AM-Umcisler Farming, Saturday, May 13, 1995
Soil Stewardship Week
(ContlnuMl from Pago A 1)
about SO fanners and honored
guests to the Dan Dee Country
Inn. In attendance woe Frederick
County commissioners David
Gray, Dona Hogan, Terre Rhoder
ick, Mark Hoke, and Bruce Reed
er. Reeder is the liaison for the Ca
toctin and Frederick Soil Conser
vation districts. The Commis
sioners proclaimed Soil Steward
ship Week.
Richard R. Holier, Sr., past su
pervisor of the Ca toe tin district,
retired last year after 31 years of
service. He was presented with the
Distinguished Service Award and
honored with a plaque for his ser
vice from 1963-1994. Holler, a
dairy farmer from the Braddock
Mountain area, said he was step
ping aside “to allow somebody
else to take over” and offer their
input.
“Being in there 31 years, I had spent long
enough. There are other qualified people that
could take over my position,” Holier said.
Assistant Secretly Powell talked about soil
conservation districts in Maryland, and how
the districts’ roles are changing with the times.
Initially, the districts served farmers. But with
changing land use and growing populations,
new resource management challenges related
to urbanization and subdivision of land have
evolved. Soil loss and natural resource man
agement strategies have had to adapt.
In the early 19705, Maryland enacted one of
the first sediment erosion control programs in
the country. The technical expertise in erosion
control has shifted during the last several de
cades to the local government, according to
Powell. This shift addressed the changing is
sues related to development. But Maryland
conservation efforts work best when agencies
and organizations function as a partnership,
Powell indicated.
In a graphic presentation, Powell had mem
bers of the Catoctin and Frederick Soil Con
servation Districts stand under an umbrella.
The umbrella represented a common concern
for the environment and soil conservation.
Also belonging under the umbrella, according
to Powell, was the federal government, which
Powell referred to as the technical arm of the
soil conservation districts, explaining, “The
government provides engineering expertise in
the areas of soils, wetlands, biology, and re
source management.”
Local government agencies, concerned with
local priorities, also warranted a place under
the umbrella; they are involved in sediment
and erosion control issues, functioning
through agencies such as Planning and Zoning
and Environmental Health. Rounding out the
picture were the University of Maryland Co
operative Extension Service and the Board of
Education for their technical and educational
expertise.
According to Powell, “The best example of
the partnership at the state level over the last
couple years has been the tributary strategies
process.” The unique situation in Maryland in
volving the Chesapeake Bay has led to a com
prehensive commitment from Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Co
lumbia to reduce nutrient pollution in the Bay.
Nitrogen and phosphorous levels are to be re
duced by 40 percent by the year 2000, as man
dated by the 1987 revision of the Chesapeake
Bay Agreement. The Strategies are considered
a local and national model of grassroots strate
gy, said Powell.
“The strategy Maryland is taking is that
everyone has taken part in creating reduced
water quality in the Bay, and everyone needs
to lake part in the solution," explained Beth
Horsey, tributary strategy coordinator for the
Maryland Department of Agriculture, reached
at her office for comment. Excess nutrients
from wastewater, agricultural land, and devel
oped land; sediment runoff from farms, con
struction sites, and other lands; and elevated
levels of toxic chemicals have been identified
as the three major problems associated with
the Bay’sdccline. The tributary strategies spe
cifically address the first problem; reducing
excess nutrients.
(Turn to Pag* ASS)
Mark Hoke, center, representing Frederick County com*
mlssioners, honor Jesse Burall, left, and Daniel C. Poole,
rig ht for their service to soil conservation. In back are, from
left, Ilona Hogan, Terre Rhoderick, and Bruce Reeder.
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