{"id":85001,"date":"2017-03-03T08:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=85001"},"modified":"2017-03-03T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T13:56:08","slug":"state-legislators-meet-with-swcd-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/03\/03\/state-legislators-meet-with-swcd-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"State legislators meet with SWCD staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representative Craig Riedel and State Senator Cliff Hite met this past week with representatives of the Van Wert County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at the recent annual \u201cConservation Partnership Meeting\u201d held in downtown Columbus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85002\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Senator-Hite-with-VW-SWCD-staff-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio Senator Cliff Hite (right) poses with Van Wert SWCD staff members. (photos submitted)\" width=\"350\" height=\"273\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Ohio Senator Cliff Hite (right) poses with Van Wert SWCD staff members<\/strong>. <em>(photos submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 650 conservation leaders consisting of supervisors and staff from Ohio\u2019s 88 SWCDs, partners representing the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Ohio Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts employees, Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), The Ohio State University, and many others were on hand during the two-day event centered around the theme \u201cAll-In for Conservation.\u201d<\/p>\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 speakers, including leadership speaker Randy Frazier; Jim Richardson from <em>National Geographic<\/em> magazine; USDA NRCS Regional Conservationist Gayle Berry from Washington, D.C.; ODA Director David Daniels; and State Senator Bob Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>During a special event held in the Statehouse Rotunda, the districts met with state legislators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate Representative Riedel and Senator Hite 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 Dave Kemler, vice chair of the SWCD Board.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85003\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Rep.-Riedel-with-VW-SWCD-staff-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Riedel with VW SWCD staff 3-2017\" width=\"545\" height=\"326\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>State Representative Craig Riedel (center) poses with Van Wert SWCD staff members.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representative Craig Riedel and State Senator Cliff Hite met this past week with representatives of the Van Wert County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at the recent annual \u201cConservation Partnership Meeting\u201d held in downtown Columbus. More than 650 conservation leaders consisting of supervisors and staff from Ohio\u2019s 88 SWCDs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 15:41:41","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\/85001","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=85001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}