs carefully plans development and
large-scale forestry projects with developers, builders,
architects, and city and county planners. Supervision
of utility trimming and municipal tree care programs
is an important facet of urban and community forestry.
The urban forestry concept includes granting individ-
ual shade tree consultations to private landowners, as
time permits.

FOREST ADVISORY COMMISSION

John E. Brodie, Chairperson
Contact: Patricia Luchansky (410) 974-3776

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

DISTRICT FORESTRY BOARDS
James E. Klunk, Executive Director
(410) 974-3776

District Forestry Boards function in all twenty-
three Maryland counties and in Baltimore City The
Boards were established in 1943 to assist the then
Department of Forests and Parks by promoting forest
management on privately owned woodlands. The
original goal was to help assure a supply of wood fiber
products through scientific forest management. Today,
their role has been expanded to improve the environ-
ment in urban and suburban areas and educate people
about the benefits forests provide. Board members
work closely with project and Chesapeake Bay forest-
ers throughout the State. Forestry Boards primarily
serve as advisory, educational and facilitating bodies.
In the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, Forestry Boards
are responsible for approving forest management
plans. Forestry Boards also review proposed laws and
represent the interests of forestry with local, State and
federal legislatures (Code Natural Resources Article,
secs. 5-601 through 5-610).
Forestry Board members are appointed by the As-
sistant Secretary for Public Lands and Forestry on the
recommendation of the local forester in consultation
with Board members. Meeting at least four times a year,
each board has five or more members. The chief re-
quirement for membership is an interest in forestry and
a desire to see resources wisely used and renewed. Tree
farmers, forest product workers, arborists, educators,
farmers, and government representatives are but a few
of the interest groups represented on the Boards.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

James W. Peck, Assistant Secretary for Resource
Management
Catherine Pieper Stevenson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary

Tawes State Office Building
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 974-3548

Resource Management was organized in 1992.
The Assistant Secretary for Resource Management
is responsible for six agencies: the Tidewater Ad-
ministration; the Boating Administration; the
Natural Resources Police Force; the Water Re-
sources Administration; the Maryland Geological
Survey; and the Fish, Heritage, and Wildlife Ad-