Maryland Forest Service
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The Maryland Forest Service in 1996 marked the 90th anniversary of Forestry in Maryland and the birth of what is known as the Department of Natural Resources Forest Service. Although we have been known by many names over nine decades, our mission has been consistent, "To conserve and enhance the quality, quantity, productivity and biological diversity of the forest and tree resources of Maryland." [1]
[edit] History
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[edit] Exploitation of Forests
The rates of forest exploitation grew as ways for milling and harvesting improved. The Climax and Shay logging locomotives made possible harvesting of timber in Western Maryland that previously had been inaccessible.
In the late 1800's, the nation grew concerned about the abuse of its forest resources, and their protection and management became a politically popular issue.
Gifford Pinchot, the "father of American forestry" and one of Theodore Roosevelt's chief advisor's, promoted the concept of wise use and sustained yield of forests.
Aware of the need for conserving Maryland's forests, John and Robert Garrett of Baltimore offered 2,000 acres of woodland to the state in 1906. The bequest was contingent upon the organization of a state forestry department to manage the land.
[edit] References
- ^ 1995-2006 Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Protected Areas of Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
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| State Parks | Assateague | Big Run | Calvert Cliffs | Cassel River Bridge | Chapel Point | Choptank River | Cunningham Falls | Dan's Mountain | Deep Creek Lake | Elk Neck | Fort Frederick | Gambrill | Gathland | Greenbrier | Greenwell | Gunpowder Falls | Hart-Miller Island | Herrington Manor | Janes Island | Martinak | Merkle | Morgan Run | New Germany | North Point | Patapsco Valley | Patuxent River | Pocomoke River | Point Lookout | Purse | Rocks | Rocky Gap | Rosaryville | Sandy Point | Seneca Creek | Smallwood | Soldier's Delight | Somers Cove | South Mountain | St. Clement's Island | St. Mary's River | Susquehanna | Swallow Falls | Tuckahoe | Washington Monument | Western Maryland Rail Trail | Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River |
| State Forests | Cedarville | Chesapeake | Doncaster | Elk Neck | Garrett | Green Ridge | Pocomoke | Potomac | Savage River | Seth | Stoney | Wicimico |
| Wildlife Management Areas | Allens Fresh | Avondale | Belle Grove | Billmeyer Grove | Blossom Point | Bowen | Cedar Island | Cheltenham | Cherrington | Chicamuxen | Dans Mountain | Deal Island | Dierssen | E.A. Vaughn | Earleville | Ellis Bay | Elms | Fair Hill | Fairmount | Farver | Fishing Bay | Frederick City Watershed | Gwynnbrook | Halls Creek | Hanover Watershed | Hahn | Heaters Island | Hugg-Thomas | Idyewild | Indian Creek | Indian Springs | Isle of Wight | Johnson | King's Landing | Lecompte | Liberty | Linkwood | Maring | Maryland Marine Properties | McKee-Beshers | Millington | Monocacy | Mt. Nebo | Myrtle Grove | Myrtle Point | Nanjemoy | Nanticoke | Pokomoke River | Pocomoke Sound | Prettyboy Reservoir | Raincliffe | Sawmill | Sideling Hill | Sinepuxent Bay | Slacks | South Marsh Island | Speigel | Spice Creek | Strider | Tayloes Neck | Taylor's Island | Warrior Mountain | Wellington | Woodbrook | Wye Island |
| National Parks | Antietam | Assateague Island | Catoctin Mountain | C & O Canal | Clara Barton | Fort McHenry | Fort Washington | Greenbelt | Hampton | Monocacy | Piscataway | Potomac Heritage | Thomas Stone |
