Lancaster District Awards (Continued from Page A2B) head, mostly Holstein, with Dutch Belted and Jersey. The milking herd, including the re placements, is grazed through the growing season and fed stored grass when land cannot be grazed. The cows serve as the farm’s harvesters and manure spread ers. Stoltzfoos, who has traveled to New Zealand to see how their dairy industry operates, incor porated some of those practices. The farm has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) with the Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture Leader ship Award. FEED BINS & We assemble, deliver and set up I bins on your farm. U * Weather tight die-formed roof '>, ‘Stronger engineered sidewalls ‘Ground controlled fill caps ‘Galvanized roll-formed legs ‘Engineered leg braced systems ‘Fast flowing hopper bottom With An entire litter can be placed # -Jfyh in the portable Way Pig at one 111 time. 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The award was presented to recognize individuals credited with “conserving Lancaster Available in a variety /Tf of sizes. Greiner noted that develop ment in Pennsylvania has proven to be land consumptive. For example, during 1992-1997, Pennsylvania developed 224,640 acres of land each year. The state ranks second only to Texas in the total number of acres of land developed in the same period. Greiner noted in a book by Tom Hylton that documents since the 19505, Pennsylvania lost four million acres of farm land to urban sprawl a land mass equal to the size of the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. The land conversion pro vided for only a 20 percent pop ulation increase in those SO years. /jßsms^sr ; nymlrtnn JE9 w Versatile dustproof, V moisture proof fan/heater I ' ■ controls. Airstream I ■■ B advanced controls with ■ >B greater versatility. whether you need to ■- control fans, heaters or ff ■ndl £ther equipment. 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The design team removed a large portion of paving and re placed it with topsoil. Today, of the 3.5 acres, 23 percent has been landscaped. Stormwater is not collected, but released slowly. Also, the waste oil recovered in the lube shop is fuel for the energy to heat the water in the car wash. Conservation Service Award Ken Meek, on the board of the district directors, presented the year’s Conservation Service Award to Terry L. Kauffman. Kauffman, who has partici pated in the business and public sector at various levels for more than 25 years, has served in leadership roles in service clubs, on the local township zoning hearing board, and has been in volved on the county planning commission. He has chaired the election board of the Lancaster County and the registration commission. He has served as a board member in the conserva tion district from 1996-1999 and for the county library and agri culture systems. Elected a county commis sioner in 1992 and again in 1996, Kauffman chaired the board of commissioners from 1995-1999 and was vice chairman from 1992-1995. Kauffman serves as director of land use planning and man agement with the Berks County Conservancy. Educator Of Year Award Jim and Lee Amigh are the re cipients of this year’s Educator Ne’ Call 800-448-4622 for an agent near y< Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 1, 2000-A3l of the Year Award, presented by Robert Lauffer, vice chairman of the district board of directors. Jim is a physical education teacher for the elementary schools of Penn Manor School District and is certified in envi ronmental education. Lee is a naturalist for Lancas ter County Parks. Both are central figures behind the creation of the Ele mentary Envirothon in Lancas ter County, Lauffer noted. Six years ago, according to Lauffer, Jim and Lee met with the York County Conservation District and observed how the district orchestrated the Ele mentary Envirothon. The Amighs returned to form a com mittee and began planning for a local competition the following year. The Lancaster County Ele mentary Envirothon began with a handful of teams from the iPenn Manor School District only. Five years later the Envi rothon involved more than 300 students during two days with 48 third through sixth grade teams representing six school districts. “It’s safe to say that Jim and Lee Amigh live and breathe the Elementary Envirothon,” said Lauffer. The conservation district hon ored Hosea Latshaw with the Conservation Agency Service Award. The Natural Resource Con servation Service (NRCS) is the district’s closest working part ner, noted Don Robinson, dis trict administrator. Latshaw, from the Lebanon area technical office, reviews all the district (Turn to Page A 32) Conservation Agency Service Award