Colonial SWCD honored at Area Meeting
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Nine
soil and water conservation districts, with state and federal agency partners,
recently gathered in New Kent to share information and conservation success
stories. The annual Area III
meeting, hosted by the Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District, was held
April 19 at the Providence Forge Recreation Center.
The Innovative Cropping Systems project (ICS), a cooperative program
between Colonial SWCD, Cooperative Extension, and area farmers to improve water
quality by reducing sediment and nutrient pollution, was the feature of the day.
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Jack
Frye, Director of the Division of Soil and Water Conservation for the Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation, expressed his respect for the
environmental progress Colonial SWCD was bringing to Virginia.
Frye presented the Colonial SWCD Directors and staff with a plaque in
recognition of their outstanding contributions and leadership actions through
the advocacy of ICS technologies.
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Upon
receiving the plaque, Brian Noyes, Conservation Specialist/District Coordinator
for Colonial SWCD, was “at a loss for words.”
He stated, “It’s nice to be recognized for a project that a lot of
people have worked on.” Added Jim
Wallace, the Agricultural Water Quality Specialist, “We wish more of the
partners had been there to be recognized also.”
The
Honorable Melanie Rapp, newly elected to the House of Delegates, was the special
guest speaker for the meeting. Representatives
of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, Virginia Association of Conservation Districts Employees, and
National Association of Conservation Districts also participated in the meeting.
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