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Stewardship Awards

      Every year the Winooski NRCD honors farmers and forest stewards who manage their land utilizing exemplary conservation practices

Year
Conservation Farmer Awards
Conservation Steward Awards

2010

Dairy Farmer Don Pouliot, Westford

Organic Vegetable Farmers Thomas Case and Ben Dana, Burlington

Marshfield Inn Owners Tracey Hambleton and Diana Batzel

2009

Organic Vegetable Farmer David Hartshorn, Waitsfield

Dairy Farmer Elwin Neill, Jr, Waitsfield

 

Urban Conservation Stewards of the Year

Town of Williston

City of South Burlington

2008

Conservation Farmers of the Year

UVM Dairy Farm & Champlain Valley Compost Company, South Burlington

Chittenden Solid Waste District & Intervale Compost Products, Burlington

Gary Davis, Jericho

Forest Stewards of the Year

Goddard College, Plainfield

Bob Nelson, Middlesex

Lynn Sanders, Northfield

Putnam State Forest, Worcester

2007

Conservation Farm of the Year

North Williston Cattle Company Dairy farmers Lorenzo and Onan Whitcomb

Certificate of Merit Farm of the Year

Nordic Farms Dairy Farmer Clark Hinsdale Jr

Forest Stewardship of the Year

Berlin Town Forest: Tom Willard and the Berlin Select Board

Certificate of Merit Forest Stewardship of the Year

Warren Town Forest: Tara Hamilton and Linda Lloyd

2006 Conservation Farmers of the Year

Legare’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm owned and operated by Merrill and Donna Legare

Food Works Two Rivers Center operated by Stacy Burnstein

Wellspring Farm owned by      Mimi Arnstein
Forest Steward of the Year

Hinesburg Town Forest managed by the Town Forest Committee, headed by Stephen Russell and working closely with Michael Snyder, Chittenden County Forester
2005 Conservation Farmers of the Year Forest Stewards of the Year
2004 Conservation Farmers of the Year

Taft's Milk and Maple Farm run by Bruce, Mary and Tim Taft Maple

Wind Farm
run by Bruce Hennessey and Beth Whiting
Forest Stewards of the Year

Mike & Vivien Fritz owner of Beaver Brook Farm


Motyka family and Paul Olander

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Berlin Office
Winooski Conservation District
617 Comstock Rd., Suite 1
Berlin, VT 05602-8498
(802) 828-4493 Ext. 113
Fax: (802) 223-6163

Williston Office
Winooski Conservation District
1193 South Brownell Road, Suite 35
Williston, VT 05495
(802) 865-7895 Ext.104
Fax: (802) 865-7947

Page Update 09/01/2007 by MSW