[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S4883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   TRIBUTE TO PETER AND SUZIE ARNOLD

 Mr. KOHL. Madam President, the State of Wisconsin has a long 
and proud tradition of lands conservation. Wisconsin was home to John 
Muir and Aldo Leopold--two of our Nation's great conservationists. It 
is also home to Senator Gaylord Nelson who established the first Earth 
Day 40 years ago. At the first Earth Day, Senator Nelson noted that his 
goal was not just one of clean air and water, but also ``an environment 
of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and 
all other living creatures.'' He knew that this goal was achievable 
through grassroots efforts by every day Americans.
  Today I am pleased to congratulate Peter and Suzie Arnold for 
recently being named the Wisconsin Conservation Farmer of the Year 
Award Recipients by the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation 
Association. Their leadership and dedication to land conservation over 
the last 11 years has been a model for grazing lands conservation. 
Through the years their farm near Edgar, WI, has served to educate 
other dairy farmers on the benefits of grazing lands conservation and 
served as a research site for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 
Dairy Forage Research Center.
  The Arnolds have adopted a number of conservation practices to 
improve soil, air, and water quality on their farm. Over the past 
several years the organic matter levels in their soils have increased 
from an average of 2.7 percent to 6 percent while attaining the highest 
Soil Quality Index score measured by the Natural Resource Conservation 
Service. This is a true testament to their commitment to conservation. 
I congratulate the Arnolds for their strong commitment to environmental 
stewardship and their willingness to continue Wisconsin's proud 
conservation legacy. The Arnolds are showing that Senator Nelson's 
vision of ``an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for 
all other human beings and all other living creatures'' is achievable 
through grassroots efforts by every day Americans.

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