Waste solutions win big at awards ceremony
By Joel Banner Baird/staff
jbaird@newsleader.com

Manure means business in Augusta County, and a local project to speed environmentally friendly approaches to livestock management recently won top honors.

The statewide association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils awarded the Verona-headquartered Shenandoah RC&D on April 27 with its outstanding project award for innovative marketing of poultry and cattle waste.

The award-winning Waste Solutions Forum is a consortium of farmers, academics and habitat specialists under the guidance of local RC&D coordinator Kathy Holm. They have pioneered connections between clean water and profitable agriculture.

Waynesboro native Jim Nichols, who serves on the Shenandoah RC&D Council, garnered top honors in the state for outstanding leadership and dedication. Nichols was instrumental in the founding of the regional council, which combines efforts of three neighboring soil and water conservation districts

Originally Published:  May 7, 2007

 News Leader - Staunton, Virginia

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