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Chester County
Conservation
Honors Group
WEST CHESTER (Chester Co.)
Chester County’s conservation district and
the Homeßuilders Association of Chester
and Delaware counties continued their
professional partnership in protecting the
environment.
For the third year, the Excellence in
Conservation Award went to a project
completed by a development group, The
Hankin Group, that has worked with the
district on a variety of county projects.
This development group helped the dis
trict in 1988 in organizing the first training
sessions on erosion control.
Dan Greig, district manager, said the
1999 award is given to The Hankin Group
for the stream restoration of Lionville Run
in West Whiteland Township.
The Hankin Group is developing Chan
dler Tract. Lionville Run had been
rerouted SO yards or so from its original
channel to the perimeter of the property.
With assistance from Trout Unlimited and
West Chester Fish and Game Association
members John Johnson and Carl Du
sinberre, The Hankin Group decided to re
store the original stream.
West Chester Fish and Game were con
cerned because Lionville Run flows into
West Valley Creek, where the club has a
fish nursery. BioHabitats, a stream resto
ration consulting firm, was contacted to
look at the details of the stream and plant
ing.
Stream restoration best management
practices include root wad revetments,
vortex rock weirs, rock cross vanes, mean
ders, and riffles. About 1,500 trees, shrubs,
and plants were installed to provide bank
stabilization and a canopied stream corri
dor.
Erosion and sediment controls were in
corporated into all aspects of the project.
Technivate was the excavator for the
project. The project, noted the district,
withstood the onslaught of Hurricane
Floyd with little damage.
FSA Announces
Farm Storage
Loan Program
YORK (York Co.) - The USDA plans the start
of a Farm Storage Facility Loan Program tor the
2000 crop year.
The loan program is administered through the
Farm Service Agency (FSA).
According to D. Wayne Kurtz, county execu
tive diiector of the York County FSA Office, “The
purpose of this program provides on farm storage
resulting in additional marketing options at har
vest when prices are usually at their lowest.”
Kurtz said “USDA will publish an interim rule
as soon as possible seeking comments on pro
gram details. Once this interim rule is published
any actions by producers on gram storage facili
ties to purchase, contracts to purchase, ordering
storage structures, drying or handling equipment
or site preparation are eligible for loan.”
Kurtz said, “York County farmers who may be
interested m this program should call the office
immediately. I remind producers that the current
policy only allows loan eligibility for purchase
contracts, equipment, or site preparation entered
into after the publication of the interim rule.”
Interested farmers can contact the York
County FSA Office at (717) 755-2966, ext. 2.
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