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Chief Lancaster Visits WV

Arlen Lancaster (NRCS Chief), Bill Puckett (Deputy Chief), and Michael Golden (Director of the Soil Survey Division) visited WV on December 18. A tour of Potomac River Watershed Flood projects was on the morning agenda.

group photo John Wagoner, Potomac Valley Conservation District Chairman), Pat Bowen, Bill Puckett, Truman Wolfe (WV State Conservation Agency Executive Director), Mike Sykes (WVCA Watershed Management Director), Don Biller (Potomac Valley Conservation District Vice-Chairman), J. Xavier Montoya, Chief Lancaster, and Ed Kesecker met at Lost River Site 4.
group photo Don Biller, J. Xavier Montoya, Chief Lancaster, and Ed Kesecker are pictured again along with Bill O'Donnell, Louis Aspey, Jonathan Hempel (Director, National Geospatial Development Center), and Bill Puckett. The flood control dam was completed in 1996.
Photo at Site 10 Chief Lancaster, Ed Kesecker and Louis Aspey discuss Lost River Site 10.
Photo at Lost River Site 10 The importance of WV  partnerships is emphasized.
Photo of Moorefield office Ed Kesecker, Chief Lancaster, Christi Hicks, Pam Lupton, and Jared Beard at the Moorefield Service Center.
Photo at State Office Chief Lancaster visited the WV State office in the afternoon. He discusses Farm Bill programs with JR Wolfe, Diana Doerr, and Herb Andrick.

The afternoon concluded with the Leadership Team hearing about Chief Lancasters three goals:

  • Meet new challenges
  • Make conservation easier
  • Be accountable for the benefits of our practices

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