A34—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, August 4,1954
1200 Md. farms need conservation plans
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - About
12,000 farms in Maryland need a
new or updated soil conservation
plan to help meet state goals for
cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay,
according to Wayne A. Cawley,
Maryland secretary of agriculture.
“Soil conservation districts have
never been in a better situation to
accomplish the mission for which
they were established,” he told
conservation officials at the
Maryland Association of Soil
Conservation Districts’ (MASCO)
meeting in Ocean City, Md.
“You have the expertise and my
department has the resources that
will allow you to do the Job. The
White
CHAMBERSBURG - The
Pennsylvania Keystone Chapter
the Soil Conservation Society cf
America recognized five in
dividuals for special conservation
achievements according to John
Akers, member from Cham
bersburg. The awards were
presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Keystone Chapter held at
Elizabethtown College in July.
Charles White of Franklin
County was recognized as the
Outstanding Conservation
Educator; Charles Hess of York
County was recognized as Out;
standing Conservation Farmer;'
Charles Nehf St. of Lehigh County
was recognized as the Outstanding
Urban-Rural Conservationist;
William Einsig of York County and
Warren Bucher of Lebanon County
received Special Recognition for
their outstanding contributions to
conservation.
Charles White is in charge of the
60-acre Tayamentasachta En-
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public is not going to brook any
excuses,” he added.
The state will be hiring 40 new
employees this year to help far
mers with soil and water con
servation efforts. This will mean
program adjustments, said
Cawley. “Districts will be carrying
the program to the landowners
instead of waiting for landowners
to come to them,” he said. “You
may run into a muleheaded in
dividual who won’t cooperate. If
you do, you come to old Wayne and
I’ll get him to cooperate.”
Cawley’s remarks were just one
indication that the state is getting
more serious about controlling
agricultural sources of nonpoint
named Outstanding
Conservation Educator
vironmental Education Site of the
Greencastle-Antrim School
District. His responsibilities in
clude teaching, curriculum,
program, site development,
maintenance, energy and com
munity education. He has
developed programs for social
studies, biology, ecology, art,
home economics, math and other
subjects. All age levels of students,
Mndergarden through 12th grade,
use the center as well as teachers
and citizens from the community.
White Hhs also designed and held
on his own time a variety of
community programs ; and
workshops throughout the state on
environmental and energy
education. Educators from across
the state come to learn about this
outstanding environmental
education program.
A few of the other activities that
White is involved in include the
Pennsylvania Alliance for En
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Saturday, August 11.1984
7 PM at
Wayne County Fair Grounds
Honesdale, PA
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pollution. Gerald F. Talbert, who
heads the farmland preservation
program, announced changes that
would require anyone applying for
the state to purchase development
rights to have had a conservation
plan developed within the past 10
years. That plan would have to be
fully implemented within 10 years
after actual payment.
About 2SO people attended the
three-day meeting including of
ficials from the state’s 24 local soil
conservation districts, U.S. Soil
Conservation Service, Extension
Service, and Maryland Depart
ment of Agriculture. Topics
discussed ranged from cleaning up
viromnental Education, Chairman
of the Pennsylvania En
vironmental Education Advisory
Committee, Community En
vironmental Advisory Committee,
Advisor for the High School
Ecology Club, National Audubon
Society, Arbor Day Activities,
Merit Badge Counselor for Boy
Scouts in conservation and related
subjects.
He also presents environmental
programs at Shippensburg
University and participates in
Conservation District en
vironmental education programs.
the Bay to urban sediment control
and storm water management to
forestry and wildlife.
At their business meeting on
Thursday, district supervisors
passed a resolution recommending
that the state eliminate the $5,000
limit for animal waste
management projects under the
state’s agricultural water quality
cost share program. If their
recommendation is accepted,
farmers could redeve up to $25,000
for installing animal waste
systems. The $5,000 limit (Hi soil
erosion control projects would
remain, up to a maximum of
$25,000 per farm.
“In my opinion, we’re talking
about the same thing as sewage
treatment plants because animal
waste is running off land into
streams,” said Y.D. Hance, a
Calvert District supervisor.
In other actions, MASCO
members voted to:
- encourage the Dept, of Natural
Resources to put more emphasis
(hi improving habitat for the
dwindling black duck population,
- formulate a policy for coor
dination with the MDA including
sharing of personnel and space,
and
- sponsor a banquet next spring
to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of soil and water conservation.
An awards banquet was held.
The Cecil Soil Conservation
District received a plaque for
placing first in the state in the 37th
annual Goodyear Conservation
Awards Program. The Washington
County District placed second in
the contest, sponsored in
cooperation with the National
Association of Conservation
Districts (NACD). Kent District
was named an honor district in
recognition of its continued ex
cellence.
Lee McFarlane, MASCD
president, made the following
presentations:
- Ann Horner Granados, Wor
cester County, outstanding con
tributor award for her leadership
of the Ocean City Dune
Stabilization committee;
- Agnes C. Higdon, secretary for
the Charles District, outstanding
employee award;
- George Price, Baltimore
District, outstanding associate
award for his 33 years as a
cooperator and supervisor;
- John McGinnes, Baltimore
District, outstanding cooperator
award for maintaining a model
conservation farm;
- Norman J. Pike, Talbot
District, for outstanding leader
ship; and
- G. Steele Phillips, Dorchester
District, for special achievement
in providing leadership to the
Eastern Shore Resource Con
servation and Development area.
Also, Robert Turnbull from
Montgomery County received the
NACD-Allis Chalmers Con
servation Teacher of the Year
Award. The Cecil District placed
first in environmental education.