Bill Text: VA HJR262 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-01 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ262ER) [HJR262 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HJR262-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts provide farmers throughout the Commonwealth with education, technical assistance, and incentive programs to encourage nutrient reduction and water quality improvement; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly passed legislation in 1998 to establish the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm Award programs, which are administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation; and WHEREAS, the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm Award programs further the Commonwealth's water quality goals by recognizing farmers actively engaged in nutrient management and other important conservation practices that control agricultural nonpoint source pollution; and WHEREAS, the Soil and Water Conservation Districts selected local farms across the Commonwealth for recognition in 2009 as winners of the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm Award; and WHEREAS, 10 of those farms were selected and announced at the December 2009 meeting of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to represent the Commonwealth's 10 major river basins and to recognize the exemplary efforts of such farms in implementing best management practices; and WHEREAS, those 10 winners are: Berry Brothers Dairy, Washington County, for the Big Sandy/Tennessee River Basin; Billy Bain Farm, Dinwiddie and Sussex Counties, for the Chowan River Basin; Merryvale Farms, Inc., Deltaville, for the Coastal Basin; High Bridge Farm, LLC, Cumberland, for the James River Basin; Black Hollow Dairy, Pulaski County, for the New River Basin; Kinloch Farm, The Plains, for the Potomac River Basin; Wolf Creek Farm, Madison County, for the Rappahannock River Basin; Larry and Suzanne Hutchens, Patrick County, for the Roanoke River Basin; Fox Run Farm, Rockingham County, for the Shenandoah River Basin; and Beaver Creek Farm, Orange, for the York River Basin; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly commend and congratulate the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm Award; and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare copies of this resolution for presentation to the 10 River Basin Grand Winners of the Clean Water Farm Award and the Bay Friendly Farm Award as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for their commitment to conserving the Commonwealth's natural resources and their outstanding conservation achievements. |
