From the Field

Mountain Resources Conservation and Development Area

The Mountain RC&D just entered into cooperative agreements with Wolfpen Knob Development Company and WV NRCS to develop conservation plans for coal mine mitigation on the Elk River Watershed. This project is being evaluated for potential income for the RC&D and the opportunity for NRCS to direct mitigation funds for crucial conservation needs.

Over the past 3 months Mountain RC&D working the Operation Sharing program has delivered to its counties an estimated $1 million worth of donated school supplies to area teachers and educators.

	To the left is distribution setup up by Council member Bobbie Meadows in Braxton County.
	Volunteer prison labor from the Flatwoods regional jail assisted with the setup and distribution.

For more information contact Mike Gasper at the Mountain RC&D Office.

Land Judging

Submitted by Wendy Noll

West Virginia 4-H land judging teams received top honors once again at the National Land and Range Judging Competition held recently in Oklahoma City, OK. Jared Nestor's (Soil Conservationist at the Glenville Service Center) father, West Virginia University Extension Agent Roger Nestor, coached the national champion Barbour County team. For more information go to http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/newsrel/2006/060517-01.htm

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