Tag: recognition

Soil and Water Conservation takes front page news in this months Agriculture Review.  Check it out on line:  http://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/AgReview/pdf/Jan12AgReview.pdf

and, Commissioner Troxler sits down with the Southern Farm Network to talk about 75 years of Conservation.  It is a great recorded interview that is just 3 1/2 minutes long.

cool NC fact:  The work of Anson County native Hugh Hammond Bennett led to the formation of the federal government’s Soil Erosion Service in 1933.

The AB Combs Elementary School rain garden was recognized with a 2011 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Community Appearance, Raleigh’s annual celebration of the best in community design and conservation.  The award is shared among its many partners, including Wake SWCD Staff, as well as  District Conservation Award recipients John Ann Shearer and Falcon Engineering.

http://www.raleighnc.gov/home/content/PubAffairs/Articles/2011SirWalterAwards.html

SOIL AND WATER TO RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARD
The Soil and Water Conservation Department will receive the 2011 Earth Team
Award, from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), during the N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts’ annual meeting, January 8-10, 2012, in Greensboro. The award
recognizes the best volunteer programs in NRCS offices nationwide.

Receiving more volunteer hours than any other conservation district in the
state, Wake Soil and Water Conservation engaged skilled volunteers to
assist with technical and administrative duties throughout the year. This
volunteer support helped the department, as an interim measure, meet the
increasing demand from residents for agricultural and natural resources
conservation services.  Staff Contact: Dale Threatt-Taylor, Soil and Water
Conservation Department, 919-250-1068