Erin LingSr. Extension Associate, Biological Systems Engineering

SWCS Virginia Chapter President, 2013

Virginia Chapter SWCS Annual Fall Meeting:

The Science and Practice of Building Soil Health

• Nonprofit scientific and educational organization

• Advocates for conservation professionals and for science-based conservation policy, practice and programs

• Founded 1943• >5000 members internationally• VA Chapter – about 85 members– VT Student Chapter– Fall Annual Technical Meeting

“Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways than society usually acknowledges, or even knows. These farmers produce valuable goods, of course; but they also conserve soil, they conserve water, they conserve wildlife, they conserve open space, they conserve scenery.” --Wendell Berry

Congratulations 2013 Award Winners!

Conservationist of the Year Award

Patty Johnson and the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council

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Robin Buckalew Piedmont SWCD

Merit Award

Virginia’s Quail Recovery Initiative Team

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Ray Dorsett, Assistant State Conservationist of Operation

THANK YOU

Conservation is a precarious, never-ending process of seeking harmony between land and people. – Aldo Leopold