[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO LOLA QUESENBERRY

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 26, 2001

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Lola Quesenberry as 
she celebrates 19 years of service with the USDA Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS) through the Earth Team volunteer program. 
Lola has logged over 18,000 hours of service since she began 
volunteering in Blythe, California where she worked with the Palo Verde 
Resource Conservation District.
  While in California, Lola assisted with the development of an 
intensive agricultural irrigation water management program. Her primary 
role was to operate a Campbell Pacific Nuclear neutron probe, which is 
an accurate method of monitoring soil moisture, at over 200 sites. Lola 
also assisted with the evaluation of over 50 irrigation systems, 
helping the farmers to optimize their water use and thereby conserve 
our precious water resources. She was also involved with the 
development of the McCoy Wash PL566 Small Watershed project--a project 
that is currently under construction.
  Upon moving to New Jersey in 1987 to help care for her invalid 
mother-in-law, Lola continued her Earth Team involvement by 
volunteering for the South Jersey Resource Conservation, and 
Development Council. Lola's major responsibility is assisting with the 
development of the Resource Information Serving Everyone (R.I.S.E.) 
program. This fully functional program includes operation of eighteen 
Campbell Scientific weather stations located in seven southern New 
Jersey counties and four Campbell Scientific water quality stations. 
R.I.S.E. features a comprehensive Internet web site to disseminate 
irrigation scheduling to farmers, homeowners, and facilities managers, 
while also providing environmental education to interested 
organizations and schoolchildren.
  Lola actively participates in numerous watershed projects in New 
Jersey. She attends meetings and provides a unique perspective to the 
NRCS-led Millstone watershed project, the proposed Repaupo Creek 
watershed project, and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning 
Commission's two projects--Crosswicks WMA20 and the Lower Delaware 
Tributaries WMA 18.
  Lola has volunteered time to assist the Bear Creek Conservancy/
Stewardship Association with the creation and maintenance of a fresh 
water marsh for waterfowl habitat. She also volunteers to the South 
Jersey Chapter of Quail Unlimited to help create upland wildlife 
habitat.
  For over 19 years, Lola Quesenberry's volunteer spirit, together with 
the synergy gained from working with other Earth Team members and 
resource conservation professionals, has helped to conserve resources 
and improve the environment in California and New Jersey.

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