News & Notes August 2002

PACD Presents Annual Conservation Awards

During the luncheon ceremony, a Pennsylvania farm family was recognized as the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Farm Award recipient. This award was presented to siblings Dan, Dave, Stephen, and Susan Wolf, owners and operators of Wolf Farms, Inc. of York County. The award recognizes farmers who strive to protect local water quality and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay by implementing exemplary farm management practices, such as controlling soil erosion and limiting nutrient and pesticide runoff into surface and ground waters. The Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Education Office administers this award.

Each year, PACD hosts a poster contest for school children in grades K-12. The PACD Auxiliary sponsors contest prizes. The winning entries are sent to the National Association of Conservation Districts' poster contest for judging on a national level. This year's winners were presented with their awards at the luncheon. They are:

• Leah Kuhn, York County, Kindergarten to First Grade Division;
  
• Julie Ivicic, Centre County, Second to Third Grade Division;
  
• Alisha Webb, Bedford County, Fourth to Sixth Grade Division;
  
• Molly Lower, York County, Seventh to Ninth Grade Division; and
  
• Melissa Hullihan, Northumberland County, Tenth to Twelfth Grade Division.
  

The PACD Auxiliary presented its annual scholarship award to Amy Zadravec of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Amy is currently studying Environmental Resources and Biology at the University of Pittsburgh, at Johnstown. She recently completed her junior year of college and plans to pursue a career with the Department of Environmental Protection after graduation.

Commissioner John H. Eichelberger, Jr. of Blair County was the recipient of PACD's County Commissioner District Director of the Year Award. This award, which will be presented during the annual meeting of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, is given to a county commissioner member of a conservation district board who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of county conservation districts at the local, state, and national levels.

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