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outstanding and long-term volun
teer service in conservation. This
year the award is presented to
James Gemmell in, from Bucks
County. Gemmell has 45 years of
service to Pennsylvania's conser
vation efforts especially through
the Bucks County Conservation
District. In 1952 when the Buck
ingham Farmers Cooperative with
Gemmell a founding member, ini
tiated the move to establish a con
servation district in Bucks County,
he joined the endeavor. The quest
to get the idea through the legisla
ture took 10 years. But on April 24,
1961, the district was formed, and
he has been a vital part of the dis
trict since then, working to ensure
its growth and success.
ORGANIZATION AWARD
The Western Pennsylvania
Coalition For Abandoned Mine
Reclamation in Westmoreland
County received the conservation
organization award for noteworthy
contributions to the conservation
of Pennsylvania's soil, water, and
related natural resources. The
coalition was established in 1981
to provide leadership for encour
aging the reclamation, develop
ment, and best use of abandoned
mine lands in the bituminous coal
area of western Pennsylvania. This
independent, non-profit, non
partisan group supplements the
efforts of the Pennsylvania Associ
ation of Conservation Districts, the
Rural Abandoned Mine Program,
and others with similar goals. The
coalition encompasses 21
counties.
In recent years, the coalition
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began to focus attention on the
abandoned mine related water
quality problems. In 1994, they
were awarded a three-year grant
under the non-point source pollu
tion Clean Water Act The grant
provides $900,000 in funding for
mine drainage remediation efforts
over the term of the grant.
Designed to be implemented
through the county conservation
districts, the program helps institu
tionalize the state’s acid mine
drainage program. In one project,
the Scrubgtass Run Water Project,
just a few miles from downtown
Pittsburgh, a local high school has
become involved and has used the
project to develop an integrated
studies program related to the pro
ject and the local community.
EDUCATOR AWARD
The winner of the conservation
educator award is Stephen Kline of
Beaver Springs, Snyder County.
The award is presented annually to
teachers who have demonstrated a
strong commitment to conserva
tion education programs and activ
ities. Kline teaches ag education at
West Snyder High School for 26
years. He has also taught environ
mental eduation with subjects in
wildlife, forestry, and water qual
ity. He is also the adviser to West
Snyder's Envirothon team.
Last year, Kline began the first
West Snyder FFA Conservation
Day at West Beaver and BEaver-
Adams Elementary Schools. At
this event the FFA members pre
sented conservation programs to
elementary students. In a special
project funded tty the Pennsylvani
a Bay Education office, the senior
high FFA developed stream bank
fencing, headwall construction,
rescading, pasture rotation, and a
pasture pump livestock waterer.
MEDIA AWARD
The media conservation award
is presented to individuals or pro
fessional communication organi
zations who have made an out
standing contribution to the publ
ic’s awareness of conservation
districts and to the public’s under
standing of natural resource con
servation. This year’s award was
presented to Lancaster Farming.
According to the conservation
associations Lancaster Farming,
with its statewide teach and popu
larity, is a principal publication to
highlight conservation practices
and activities. The publication is
often found in many ag businesses,
banks, and ag agency offices
around the state. Conservation dis
trict activities are kept before the
public eye, frequently with front
page coverage, pictures, and fea
ture articles. Local papers serving
the general public (both daily and
weekly) regularly scan Lancaster
Farming to do follow-up articles
or stories of interest to their read
ers, thus multiplying the exposure
of district activities.
Although Lancaster Farming
serves the entire PACD area, it is
headquartered in Lancaster Coun
ty, and the Lancaster County Con
servation District is proud to spon
sor this'year's winner.
GODDARD AWARD
This award in honor of former
DER Secretary Maurice K. God
dard is presented to co-winners—
William Mayberry of New Castle,
Lawrence County, and Shelly Tree
Farm, Thompson, Susquehanna
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Mayberry possesses a deep
dedication to public education,
especially youth education on
forest stewardship practices and
philosophy. A Tree Farm System
member for 23 years, he has used
professional foresters, both public
and private, as advisors and con
sultants when implementing silvi
cultural treatments and commer
cial timber sales. In 1992 Mayber
ry enrolled 208 acres in the
Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship
Program and has a forest steward
ship plan developed.
The Maybetrys have permitted
the use of 25 acres of their property
to be developed as a demonstration
woodlot. This area has been exten
sively used by forest ecology clas
ses from local colleges, high
school FFAs, girl and boy scout
troops, farm managers and neigh
boring conservation districts.
The Shelly Farm is one of the
oldest tree farms still in existence
in the state. Originally owned and
certified to Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Shelly in 1967, the farm is now
owned by daughter Kathy Shelly
and Ed Cameron. This tree farm
has been three properties. One
property was deeded to the Nature
Conservancy so it can be perpetu
ally maintained as a unique
ecosystem as a boreal bog. It is
maintained and open to the public
for study and recreation.
On the home property, the wild
life habitat is excellent, and trails
arc uscd and maintained for wild
life viewing and hiking. A small
cabin has been constructed for the
enjoyment of friends, family, and
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LEGISLATOR AWARD
Stale representative Ruth Rudy
from the 171st district covering
parts of Centre and Mifflin Coun
ties received the legislator of the
year award. Rep. Rudy has used
her knowledge of conservation
districts and of the value of then
work to introduce, support and
vote for legtislation that has bene
fited the conservation movement
in Pennsylvania. She sought and
gained House committee assign
ments that enable her to enforce
her interest in the use of know
ledge of agriculture, conservation
and rural life.
She has been chair of Central
Pennsylvania Caucus, vice chair of
the Ag and Rural Affairs commit
tee, and a member of the Aging and
Youth, and Education committees.
She has sponsored and supported
legislation for the agricultural sec
urity area law and other legislation
for environmental study grants,
nutrient management and environ
mental education.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
The PACD auxiliary scholar
ship award was presented to
Christopher Klinger of Wiconisco,
Dauphin County, Klinger is a
junior at Slippery Rock Universi
ty, majoring in environmental edu
cation. He will receive a $5OO
scholarship.
The conference began on Sun
day and continued through Wed
nesday noon with educational and
business events as well as touts to
points of conservation interest in
Lancaster County.
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