Talbot SCD Hires a New Planner
The Talbot Soil Conservation District hired a new Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) Conservation Planner effective January 30th, 2008. The District hired Shawn Smith, who is currently a soil conservation planner funded through a contributing agreement between the NRCS and the District. Shawn will be assisting in the Maryland Agriculture Cost-Share program (MACS) as well as federal farm bill programs such as CSP, EQIP and WHIP. He is delighted to be working in the same county he grew up in and working for Soil Conservation. Shawn was a student intern with the Soil Conservation District from Easton High School from 1998-2000. While he was attending the University of Maryland, College Park, he interned with the NRCS during the summer of 2006. After he finished college with a Bachelor of Science in Soil Science, he began work as a District conservation planner.