Area 1 Winter Meeting
OFSWCD Area-1 SWCD Supervisor’s Winter Meeting
Brugeman Lodge at River Bend, Findlay
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration, Coffee, Juice, Pastries
9:15 a.m. Welcome – Chris Schimpf, Area Director, M.C.
9:20 a.m. Introductions – Steve Loeffler, Area Director
9:30 a.m. District Hi-Lites - Putnam SWCD
9:45 a.m. Business Meeting
Financial Report – Jerry McBride, Area Director/Treasurer
Area Outstanding Employee Awards - Jeff Hange, Area Director
Area 1 Recognitions - Jeff Ankney & Clark Hutson, Area-1 DSWC
- Area 1 Retiring Supervisor Recognition
- Area 1 SWCD/NRCS Employee Training Recognition
10:00 a.m. Organization & Agency Updates
OFSWCD – Bob Short, President, OFSWCD
ODA-DSWC – Kirk Hines, Chief, ODA-DSWC
USDA-NRCS – Terry Cosby, State Conservationist, NRCS
OASWCDE – ________, OASWCDE Area 1 Director
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. “Agriculture Districts and Nutrient Management Plans and how they impact “An Affirmative Defense” and How the “Great Lakes Bill of Rights” could affect agriculture and conservation. – Peggy Kirk Hall, Director, OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program
11:30 a.m. Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative – Scott Higgins, CEO, Ohio Dairy Producers Association and & Kris Swartz, OFSWCD and Wood Soil and Water Conservation District
11:50 a.m. Closing Remarks – Chris Schimpf, Area Director
Door Prizes – Must be present to win.
Invocation – Larry Passet, Area Director
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
