[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING THE VOGELPOHL FAMILY, ARKANSAS FOREST STEWARDS

  (Mr. HILL of Arkansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
efforts of Ray and Theresa Vogelpohl, who were recently named 2018 
Arkansas Forest Stewards of the Year by the Arkansas Agriculture 
Department's Forestry Commission.
  The Forestry Stewardship Program recognizes and rewards landowners 
who are managing privately owned forest land for multiple uses. 
Arkansas is home to more than 1,200 certified forest stewardship 
landowners. The Vogelpohls first enrolled in the Forest Stewardship 
Program in 1996 and later became certified as forest stewards in 2016.
  They operate the Diamond TR Ranch, a 350-acre working ranch on the 
Perry-Pulaski county line. Their forest management efforts include 
prescribed burns, tree plantings along the Maumelle River, forest 
thinning, and planting of native grasses.
  Ray and Theresa's dedication to forestry and environmental 
conservation has safeguarded Arkansas forestland for generations to 
come.
  I join all Arkansans in congratulating them.

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