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The Commission on Aging is tasked with reviewing and making recommendations for statewide programs and activities to the Secretary of Aging. It consists of thirteen members – eleven citizens and two nonvoting members (a state Senator, currently Benjamin F. Kramer; and a state Delegate, currently Kathy Szeliga) – who are appointed by the Governor of Maryland to four-year terms.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a government agency in the state of Maryland charged with maintaining natural resources including state parks, public lands, state forests, state waterways, wildlife, and recreation areas.
Special Agents enforce laws regarding the conservation and preservation of many plant and animal species throughout the United States and being brought into the country from elsewhere. Special Agents primarily focus on the enforcement of the following federal laws: [3] Lacey Act; Migratory Bird Treaty Act; Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Legislators pose with Governor O'Malley at a bill signing ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 13, 2008. The Annotated Code of Maryland is amended through the legislative process involving both bodies of the Maryland General Assembly, the House of Delegates and the Senate. A bill is a proposal to change, repeal, or add to existing state law.
Most state laws allow senior citizens to continue driving provided they meet the same requirements as younger adults. [11] Some states require persons above a specified age to take certain tests when renewing their licenses, up to and including a road test, or to receive a physician's certificate stating they are medically fit to operate a ...
Viable markets and reasonable regulations are fundamental to sustaining private forests, forestry related jobs and forest stewardship. FLA communicates advice, support and information to policy makers on behalf of all private landowners, on how proposed legislation could affect private forest management, stewardship and owners’ rights.
The Department was formed in 1969 as the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and was known by this name until June 30, 2017. [3] Although the department itself was formed in 1969, some of its origins go back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [ 3 ]
The Sherburne Complex(Sherburn [1] is a joint land management venture of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that began in 1983. The area consists of 43,637 acres (17,659 ha), and is managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.