Appointed by Governor: Russell B. Brinsfield, Ph.D.; Anthony DiPaolo; John W. S. Foster III; J. Philip Gottwals; Elizabeth Dickinson Hill; David E. Opel; Midgett S. Parker, Jr., Esq.; Nathaniel E. Williams.
Appointed by Senate President: John C. Astle
Appointed by House Speaker: Karen S. Montgomery
Ex officio: Steven W. Koehn, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Lynda Eisenberg, designee of Secretary of Planning.
Contact: Steven W. Koehn
c/o Forest Service, Dept. of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, E-1
580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-8501; fax: (410) 260-8595
e-mail: skoehn@dnr.state.md.us
The Governor's Commission for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry was established by the Governor in March 2005 (Executive Order 01.01.2004.53). The Commission will study ways Maryland can achieve the forest landscape policy goals required under the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. By this agreement, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and federal agencies commit to expanding and connecting contiguous forest lands in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
In February 2006, the Commission submitted on interim report to the Governor.
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