Dinner to Highlight Water Quality

On Wednesday, August 5, 2009, Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. will welcome participants to the Water Quality Dinner, which kicks off the Cover Cropping of Farmland for Profit and Clean Water Conference the following day. The Water Quality Dinner will focus on the impact cover crops have on water quality.

WHO: Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr.
WHAT: Water Quality Conference Dinner
WHEN: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Dream Restaurant, 1500 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg, PA
ATTENDEES: Staff members of water and sewer authorities, municipality officials and other land/water community decision makers

The organizing of this conference is a joint effort by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Ombudsman Program, Penn State Cooperative Extension, United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS, Blair County Conservation District, Southern Alleghenies Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council, and the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance.

For further information, please contact Beth Futrick with the Agricultural Ombudsman Program, Blair Conservation District at 814-696-0877 x5. There is additional information on the dinner and conference in the attachment called Building Bridges.