The Coshocton County Beacon February 26, 2020 | Page 19

HLIGHTS FROM 2019
and Josh and Amber Henderson were named the Outstanding Conservation Farm. A new award for
2019, The Friend of Conservation was awarded to Nathan McNeal for his dedication to agricultural
education.
Conservation “Boots on the Ground”
One of the secrets of the SWCD program since its beginning is technicians working one-on-one
with landowners to solve soil and water resource concerns. This can be something as simple
as looking at drainage issues to much larger projects involving animal waste systems or spring
developments. The Coshocton SWCD also works with the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) to provide cost-share funds for conservation practices. During 2019, over $500,000 was
appropriated to Coshocton County landowners for installation of practices through NRCS.
2019 was a stellar year for getting cost share approved for Coshocton County Landowners.
Besides the cover crop program, a number of landowners were approved for Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts through NRCS. Several landowners jumped on projects right
away in the fall of 2019 and 2 spring developments, 5 watering facilities, 2,408 feet of pipeline, 1
heavy use pad, 3,610 feet of fence, and 500 feet of access road were installed before the first of
the year. This is only a small portion of the contracted practices to be installed over the next 5 years
through the EQIP program. Technicians have also been working with NRCS to take applications for
EQIP in 2020, and there has been great interest in signing up to install practices. Although we don’t
know what will be approved for cost share in 2020, there is the potential for another big year for
Coshocton County landowners. Also, we had 4 engineering plans; Land Smoothing, Blind Inlet, and
2 spring developments that were designed through our office at no cost to landowners. Of these
plans one spring development with pipeline and waterling facility was installed before the end of the
year. Technicians look forward to building on this 2019 success going into 2020.
Josh and Amber Henderson were awarded the 2019 Outstanding
Conservation Farmer at the SWCD Annual Meeting and Banquet in
October. They are shown with Board Supervisor Kristy Leindecker.
2019 Affiliate Members
Donations were used toward the District’s Educational Programs
Diamond: $500 or above
Coshocton Grain Company
Eastern Ohio Ag
Platinum: $250-$499
Coshocton County Beacon
Farm Credit Mid-America
Gerber & Sons, Inc.
Heritage Cooperative
Jeff Drennen Ford
McWane Ductile-Ohio
Paradise Energy Solutions
Gold: $100-$249
Century National Bank
Coshocton Co. Chamber of Commerce
Coshocton Co. Farm Bureau
Coshocton Co. Sheriff Tim Rogers
Dr. Rob & Sheri Stout and Family
Endsley Agency
Harold’s Equipment
Home Loan Savings Bank
Jacobs Vanaman Agency, Inc.
John and Matt McDonald
Jon Ianniello Agency
Larry A. Frye Farms
Peoples Bank
Seed Consultant - Lance Weaver
Sturtz Farm - Larry & Maureen Sturtz
The Garden Patch Greenhouse
Thousand Oaks Farms
Tumblin Farms - David Tumblin Family
William Albert, Inc.
Silver: $50-$99
Baird Concrete Bluck & Sons, Inc.
Curtis & Toni Lee
Dane & Amy Shryock
Erwin Family Eye Care
Gary & Michell Fischer
Jim & Gail Piper
Ownes & Manning Attorneys
Scheetz Marketing
TMK Bakersville
Bronze: $25-$49
Alan Dinaker Surveying
Coshocton Co. Auditor Chris Sycks
Cosh. Co. Clerk of Courts Camila Graham
Coshocton Co. Engineer Fred Wachtel
Coshocton Co. Recorder Susan Turner
Coshocton Co. Tresurer Janette Donaker
Fender’s Fish Hatchery & Llama Farm
Frontier Power Company
Total Donations: $5,120
Nathan McNeal was presented with the first Friend of
Conservation Award in 2019. Pictured from left: Board Supervisor
David Lapp with Nate & Chris McNeal.
Spring Development installed in 2019 with water being gravity
flowed underground to the 500 gallon tank. It is surrounded by a
Heavy Use Pad to prevent mud around the watering tank.