Conservation District Directors To Visit Capitol
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
County conservation district
directors will make their annual
dip to the State Capitol on Mon
day, March 13 to better educate
their legislators about the accomp
State Potato Growers Meeting
(Continued from Pago A2O)
The extension published a
newsletter. Pest Alert, which pro
vided a great deal of timely mater
ial about late blight and ways in
which growers could work
together to treat it
Morrow spoke about the impor
tance of sprayer calibration to
make sure foliage is completely
covered and treated to protect
against the fungus.
Terry Bourgoin, director of
plant industries, Maine Depart
ment of Agriculture, spoke about
the importance of making sure the
fungus does not overwinter in stor
age. He told growers about the
importance of moving all the pota
toes out of storage and cleaning
and disinfecting the storage areas.
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lishments and funding needs of
conservation districts in natural
resource protection.
More than SO directors from
many of the 66 conservation dis
tricts are expected to spend the
Bourgoin spoke about the
statewide seedlot late blight
screening program that provided
information on total infection and
how information can be applied to
controlling late blight
Dr. Donald Daum, Department
of Ag Engineering, Penn State,
provided information on “getdng
the whole plant covered" with a
spray program. Daum spoke about
how growers can achieve total
coverage and selecting the right
sprayer system for the task, choos
ing the best nozzle, and how to
achieve proper droplet atomiza
tion, deposition, and minimize
drift
Coverage is the key factor in
controlling diseases such as late
blight
At the Wednesday morning
yields, particularly in production
fields featuring conservation til
lage and irrigation. Starter fertil
izers make crop production more
environmentally sound because
they improve fertilizer uptake
efficiency.
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day visiting their local legislators
to discuss issues of concern. Dis
trict directors are volunteer local
boards appointed by county com
missioners to oversee the work of
paid district staff.
meeting, Roger Springer, general
manager of the cooperative, pro
vided a financial overview. Also,
Keith Musser, president of the
cooperative, spoke to the members
about how the cooperative is
“doing more than just trying to
market potatoes," including lob
bying for grower concerns and tak
ing a strong stand in opposing
water usage fees by the Susque
hanna River Basin Commission.
New directors were elected.
They include District 1, Eugene
Manifold, Stewarts town and Dis
trict 3, Leroy Hoover, Patton, for
three-year terms. Three new at
large directors were also elected:
Timothy Geiger, Schnecksville, a
one-year position; Maik Masser,
Begins, a two-year position; and
Ferd Irish. Coudersport, a three
year position.
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The day is part of the week-long
celebration of Conservation Dis
trict Week, March 12-18, the 50th
anniversary of Pennsylvania’s law
which established county conser
vation districts. Acting Secretary
of the Department of Environ
mental Resources James Seif has
been invited to present a pro
clamation by Governor Tom
Ridge announcing Conservation
District Week.
During their visits, directors
will stress that stagnant state fund
ing for conservation district core
programs impacts the districts’
abilities to properly administer
some of the state’s programs dele
gated from the Department of En
vironmental Resources (DER).
The increase in state allocation
from fiscal year 1993-1994 still
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conservation districts through the
State Conservation Commission
for the employment of staff and
special conservation projects. The
current allocation provides an
average $33,712 per district for an
average staff of 4.5 persons. Staff
typically spend a majority of their
time administering state-delegated
programs. Because the Commis
sion is housed within DER, dis
tricts have provided a strong form
of local input and control of DER
regulatory programs. Conserva
tion districts have established a
wide variety of natural resource
programs that deal with agricul
tural and non-agricultural related
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