River Country RC&D awards honor conservation work
At the annual meeting River Country RC&D honored E Mike Smith Eau Claire for Outstanding Agency Representative and Eau Claire County Soil and Water District for Outstanding Conservation District 1981.Louis Barber Ellsworth received Outstanding Conservation Employee 1982. Special President's Awards went to Doug Sorenson Eau Claire and Bernie Dickerson St Paul. Bonnie Konrad received a $100 check. Feldt and Smith noted at Wisconsin Dells meeting 1981 achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Mike Smith
Eau Claire
SCS
Robert Feldt
Rc&d
River Country
Eau Claire County
Louis Barber
Ellsworth
Barber
Spring Valley
River Falls
Doug Sorenson
Bernie
Dickerson
St. Paul
Minn
U.S. Forest Service
River Country Rc&d
Mike Smith
Bonnie Konrad
Mr. Smith
Smith
Feldt
Wisconsin Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Wisconsin Dells
Louis Arnold
River Country RC&D press forward despite budget cuts
River Country RC&D discussed coping with tighter funding at its annual meeting. Francis Coulson highlighted farm bill support for RC&Ds, while members reported progress in Eau Claire and other counties, approved six resolutions, and noted two pending loan requests and six completed projects in 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Country
Coulson
Rc&ds
Congress
Robert Feldt
Eau Claire
Rc&d
RC&D program gets people together to get things done
Harry M. Major state conservationist urged RC&D participants at the fifth annual River Country meeting to provide complete information in government requests for assistance. He described RC&D as a unifier, noted funding and policy changes in the 1981 farm bill and RCA plans, and stressed local leadership and multi-source funding, with emphasis on preventing sediment buildup in Lake Pepin and improving Mississippi pollution controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Country
Rc&d
Harry M. Major
Minnesota
Soil Conservation Service
Major
Congress
Rc&ds
Office of Management and Budget
Majors
River Country Annual Meeting
Mississippi
Lake
Pepin
Chippewa River
Wisconsin
Cannon
White Rivers
Pesticide containers disposal: DNR guidance urged
At the Fertilizer Aglime and Pest Management Conference in Madison a DNR solid waste official urged proper disposal of empty pesticide containers. He advised triple rinsing and disposing rinse water to satisfy landfill rules, noting many landfills still refuse un-rinsed containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste
William Rock
DNR
Bureau of Solid Waste Management
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Elk Lake
Eau Claire River
Louis Borber
River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council
Francis Coulson
Maiden Rock
Wisconsin Association of Rc&ds
County Soil and Water Conservation District
Rc&d Council
USDA
Association of Rc&ds
Mr. Coulson
Pierce County
Otter Lake
Chippewa County
Cylon Marsh
St. Croix
Eau Galle
Dunn County
Mr. Feldt
Australia
New Zealand
The
Gathering
Hay River
Dunn
Barron
Sorenson
Norman
Marilyn Scheil
Barron County
Missouri
Fmha
Resource Conservation Act
RCA
Lake Pepin
Chippewa
Mr. Major
Durand
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Metropolitan Waste Control Authority of
Minneapolis and
Waste Control Authority
Goverment Accounting Office
GAO
Russell Lund
Woodville
Duluth Superior Amery Eau Claire Hayward
Rice Lake Madison Milwaukee
Chicago
Duluth
Blue Line Airlines
Amery
Madison
Ulations
the Central Livestock Association
St. Paul, Minn
Glenn Nelson
Spring Valley, Wis
Eom,c.c
St. Paul Minn
Rogers
United Miller, Inc
Larry Geurkink
Ettrick
Ettrick Market
Duane Johnson
Mgr. Ettrick
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