2023 Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation Annual Banquet Held
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Poster Contest: (Division 2-Grades 3-6) - Brynlee Berger (St. Rose of Lima, Schulenburg), Tabitha Smith (Sacred Heart School); presenters: Chris Kaspar of Round Top State Bank and Jessica Montez of Fayette Electric Cooperative. -
Essay Contest: (13 and under division) - Logan Stone (La Grange Middle School), Lillian Carey (La Grange Middle School); presenters: Roy Wied of Carmine State Bank and Ashley White of Capital Farm Credit. -
Poster Contest (Division 1-Grades K-2) - Byrlinn Marrs (Flatonia Elementary) not pictured, Carter Ahrens (Flatonia Elementary); presenters: Norman Schultz and Gene Kruppa of Colorado Valley Communications. -
Essay Contest: (14-18 Division) - Ella Pineda (La Grange High School) not pictured, Nayeli Molina (La Grange High School); presenters: Amanda Castaneda and Jennifer Navarro of Flatonia National Bank. -
Conservation Rancher: Glen and Gina Minzenmeyer; presenter: Mark Friedrich of Fayette Savings Bank.
Each year, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts sponsor the Texas Conservation Awards Program to recognize and honor those who dedicate themselves and their talents to the conservation and wise use of renewable natural resources.
Conservation Districts are local units of government responsible for conservation work within their boundaries. The district’s role is to increase voluntary conservation among land users. The district and the Natural Resource Conservation Service work together in order to reach the district’s goal of conservation applications. The NRCS is vital to the success of all the Fayette SWCD’s conservation objectives. The conservation awards program provides competition and incentives to expand and improve conservation efforts, resource development, and increase the wise utilization of renewable natural resources.
The directors of the Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District are: Rick Schilling, Lee Fritsch, Howard Frick, Carol Friedrich and C.R. “Bob” Devine. District clerk is Carissa Karisch. NRCS employees are Robert Bankston and Marcus Rose.
The Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District #341 held its annual Conservation Awards Banquet on Feb. 3.
Winners for this year are shown here.