BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Left to Right Front Row: Robert Robinson, Dorne White, Victor Cappucci
Back Row: Commissioner Tony Litwin, Bouwe Aukema, Harold Grow and Milton Tague

Chairman:
Robert Robinson

Vice Chairman:
Harold Grow

Members:
Victor Cappucci
Dorne White and Bob Herman

PACD Regional Director:
.Robert Robinson

Treasurer:
Milton Tague

County Commissioner:
Stark Bartron

Associate Directors:

Jim Luce
Ray Kuzma

Butch Sands
Angelo Sabbatini

The District Manager manages District operations, which includes a wide variety of programs. She works closely with the Board of Directors who generously donate their time to set policy and provide direction for the District's conservation efforts.

The Chesapeake Bay Program concentrates on improving local water quality which, in turn, improves the quality of water entering the Susquehanna River and, ultimately, the Bay. Ed Zygmunt, the Chesapeake Bay Technician, helps landowners remedy nutrient management problems with such measures as streambank fencing, animal waste management facilities, and barnyard run-off control.

DOUG DEUTSCH

The E & S Technician, administers the Chapter 102/NPDES programs. He handles earth disturbance/stream encroachment problems and is responsible for erosion and sediment control plan reviews.

CATHY HILSCHER

is the Watershed Specialist. She provides technical assistance to the private and public sectors with the intended goal of improving and developing an enhanced watershed community. She also administers the Dirt and Gravel Roads Pollution Control Program.

KATINA BROWN

She is the Environmental Education Coordinator for the District. She organizes presentations and workshops for teachers, schools, day care center, clubs and nursing homes. She also implements education programs for camps.
She can tailor a program to fit any request.

KEVIN ROHE AND ED PATCHCOSKI

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a branch of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, is housed in the same office as the Conservation District.
Kevin Rohe and Ed Patchcoski work with farmers and landowners to conserve cropland, improve wildlife habitat and environmental quality in general.

CAROL OWENS

Carol Owens, Information Systems Specialist/Resource Planner, maintains computer records for NRCS, and prepares news articles and press releases to inform the public
of special programs and activities of the District. She is the contact for most workshops that the District implements, including the Contractors'/Engineers' Workshop held every March.

Carol also writes the quarterly newsletter, which has announcements of the district's yearly seedling sale, three fish sales and other district activities.

If you would like to be placed on the mailing list for the newsletter,
give her a call at extension 102, or email her at carol-owens@pa.nacdnet.org .

The Administrative Assistant is your first contact whether you visit or call the District office. She has a general working knowledge of the District programs and will assist with environmental questions or concerns you may have. She is the contact for seedling sale and fish sale information, topographical maps and barley straw. She also handles the accounts payable, accounts receivable and updates the web page.