Conservation Champions Honored At
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) The Lancaster County
Conservation District served its
Slst annual banquet at Yoder’s
Restaurant here March 14.
The evening was highlighted
by an awards ceremony recogniz
ing a number of people who have
made soil and water conservation
a priority in their life and work.
They include youth, educators,
developers, an engineer, and a
farm family.
H. Andrew Jackson and his
family received the 2002 Soil
Stewardship Award for a lifetime
of dedication to conservation
based farming practices on their
130-plus acre farm near Peach
Bottom.
Jackson was born on the
fourth-generation farm and grew
up helping with the 30-cow dairy
Recognized for their work as volunteer counselors at
the Lancaster County Youth Conservation School, from
left, Jason Wagner, Derek Daly, and William Lewis. Photos
by Dave Lefever
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operation. His father first had the
farm laid out in contour strips in
the 19305, and it has been farmed
that way since.
Along with wife Eva and their
three children, Jackson pur
chased the farm in the 19605.
Crop production and soil conser
vation are the main focuses on
the farm today.
Conservation technician Eric
Sam us spoke about the high pri
ority put on tradition and land
stewardship on the Jackson
homestead.
A conservation-based rotation
of hay, com, and wheat, along
with cover-cropping and main
taining contour strips, add up to
a “shining example of traditional
and simple forms of soil conser
vation,” he said.
Jackson’s son, Andrew, and
grandsons Troy and Randy, have
also taken conservation practices
well beyond the home farm, in
stalling conservation terraces and
waterways on many southern
Lancaster County farms as part
of their excavating business.
Other groups recognized for
outstanding attention to conser
vation practices in Lancaster
County included those who part
nered on the Rt. 30 construction
project west of Lancaster. These
included the Dick Corporation,
the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, and Michael
Baker, Inc.
The developers of Stony Bat
tery Corporate Center also re
ceived a Conservation of Natural
Resources Award.
Regency V Partners, working
together with ELA Group consul
tants and West Hempfield Town
ship officials, designed a compre
hensive stormwater management
system that resolved flooding
problems on the Stony Battery
site.
Derek Daly, Bill Lewis, and
Jason Wagner were recognized
for their work as counselors and
positive role models at the Lan
caster County Youth Conserva
tion School.
Fred Habegger and Barry
Runk of Grant Heilman Photog
raphy, Inc., were also recognized
for their service to the school.
Habegger’s photographs, de
veloped by Runk, have docu
mented the hundreds of students
who have benefited from conser
vation school activities over the
years.
Jason Wagner and Stephanie
Feister each received the $l,OOO
Ann Brown Memorial Schol
arship for beginning their
college career this year in a
curriculum that focuses on
natural resources and/or
conservation. Feister plans
to major in agricultural sci
ences and education at
Penn State, and Wag
ner in biology and
ecology at Millersville
University.
Carey Kalupson, ag
teacher at Solanco
High School, received
the Environmental
Educator Award for
offering his students
opportunities to learn
conservation practices
firsthand. Kalupson
has initiated various
H'ects for students,
tiding stream stabi
lization and stream
bank fencing.
The Conservation
Service Award went to
Eric Ashley, a former
district engineer.
Ashley began as a
technician with the
Lancaster County
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Barry Runk, left, and
Fred Habegger have han
dled Youth Conservation
School photography for
many years.
Conservation Service Award recipient Erie Ashley, cen
ter, wtth'Wayne Carvel), left, and Donald Robinson, Lan
caster Conservation District administrator.
Fabricators of Galvanized Barn Equipment
Banquet
Solanco High School ag
teacher Carey Kalupaon,
right, receivee the Environ
mental Educator Award
from Bob Lauffer.