CONSERVATION CORNER
A weekly blog for all things conservation
 By: Nathan Dewing, Agricultural Team Leader We all know that perfection is the enemy of progress. How many times does that project around the house get stalled because you are waiting for everything to line up just right? I have always admired my dad, a life-long farmer, for his ability to get things done. I have affectionately joked that I may know how to get things done right, but my dad knows how to get things done! Progress. Farmers have never had the luxury of perfection. They have to feed the world.
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By: Nathan Dewing, Agricultural Team Leader
For seven decades, Pennsylvania’s county conservation districts have actively engaged residents to understand management of our natural resources. What is a conservation district anyway? Let’s start by asking “why?” PA county conservation districts were birthed with the 1945 passage of the PA Conservation District Law. What was the issue requiring leadership? Soil conservation. Farming practices were degrading the soil resource, risking future productivity and affecting other resources like air and water. The law provided for a “grass-roots” conservation effort to build awareness and capability of local landowners to voluntarily manage the resources well. Potter County established PA’s first conservation district in 1945. 2019 marks 63 years for the Bradford County Conservation District. Strong leadership has developed significant capacity to resource Bradford County residents in the task. |
AuthorsVarious staff at the Bradford County Conservation District Archives
November 2024
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