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Board of Directors and Staff
The Patrick SWCD Board of Directors Meeting is held the 2nd Thursday of every month. Please contact the District office at 276-694-2911 for more information and/or to confirm date, time and location of meeting.
PATRICK SWCD DIRECTORS / OFFICERS
E. Wayne Clark, Chair
George Stovall, Vice-Chair
Joseph Sparks, Treasurer
Richard Kreh, Director
Melanie Barrow, VCE Appointed Director
John Wood, Associate Director
PATRICK SWCD STAFF
50 Years combined experience
Tony Collins, District Conservation Specialist
Sandra W. Heath, District Manager & FOIA Officer
Richard Kreh, 20 years as Patrick SWCD Director
On behalf of the Patrick County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors and Staff, E. Wayne Clark, District Chairman recognized Richard E. Kreh, Sr. for his 20 years of dedicated and devoted service as District Director for the Patrick County Soil and Water Conservation District and presented Mr. Kreh with an engraved compass in appreciation of his valuable service. Mr. Kreh was also recognized with a service pin by the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. (Jan, 2021)
E. WAYNE CLARK,
PATRICK SWCD DIRECTOR AND DISTRICT CHAIRMAN RECOGNIZED
Pictured left to right: Patrick SWCD’s Board of Directors Richard Kreh, E. Wayne Clark, George Stovall and Joseph Sparks presenting Mr. Clark with a plaque of appreciation. (Not pictured John Wood, Melanie Barrow)
The Patrick County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors and Staff recently recognized E. Wayne Clark for his 20 YEARS of dedicated and devoted service as District Director and District Chairman of the Patrick SWCD Board and presented Mr. Clark with a plaque of appreciation for his dedicated and valuable service.
Mr. Clark was also recognized with a service pin by the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
In Virginia, there are 47 Soil and Water Conservation Districts who assist in protecting Virginia’s waterways by providing programs and funding as appropriated by the General Assembly. Districts also implement the Virginia Agricultural BMP Cost Share Program (VACS). The cost-share program supports using various practices in conservation planning to treat animal waste, cropland, pastureland and forested land. The VACS program is administered in partnership by DCR and Virginia’s SWCDs. Patrick County SWCD represents one of 47 Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and delivers voluntary, locally-led conservation solutions to the agriculture community. Patrick SWCD provides technical assistance for natural resource conservation to land users, farmers and foresters in Patrick County. For more information or to schedule a field visit, please contact Tony Collins or Sandra Heath with the Patrick County Soil and Water Conservation District office at 276-694-2911 or feel free to visit the office located at 104 Via Avenue, Stuart, Virginia 24171 (Feb, 2025)