River Country RC&D gives four conservation awards
Four individuals and Dunn County were honored at River Country RC&D’s fourth annual meeting. James Everts of Eau Claire received Outstanding Member award for boosting Hay River Watershed education funding. Eugene Hausner of Barron County was named Outstanding Employee for ideas and follow through. Louis L. Arnold, a charter member of Altoona Lake Rehabilitation District, won the President’s Special Award for erosion work and lake surveys. Delbert Smith accepted Dunn County’s Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District award for 1980 for projects including streambank protection and dam restoration.
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River Country Rc&d
The
Resource Conservation and Development Council
James Everts
Eau Claire
Eugene Hausner
Barron
Louis L. Arnold
Dunn County Soil and Water Conservation District
Barron County
Hausner
Gene Hausner
Rc&d
Altoona Lake
Arnold
Eau Claire River
Delbert Smith
Dunn County
River Country
Red Cedar River
Elk Creek
Chippewa River
Eau Galle
Hay River
Tri-County Railroad Commission
Wisconsin
Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn
Pepin
Pierce, Polk
St. Croix
Vandalism Reported Along Dairyland Power Lines in Wisconsin
Vandalism similar to previous incidents along a controversial Minnesota powerline has appeared on a Dairyland line from Alma to Spring Valley and at a substation near Crystal Cave in Pierce County Wisconsin. The activity mirrors earlier damage and raises safety and reliability concerns for the regional grid.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Alma
Spring Valley
Crystal Cave
Pierce County
Vandalism and protests mark Pierce County powerline project
Vandalism and theft hits the Dairyland Power Cooperative construction of a 161 kilovolt line from Alma, drawing protests from the DNR over Tiffany Wildlife Area, and from farmers over crossing irrigated fields. Investigations address pole damage near Spring Valley and Christmas week arson north of Plum City, with condemnation and delayed completion plans pushing final put-in-date to May.
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Pierce County
DNR
Tiffany Wildlife Area
Alma
Power Company
Plum City
Menomonie
Dairyland
Fair association re elects directors in Glenwood City
The St. Croix County Fair Association reelected four directors for three year terms at the annual meeting. Wes Sander Baldwin Bill Allom and Roy Meyers Glenwood City and Mrs. Bob Pitschneider Star Prairie will serve. Kay Zwald Hammond was appointed a one year director representing the Extension Homemakers. The board approved improvements for the 4 H horse barn and use of dairy barns for the Holstein show and spring sale. Space rental changes were approved and the auto parking fee set at 2 dollars per car for the 1981 fair. Board officers for 1981 are Lawrence Blakeborough president Bill Allom secretary and Roy Meyers treasurer.
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St. Croix County
Wes Sander
Baldwin
Bill Allom
Roy Meyers
Glenwood City
Bob Pitschneider
Star Prairie
Lawrence Blakeborough
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Everts
Uw-Extension
West Central District
Francis Coulson
Council
Congress
Coulson
Washington
Bob Feldt
Doug Sorenson
Natural Resources Board
Department of Natural Resources
U.S
USDA
DNA
Cliff Maguire
Maguire
SCS
Jim Everts
Louis Arnold
Dairyland Power Co-op
Pepin County
Roger Britton
Dairyland Co-op
Arkansaw
Durand
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Van
Polk County
Balsam Lake
Osceola
Louis Greub
Roger Swanson
Uw-River Falls Crops and Soils Department
Tom Daniels
Roger Springman
Jack Leifer
Co-Op
Stan Christiansen
Sheriff Britton
Buffalo County
Robert Sing
Rogers - United - Miller Inc
South Saint Paul
Larry Geurkink
Russell Lund
Woodville
Fair Association
Kay Zwald
Hammond
Central Livestock Association
St. Paul, Minn
Glenn Nelson
Spring Valley, Wis
CLA. Cor
St. Paul Minn
Ettrick
Duane Johnson
Mgr
Ettrick Market
John Deere Farming Frontiers
EAU Claire Implement, Inc
Fall Creek
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