For Immediate Release:
August 11, 2008

Contact:

DeeDee Sigler, Communications Manager, IASWCD, 317.692.7374 or cell: 317.431.6098

INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

OFFICERS:

President: Jim Droege, Posey Co.
Vice President: Paula Baldwin, Marion Co.
Secretary: Ray McCormick: Knox Co.
Treasurer: Jeff Meinders, Ripley Co.

REGION DIRECTORS:

Board Roster / Region Map
North-Northwest: Larry Strole, Newton Co.
South-Northwest: Kenny Cain, Montgomery Co.
North-Northeast: Tom Crowe, Allen Co.
South-Northeast: Bobby Hettmansperger, Wabash Co.
North-Southwest: Bob Weaver, Johnson Co.
South-Southwest: Ray Chattin, Knox Co.
North-Southeast: Brad Dawson, Dearborn Co.
South-Southeast: Brad Ponsler, Jennings Co.

IASWCD STAFF:

Executive Director: Jennifer Boyle, 317.692.7519
Watershed Information Specialist: Elizabeth Trybula, 317.692.7514
Communications Manager: DeeDee Sigler, 317.692.7374
Project Assistant: Jaclyn Casale, 317.692.7325

Media Advisory

Indiana Farm Conservation Awards to Be Presented to 65 Indiana Producers

Mike BeardIndianapolis – Sixty-five farmers from 40 Indiana counties will be honored on Farmers’ Day at the Indiana State Fair for their work to protect Indiana’s soil and water resources. The occasion is the 2008 River Friendly Farmer Awards ceremony on Wednesday, August 13.

These individual farmers were nominated locally for their outstanding conservation work by their county Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Their award applications highlighted personal stewardship goals and accomplishments and how their conservation plans incorporated best management practices into their operations to achieve those goals.

Above: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beard, past River Friendly Farmer recipients from Clinton County.

Who:                           

What:                          

  • 2008 River Friendly Farmer Award Winners

When:                         

  • 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2008
    Ceremony at Indiana State Fairgrounds

Where:                        

  • 4-H Exhibit Hall (bldg. #3 on the fairgrounds map) Auditorium located on the 2nd floor
     NW corner of fairgrounds
    1202 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis, 46205

  • Participants also will ride floats in the Farmers’ Day Parade at 10 a.m. – Grandstands
  • Photos and interviews available.

Since 1999, key conservation and agricultural organizations have sponsored the River Friendly Farmer (RFF) Program. The statewide initiative recognizes farmers who through good production management practices helps keep Indiana’s rivers, lakes and streams clean.

The 2008 RFF Award sponsors are:

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