{"id":4405,"date":"2011-03-09T02:47:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2011-03-09T02:47:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T07:47:11","slug":"vw-swcd-officials-meet-with-wachtmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/09\/vw-swcd-officials-meet-with-wachtmann\/","title":{"rendered":"VW SWCD officials meet with Wachtmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 State Representative Lynn Wachtmann met this past week with Van Wert County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at the recent annual \u201cConservation Partnership Meeting\u201d held in downtown Columbus. Over 650 conservation leaders, consisting of supervisors and staff from Ohio\u2019s 88 SWCDs, partners representing the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ONDR), and both the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Resource Conservation and Development (RC&amp;D) Program were on hand during the two-day event centered around the theme, \u201cConservation, Our Defining Moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4406\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Wachtmann-and-SWCD-members-3-2011.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4406 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Wachtmann-and-SWCD-members-3-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ohio Representative Lynn Wachtmann (third from right) with members of the Van Wert SWCD Board of Supervisors. (SWCD photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The meeting challenged attendees to identify and strengthen their commitment to conservation as each work to positively impact Ohio\u2019s economy, environment, and future. Meeting participants networked, participated in thought-provoking workshops and breakout sessions, heard from key partners including USDA NRCS Chief David White from Washington, DC, and meeting with State Legislators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate Representative Wachtmann for taking the time to meet and hear how SWCDs are positively impacting our local communities through a variety of programs and projects aimed to increase the economy while advancing conservation stewardship,\u201d said Bob Gehres, Van Wert SWCD Board chair.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the event and the great things Ohio\u2019s 88 SWCDs are doing locally, contact the Van Wert SWCD at 419.238.9591 or contact the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts at 614.784.1900 or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofswcd.org\">www.ofswcd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 State Representative Lynn Wachtmann met this past week with Van Wert County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at the recent annual \u201cConservation Partnership Meeting\u201d held in downtown Columbus. Over 650 conservation leaders, consisting of supervisors and staff from Ohio\u2019s 88 SWCDs, partners representing the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ONDR), and both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 11:50:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}