D2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14,1984
YORK Some of the finest
agricultural land in Pennsylvania
is located in the watersheds of the
South and East Branches of the
Codorus Creek in York County
“Protecting that land and the
waters of Codorus Creek from
accelerated soil erosion and
sediment will be the focal point of
my interest and concern from now
on,” says SCS Conservationist, Lee
B. Bentz. in York.
His efforts are part of the Mason-
reports committees
LEBANON The results of the
election of the county and com
munity committees have been
announced by the Lebanon County
ASCS Office.
The county committee includes
Edward Krebs, Rl, Grantville,
Chairman; John Stick, R 6,
Lebanon, Vice Chairman; Henry
Royer, 1401 Prescott Rd., Lebanon,
Regular Member; Kenneth Blatt,
Rl, Jonestown, First Alternate;
Mark Hitz, 2105 S. sth Ave.,
Lebanon, Second Alternate.
Community Committee results:
Community No 1 Heidelberg and Millcreek
Townships Vernon Balmer R 2 Myerstown
Chairman Walter Heisey Rl Newmanstown Vice
Chairman Donald Bollinger Rl Newmanstown
regular member Warren Bucher R 2 Myerstown
First Alternate Eugene Hoffman Rl Newman
stown Second Alternate
Community No 2 South Lebanon North
Cornwall West Cornwall Cornwall Boro North
Lebanon Townships Mark Hitz 2105 S sth Ave
Lebanon Chairman Cyrus Bomberger 2075
Colebrook Rd Lebanon Vice Chairman Frank
Reist 53 Fox Road Lebanon Regular Member
Phil Arnold 300 Grubb Ave Lebanon First
Alternate Ivan Parker 1501 Fonderwhite Rd
Lebanon PA Second Alternate
Community No 3 South Annville South Lon
donderry North Annville North Londonderry
Townships John Alger Box 64 Campbelltown
Chairman Elvm Hostetler RR 3 Annville Vice
Chairman Adam Brandt RR4 Lebanon Regular
Member Timothy Tyson RR2 Palmyra First
Alternate
Community No 6 Union Swatara East
Hanover Cold Spring Townships Kenneth Blatt
Rl Jonestown Chairman Thomas Shuey R 2
Annville Vice Chairman Jeffrey Werner Rl
Dixon Project, a concerted
effort of the U S. Department of
Agriculture and the Maryland and
Pennsylvania Conservation
Districts to clean up the
Chesapeake Bay
The York County Conservation
District “targeted” the South and
East Branches of the Codorus for
“stepped up” conservation
assistance because of the critical
role agriculture and the stream
play in the local economy. The
Lebanon ASCS
Jonestown Regular Member Clair Wagner Rl
Pine Grove First Alternate David Hosletter R 2
Annville Second Alternate
Community No 8 Jackson and Bethel Town
ships Ray Sattazahn R 6 Lebanon Chairman
Dale Maultair RI Jonestown Vice Chairman
Mark Hunsicker R 5 Myerstown Regular Member
Earl Ziegler Rl Fredericksburg First Alternate
J Clyde Bowman 1261 College St Myerstown
Second Alternate
to honor Ace
UNIVERSITY PARK - An
informal reception to honor the
retirement of Don Ace as Penn
State Extension dairy specialist
will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on
Friday, Jan. 27 in Room 301 of the
Agricultural Administration
Building.
A short program is planned from
3:45 to 4:15 p.m. to provide an
opportunity for groups with which
Ace has been associated to offer
their thanks. Letters of
congratulations and thanks may
also be sent to Steve Spencer, 8
Borland Lab, University Park,
16802.
York conservationist explains Codorus project
Reception
creek, in turn, flows toward and
becomes part of the larger
economic arena of the Chesapeake
Bay
“Admittedly,” states Bentz,
“the total contribution of water
and pollutants from the Codorus to
the Bay and its overall problems is
small, but the point is, we must
start somewhere and the logical
place to start is literally at the
“grass roots” where those first
raindrops fall ”
“Sediment (misplaced eroded
soil) ls the largest water pollutant
by volume today,” says Bentz,
“and lets face it, pollution is where
you find it! A raindrop does not
differentiate between washing soil
off an unprotected farm field and
an urban housing construction site,
or a manure covered barnyard and
a bare roadbank. Eventually it all
can end up as sediment (pollution)
in the codorus and eventually the
Chesapeake Bay.”
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Metropolitan-Agricultural com
munity has an economic stake in
the health of the East and South
Branches of the Codorus Creek. If
the community works together to
clean up our own “backyard,” the
quality of the water in the Codorus
can and will improve. If our
example is repeated in hundreds of
similar watersheds to the
Chesapeake Bay, then together we
can make a difference on in
dividual farms, local communities,
and the region as a whole,” he
said.
The Soil Conservation Service
and the York County Conservation
District have commended the
conservation efforts of those
landowners who are already on
this “conservation team” and urge
their continued support on the land
and among their neighbors.
“Our aim,” says Bentz, “is to
reach those landowners who for
one reason or another are not
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need a basic conservation plan.”
Other landowners may have
conservation plans developed 10,
20 or more years ago that do not
accurately reflect current
operations. Conservation systems
applied years ago may be
inadequate to handle the higher
intensity level of todays farming
operations. These plans need to be
updated to meet current
production demands.
Applications for conservation
assistance are available at the
District offices in the York County
Home Complex, 122 Pleasant
Acres Road, York, Pennsylvania,
17402. Telephone 755-2966 or 755-
0406.
Bentz reminds landowners that
this is a voluntary effort on their
part and that they are not bound to
anything more than to listen and
reasonably discuss land
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