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Berks County Conservation District Annual Awards Banquet
Berks County Conservation District
Farmer of the Year
Tim Kurtz ~ Kurtland Farms
Tim and Deborah Kurtz and their family own &
operate a third generation dairy farm
Kurtland Farms is located in
Caernarvon Township
The operation presently consists of 425 Cows,
350 Replacements and 300 Crop Acres
Berks County Conservation District
Erosion Control Plan Designer of the Year
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape from Penn State.
As a registered Landscape Architect Karen has won several awards from the National Paver Institute & local garden clubs.
Employed at John Hoffert Surveying, responsible for all Erosion and Sediment Control projects.
Serves as Chair of the Millcreek Township Planning Commission; President of the Community Center Board; member of the Newmanstown Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
Karen Krater
Berks County Conservation District
Contractor of the Year
Barwis Construction LLC Founded in January 2004,
Barwis is a land development / site-work contractor located in Berks County Offer full service land
development packages for commercial, government, subdivisions, PENNDOT and residential projects
Barwis Construction believes in going the extra mile when it comes to natural resource conservation
Berks County Conservation District
Conservation Individual of the Year
Kimberly Fies Worked in the conservation
field close to 20 years; starting with water quality sampling then advancing to do Chesapeake Bay Program implementation & Tulpehocken Creek Watershed coordination.
Served as the County’s biosolids land application monitor, provided farm plans for the mushroom industry & managed several grant projects.
Worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Services to develop conservation plans and install best management practices.
Since 2009, has annually monitored over 650 farms in the Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation Program to ensure they maintain compliance with the
easement.
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Berks County Conservation District
Conservation Group of the Year
Kutztown Future Farmers of America (FFA)
Left to RightKristy Heffner, President Trinity Hamm, Vice PresidentBarron Kistler, ReporterMeghan Glover, Member
Celeste Ball, FFA AdvisorBottom Row - Left to Right:
Alya Blatt, Calliope Yoffe, Jacob Fairchild, Justin Fairchild , Kyle Lubak
Top Row - Left to Right:Frank Mohr, Meghan Glover, Jamie
Sieffert, Barron Kistler, Trinity Hamm
September 2013“Before”
November 2013
“After”
Project in Kutztown PA
Berks County Conservation District
Conservation Groupof the Year
Reading Environmental Advisory Council (EAC)
David BeaneAndrew Molteni
Callie WhiteBarbara Cole
Pier Ignozzi-Shaffer
~ Members Not Pictured ~Cathy Curran-Myers
City Employees: Shelly Katzenmoyer-Deputy City ClerkDeborah Hoag-Environmental Division Mgr.
Hold quarterly Rain Barrel workshops throughout the City of Reading
Participates in the Smart Growth Alliance to foster future land use and development in accordance with sustainable principles
Drafting an amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance to address Alternative Energy to promote and regulate the use of geothermal, solar, wind, hydro and biomass systems
Provided input on the City’s Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System (MS4) permit
Berks County Conservation District
Outstanding Achievement of the Year
Berks County Jail System
Composter
SawmillThe jail takes pride in various innovative conservation efforts and practices:
RAIN BARRELS are painted and constructed by jail maintenance staff & inmates used in the Conservation District’s rain barrel program. IN-VESSEL COMPOSTER SYSTEM has been constructed; the system mixes pre and post consumption food waste, leaves, tree trimmings and grass clippings from the jail campus. This was an effort to help reduce the amount of waste material going to landfills. HOMEMADE SAWMILL is used to cut wood from trees that have fallen or been removed from County property. Some cut wood was used to replace the old deteriorated floor boards in the Heister mansion barn.
Rain Barrel
Berks County Conservation District
Scholarship Recipients
$4,000Berks County
Conservation District Scholarship Recipient
MATTHEW BEEKMAN
Matthew Beekman
Freshman at Delaware Valley College, Environmental Science with a minor in Agribusiness
Member of Collegiate FFA,
Horticultural Club, Outdoor Club and Rock Climbing ClubGrew up on his family
farm, representing the 4th generation of the family business
$1,200Berks County
Conservation District Scholarship Recipient
AUSTIN STOUDT
Austin Stoudt
Senior at Conrad Weiser high school, focusing on science
Will be attending Kutztown University as Biology major this fall
Interests include being a musician, martial arts – has achieved a 2nd degree black belt
$1,000Berks County
Conservation District Scholarship Recipient
ZACHERY ZIMMERMAN
Zachery Zimmerman Senior at Muhlenberg
High School Plans to attend SUNY
(State University of New York) Cobleskill campus, NY to major in Animal Science
Interests include hunting, fishing, and hopes to one day own and operate a farm raising Texas Longhorn cattle
$500Berks County
Conservation District Memorial Endowment Scholarship Recipient
TYLER PARR
Tyler Parr
Senior at Oley Valley High School
Will attend Penn State Berks, major in Agriculture Business
Interests include marching band, concert band, stage crew, track and field, and church activities, hunting, hiking
Worked at Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation as a council to cub scouts and a cub nature assistant director
$500Solon Phillips Memorial Scholarship Recipient
CALLISTA MILLER
Callista M. Miller
A senior honor student at Oley Valley High School
Plans to attend Penn State University majoring in Food Science & Technology with a focus in Food Chemistry or Food Engineering
President of the Oley Valley FFA , member of the National Honor Society, Tri-M (music honor society), German Honor Society, a violist in the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra
$1,000Pomona Grange in
Memory of Henry Bohn Scholarship Recipient
ASHLEY MOHN
Ashley Mohn
Sophomore at Delaware Valley College, majoring in Dairy Science, minors in Ag Business and Media, Communications
A member of Sigma Alpha, a sorority for agriculture women, Collegiate 4-H and FFA, and Dairy Society
Dream job is promoting the dairy industry by working in the public relations or marketing design unit of either a dairy processing plant or a business in the dairy industry
$1,000Pine Creek Watershed
Association Scholarship Recipient
BRITTA SCHUMACHER
Britta Schumacher
Junior studying Geography at Penn State and the Schreyer Honors College
Research interests lie at the interface of parks and people
Traveling to Tanzania this summer to study and to complete her thesis research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Mang'ula, TZ
$800Steven “Eldridge” Skelly
Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Catharine Scoboria
Catharine Scoboria
Senior at Berks Catholic High School
Plans on attending Penn State to study mechanical engineering
Involved with the Reading Berks Science and Engineering Fair for 6 years, this is the second year she won Reserve Champion
She is involved in the National Honor Society, Peer Listeners, and Student Ambassadors
Berks County Conservation District
Reading Berks Science Fair Special Award
Schuyler is a student at Governor Mifflin
Her project is titled: Don’t Muddy the Water:
The Effect of Ground Cover on Soil Erosion
Schuyler Osgood
Thank You!Agricultural Team
Urban Team
Operations Team
Directors