Frederick, Catoctin Districts Celebrate Soil Stewardship
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md.—The poli
tical climate in Maryland sur
rounding soil and water
conservation may be fast and fur
ious right now, but some Freder
ick County farmers have been
quietly shouldering the responsi
bility for stewardship of the coun
ty’s resources for years. Members
of the Frederick and Catoctin Soil
Conservation districts gathered
here recently to commemorate the
week of April 26-May 3, desig
nated as national Soil Conserva
tion week.
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big part of this county since back
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chairman of the Frederick Soil
Conservation District Mr. Burall
addressed a group of about 30 ga
thered at Watson’s restaurant in
honor of Soil Conservation week.
Mark Hoke, chairman of the
Frederick County board of com
missioners, presented Mr. Burall
and Mr. Daniel Poole, chairman of
the Catoctin district with a plaque
recognizing the call to conserva
tion stewardship. This year the
theme for the week-long celebra
tion is “Backyard Stewardship.”
Nutrient management of course
came to the forefront in legislation
this year, and Rebecca MacLeod,
district conservationist with the
USDA, Natural Resources Con
servation Service, updated the
group on goals and timeframes for
the newly enacted nutrient man-
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Mark Hoke, center, chairman of the Frederick County Board of Commissioners,
presented a plaque proclaiming the week of April 26-May 3 as Soil and Water Ste
wardship Week to Jesse Burall, right, chairman of the Frederick Soil Conservation
District, and Daniel C. Poole, left, chairman of the Catoctln Soil Conservation District.
agement bill.
By December 31, 2001, an
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chemical fertilizer must have a Ni
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plan, said MacLeod. The plan
must be implemented by the same
date one year later. If applying
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cember 2001 date, implemented
by 2002, and then a N&P based
plan by July 1,2004, that must be
implemented by July 1, 2005.
These requirements apply to ag
operations that gross more than
$2500 annually, or to livestock
operations with 8 or mote animal
units, as defined by federal regula
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mercial applicators fertilizing 3 or
more acres, specifying they must
be a certified nutrient manage
ment consultant or work under a
certified nutrient management
consultant
“One thing I believe will bring
this nutrient management plan bill
closer-to home is the definition of
who is required to have a nutrient
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management plan,” said
MacLeod, “Eight or
more animal units of
livestock is going to be
particularly interesting
to the horse people. If
we follow the federal
guidelines that would be
4 horses or an income of
$2500.” Ms. MacLeod
went on to explain that
out of a total of about
220,000 acres of agri
cultural land in Freder
ick County, 68 percent
of the acreage is current
ly covered under Nitro
gen based nutrient man
agement plans.
“As with other water
quality issues, the soil
conservation district
stands ready to assist the
fanners in complying
with these regulations,”
MacLeod stressed.
In other soil con
servation district news,
she said there are a few
new federal cost share
programs to help with
resource conservation
management. Federal
funds can be combined
with state money for
programs providing in
centive payments.
“These programs recog
nize that change in man
agement is not always
easy for a farmer who’s
used to doing things one
way,” according tc
MacLeod.
She noted that enroll
ment for the Environ
mental Quality Incen
tive Program, or EQIP, a
federal cost-share pro
grm that can pay up to
87 percent for switching
to rotational grazing, in
stalling animal waste fa
cilities, troughs, stream
fencing, and cross fenc
ing,. runs through May
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