Learn More about the History of Conservation in Maryland
Natural Resources Police
Websites and PDF files
- Functions of the Natural Resources Police. From the Maryland State Archives Maryland Manual.
- Maryland Natural Resources Police History (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat)
- Oyster Police Act 1868 (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat)
- Game Warden Act 1896 (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat)
- Organizational Changes 1868-2005 (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat)
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State of Maryland - First State Oyster Police Force Report
to the General Assembly of Maryland , October, 1869 (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat) -
State of Maryland - State Oyster Police Force Report
to the General Assembly of Maryland , October, 1869 (Word File)
Annual Reports (in chronological order)
- Annual Report of the Commander of Maryland State Fishery Force, to the Board of Public Works. (Published 1892 and 1894). Available at Maryland State Law Library. Search the Maryland State Law Library catalog.
- Annual report of State Game Warden and ... annual report of Maryland State Game and Inland Fish Commission. (Published 1939-1969) Available at the DNR Library. View the DNR Library catalog record.
- Annual Report of the Maryland Natural Resources Police (Published 1974-1993, 2006). Available at the DNR Library. View the DNR Library catalog record.
Books and Articles
- Bartles, Greg and Paul M. Hanyok. (1996). A Century of Service. Maryland Fish & Wildlife News 4(4): 10-11, 19. Read the article online (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat).
- Kimmel, Ross M. (2008). Oyster Wars, The Historic Fight for the Bay's Riches. The Maryland Natural Resource. Winter 2008: 4-6. Read the article online (.pdf file - Opens with Acrobat).
- Maryland Natural Resources Police. (1994). Maryland natural resources police: a graphic history. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Natural Resources Police. Available at the DNR Library. View the DNR Library catalog record.
- Plummer, Norman H. (1993). Maryland's oyster navy: The first fifty years. Chestertown, MD: Literary House Press, Washington College. Available at the DNR Library. View the DNR Library catalog record.
- Wennersten, John R. (1981). The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, Md. : Tidewater Publishers. Available at the DNR Library. View the DNR Library catalog record.
