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Grants Available For
Conservation Districts To
Implement ‘PEACCE’
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) PennAg Industries Asso
ciation and the Lancaster County
Conservation District will release
funds through the Ombudsman
pant to 17 county conservation
districts across the state to imple
ment the Pennsylvania Environ
mental Agricultural Certification
of Excellence Program
(PEACCE) in January 2002.
Conservation Districts who
wish to participate in the
PEACCE propam will be pant
ed $2,000 to assist in the certifica
tion process of up to three farms
per county. Currently, the
PEACCE propam is a pilot pro
pam in Chester, Lancaster and
Berks counties, with a goal to
complete 20 certifications by Jan.
1,2002.
The overall mission of
PEACCE is to promote environ
The PA Crop Insurance Assistance Program has
been extended for crop year 2002. Benefits
include:
To receive
agent
www.RMA@usda.gov.
insurance
Enrollment Deadline:
Pennsylvania encourages growers to have crop insurance protection as part of their farming risk
management plan. All policy fees and approximately 20 percent of net premium costs are paid for
growers.
Sponsored by the PA Department of Agriculture with cost share support from RMA/USDA.
mentally safe agricultural prac
tices among livestock and poultry
producers, to encourage them to
minimize risks to the environ
ment and in turn minimize per
sonal liability, and to recognize
those producers who meet or ex
ceed standards as established by
PEACCE.
The Pennsylvania sponsors of
the PEACCE propam include:
PennAg Industries, Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania As
sociation of Conservation Dis
tricts, Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture, Pennsylvania
State University, and the Penn
sylvania Department of Environ
mental Protection. For more in
formation on the PEACCE
propam, please contact Amy
Van Blarcom at (717) 651-5920.
FREE “CAT” Coverage
Discounted Premiums & Fees
(Paid for “BUY-UP” Coverage)
these
Sam Hayes
Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop
Insurance Program
benefits, contact a crop
today. List available at
March 15 - Spring crops
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Watershed Roundtable Conducted
DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.)
With the support of EPA, the
USDA Natural Resource Conser
vation Service (NRCS), the Na
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), and ad
ditional sponsors including DEP,
representatives from watershed
programs and groups in seven
states, and the District of Colum
bia attended the 2001 gathering
of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Wa
tershed Roundtable here Dec.
3-5.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional
Roundtable covers the states of
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
ginia, West Virginia, and the Dis
trict of Columbia. It consists of a
diverse group of stakeholders
that engage in dialogue and in
formation exchange to support
collaboration on community-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,2001-A3l
based watershed protection and
restoration efforts.
The 2001 roundtable gathering
was convened to improve coordi
nation and to explore and
strengthen the connections
among grassroots river/watershed
leaders, representatives of state
and federal agencies, municipal
government officials, planners,
and business community repre
sentatives with an interest in wa
tersheds.
In the last two years, the Mid-
Atlantic Regional Watershed
Roundtable has discussed goals
common to watershed interests
throughout the region and has set
a long-range vision to improve
coordination of efforts in the
Mid-Atlantic states that could re
sult in minimizing fragmentation
and duplicated effort. To move
this vision ahead, the 2001 gath
ering focused on three goals:
• To disseminate best prac
tices and lessons learned for wa
tershed associations and local
planning efforts.
• To strengthen and integrate
the watershed movement by fo
cusing on the links between and
across agency, governmental, and
watershed boundaries.
• To further organize and sus
tain the Mid-Atlantic Roundtable
effort and to create a mechanism
to disseminate information.
The first day of the roundtable
was devoted to a series of panels
giving brief reports stinting at the
national level then zooming in to
the region, the states and the
local watershed level. Partici
pants discussed the possibility of
adopting some of the strategies
and tools that other regional wa
tershed roundtables are creating
to benefit their constituents.
Regional watershed round
tables are convening across the
nation. The watershed round
tables are regional networks of
diverse stakeholders that engage
in dialogue and information ex
change to support collaboration
on community-based watershed
protection and restoration efforts.
A better expanded,
updated edition of the
Lancaster Farming
Agricultural Directory
is scheduled in the
Dec. 29 issue. Included
will be more contact
names, addresses,
phone numbers, and
Web addresses than
ever before.
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TO THE SUNSHINE ACT
DEPARTMENT OF
Agricultural Lands Condemnation
Approval Board Hearing
9:00 A.M. • Dec. 20
(and Dec 21 if nec.)
Perkins Student Center
Penn State - Berks Campus, Reading, PA
PURPOSE: To consider the condemnation of
productive agricultural lands enrolled in an
Agricultural Security Area The stated
purpose of the proposed condemnation by
Reading Municipal Airport Authority is to
acquire, by the power of eminent domain, a
portion of ground for a Runway Protection
Zone. John W. and Fayne Hartman own this
property, located in Bern Township, Berks
County.
CONTACT: Thomas Oyler, Jr.
Bureau of Farmland Preservation
2301 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 783-3167
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