Lancaster Conservation District Reviews Year At Meeting
New directors were elected at a meeting of the Lancaster Conservation District. ous projects and plans imple-
They are, from left, James E. Huber, Lancaster; Herbert N. Myer, Lampeter; and Robert mentcd during the course of the
B. Lauffer, Narvon. year, with input from various
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ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster Conservation
District implemented Chesapeake
Bay projects worth a total of
$344,000 over the course of one
year to cooperating farmers,
according to Gerald Heistand, bay
technician.
Heistand spoke to about 30
agency and industry representa
tives at the Lancaster County Con
servation District meeting at the
Stock Yard Inn on Wednesday
night.
The district is beginning to
implement the new Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resources stream bank fencing
program, which is 100 percent
cost-shared for farmers in the Che
sapeake Bay drainage area.
The district also reviewed vari-
cooperating agencies
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A total of 9,400 acres have been
placed in conservation plans,
according to Warren Archibald,
district conservationist. Soil Con
servation Service. About 18 new
contracts were implemented in
1993, bringing the total under con
tract to about 170. In addition, 25
new manure storage structures
were installed in 1993, with IS still
in the planning stages.
Archibald said that there is
renewed interest by farmers in sev
eral experimental rotational graz
ing projects under way in the coun
ty. Also, interest in conservation
tillage is picking up.
In the month of December
alone, the conservation district
signed on six new cooperators, for
a total of 223 acres in conservation
plans.
Also, new directors were
elected at the meeting. They are
James E. Huber, county commis
sioner, Lancaster; Robert B. Lauf
fer, Garden Spot High School
agriscience teacher, Narvon; and
Herbert N. Myer, Lampeter.
Scheduled meetings for 1994
include the District Legislative
Breakfast, scheduled May 6 at
Kreider’s Restaurant, Manheim,
from 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Also, the
district banquet is set March 24 at
Yoder’s Restaurant, New Holland,
at 7 p.m.
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