No Time to Cut Conservation Districts.wmv

11/25/09: Lebanon County ranks in the top five counties statewide for total agricultural production, milk production, number of chickens, and number of cattle and hogs.

Further, Commissioner Litz said that, Its the wrong time to cut Conservation Districts." President Obamas executive order to clean up the Chesapeake Bay will require the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor and reduce Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment in the waterways. Conservation Districts will be expected to work with farmers and others on a pollution diet.

Commissioner Stohler said he felt that the County should fund Human Services first. Commissioner Carpenter attacked a stipend paid to employees in an effort to stop turnover. In the end, Commissioners Carpenter and Stohler did not agree to reinstate any funding for the Conservation District.

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• agriculture
• Chesapeake Bay
• TMDL
• conservation district
• Lebanon PA
• Jo Ellen Litz
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