News & Notes December 2003
PACD Accepting Nominations for 2004 Awards Program
PACD is now accepting nominations for the 2004 PACD Conservation
Awards, the PACD Poster Contest and the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Farm
Award.
PACD Conservation Award Categories:
Ann Rudd Saxman Conservation Award
Presented to individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment
to the conservation of Pennsylvania's natural resources. Accomplishments
at the local, state and national levels are eligible for entry.
Annual Report of the Year Award
The district annual reports will be judged on the following criteria:
Appearance, composition, content and completeness.
Conservation Educator of the Year Award
Any teacher in public, parochial and private schools across Pennsylvania
who has demonstrated a strong commitment to conservation education programs
and activities in kindergarten through twelfth grade is eligible to
receive this award. Candidates must have been actively teaching during
the current school year and responsible for an outstanding conservation
education program during the present and preceding school year. (Teachers
specializing only in environmental education are not eligible for this
award).
Conservation Farmer of the Year Award
Presented to a farmer who has furthered conservation through the establishment
and maintenance of soil, water, and nutrient management practices. Eligible
farmers must have a conservation plan approved by the local conservation
district.
Conservation Organization of the Year Award
Presented to an organization that has made a noteworthy contribution
to the conservation of Pennsylvania's soil, water and related natural
resources.
Elected Official Recognition Award
This award is presented to an elected official who has consistently
supported conservation issues and has made outstanding contributions
to the conservation of Pennsylvania's natural resources.
M.K. Goddard Forest Resource Management Award
This award is presented to a private, non-industrial woodland owner
who: (1) has a written woodland management plan in operation for at
least five years; (2) has demonstrated the wise use of their forest
resources and avoided any serious departure from accepted forestry practices;
and (3) is a conservation district cooperator.
William Lange Urban Conservation Award
This award is presented to an individual or organization that has made
a unique and outstanding contribution to the conservation of natural
resources in an urban area of Pennsylvania.
PACD Poster Contest:
The PACD poster contest, open to students in grades K-12, offers young
people an opportunity to express their views on natural resource issues
through the medium of art. Students' submissions are judged in five
age categories according to creativity, simplicity, clarity of message
and quality in relation to grade level. The NACD Poster Contest theme
for 2004 is "The Living Soil." PACD will also accept posters
that address the 2004 National Wildlife Week theme which has not yet
been announced.
Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Farm Award
The Clean Water Farm Award Program recognizes Pennsylvania farmers,
with operations within the Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins, whose
exemplary farm management practices result in improved local and downstream
water quality. The Clean Water Farm Award Program is sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Education Office (administered by the Pennsylvania
Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.).
The PACD Conservation Award nominations and Chesapeake Bay Clean Water
Farm Award nominations are due February 28, 2004. The Poster Contest
and Annual Report entries are due May 30, 2004. Nomination forms are
available on the PACD website at http://www.pacd.org/about/award_progr.htm.
Award sponsors are needed to support the awards program.
If you would like to be an awards sponsor, please contact the PACD office
for more information or click on http://www.pacd.org/about/sponsor.htm.
Please call Shannon at (717) 238-7223 or email shannon-eberly@pacd.org
with any questions about the awards program.
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