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APPENDIX II. ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED 



The survey staff and volunteers have conducted an extensive program 

 of direct contacts with individuals and groups having authoritative 

 knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay area. These have included officials of 

 Federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense, the Array Corps of 

 Engineers, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the General Services 

 Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National 

 Park Service. State officials have been contacted in the Maryland 

 Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Commission of Outdoor 

 Recreation; also contacted were universitiesand other research groups 

 such as the University of Maryland, American University, Virginia Institute 

 of Marine Sciences, and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at Solomon's 

 Island. A listing of the organizations contacted is shown in Table II-l. 



Several organizations, such as the Audubon Naturalist Society of the 

 Central Atlantic States, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Maryland 

 Ornithological Society, and the Virginia Society of Ornithology, have 

 undertaken to assist the project staff on a voluntary basis by soliciting 

 information and recommendations from their members who are directly 

 familiar with the Chesapeake Bay area. Volunteers assisted in contacting 

 other private groups, local officials, and individuals ot obtain more 

 detailed information on specific areas. 



