The Eastern Panhandle Conservation District hosted the West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts quarterly meeting July 14 – 16 in Harpers Ferry.
A total of 13 districts were represented by their elected supervisors across the state to discuss conservation issues that need attention in both their respective districts and across West Virginia.
During the meeting, new officers were elected to the executive committee. Lois Carr of the Potomac Valley Conservation District was elected as second vice president.
Carr was born and raised in Pendleton County and lives with her husband, Roy, on a farm in Seneca Rocks. They raise sheep and cattle and grow hay.
The Carrs have implemented a number of best management practices to their operation, as they are greatly interested in agricultural improvement and conservation work. She is a three-generation farmer. Her grandparents purchased the farm in 1906, and it has remained in the family.
She was inducted into the West Virginia Women in Agriculture in 2019. She has been s conservation supervisor within the Potomac Valley Conservation District for four years and received the WVACD Rookie Supervisor of the Year award in 2021.
She received the highest FFA award possible, the honorary chapter degree, for her high level of involvement and education support to the Petersburg High School FFA Chapter. She also serves as a member of the Pendleton County Farmland Protection Board.
The other newly appointed executive officers are John Pitsenbarger of Elk Conservation District, president; Mark Myers of Monongahela Conservation District, first vice president; Audra Cunningham of Upper Ohio Conservation District, secretary; Don Stephens of Western Conservation District, treasurer; Mark Fitzsimmons of Northern Panhandle Conservation District, education chair; Mark Myers of Monongahela Conservation District, district operations chair; Clyde Bailey of Capital Conservation District, natural resource chair; Jim Michael of Eastern Panhandle Conservation District, water resources chair; and Donnie Tenney of Tygarts Valley Conservation District, legislative chair and past president.
