Agriculture and Conservation Agencies and Organizations Visited the Capitol

The annual Agriculture and Conservation Day was held on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, in the West Virginia Capitol Rotunda. West Virginia Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) joined other USDA and WV State agencies, associations, and organizations promoting agriculture and conservation.

Participants had displays and representatives on hand to answer questions and hand out literature. The NRCS Management Team, represented by Kevin Wickey, Bill O'Donnell, Dick Judy, Pat Bowen, Greg Kist, and Greg Stone, discussed issues with State Legislature and citizens visiting the West Virginia capitol.

Barbara McWhorter (State Forester) and Pat Bowen (State Resource Conservationist) collaborated on a Chesapeake Bay poster highlighting programs that add and/or protect farm woodlots. Charlotte Elliott-Friend, (Assistant State Conservationist-Outreach/Civil Rights) and Carol Lagodich (Public Affairs) staffed the display.

Backyard Conservation booklets and Soil Survey handouts and day planners were popular items at the NRCS display.

Lavon Paden, Bill O'Donnell (Assistant State Conservationist-Programs), and Kevin Wickey (WV State Conservationist) discuss the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP). Peg Reese prepared handouts for the partnership booth.

West Virginia's Resource Conservation and Development Areas (RC&D) were represented by Jackie Byers and Kurt Simon.

Jackie Byers, Great Kanawha RC&D Coordinator; and Don Headley, Chairman Monongahela Conservation District, chat about RC&D programs.

An afternoon reception featured West Virginia Grown products.

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