[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                        TRIBUTE TO EDWIN GULICK

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2001

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity, on the 
day of Edwin Gulick's retirement from the John Marshall Soil and Water 
Conservation District, to pay tribute to his lifelong conservation 
efforts.
  Edwin Gulick has volunteered for the past 38 years as an appointed 
Soil and Water Conservation District director in Fauquier County. 
During that time he served for eight years on the Virginia Soil and 
Water Conservation Board.
  In 1962, when part of Fauquier County was included in the Culpeper 
Soil and Water Conservation District, Edwin Gulick was Fauquier 
County's representative. Then in 1963 he was elected to the Board of 
Directors, where he served until 1966 when the John Marshall District 
was formed. He has been serving Fauquier County as director ever since.
  Mr. Gulick was a founding director of the John Marshall Soil & Water 
Conservation District and served as chairman for 21 years.
  In 1970 Edwin received a Western Union Telegram from Virginia Senator 
Harry Byrd which authorized the Soil and Conservation Service to assist 
local organizations in preparing watershed work plans under the 
authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. This 
included the Cedar Run Watershed. He was instrumental in the 
development of the Cedar Run Watershed Project and his diligent efforts 
have come to fruition with the completion of the Licking Run Dam in 
1985 and the Airlie Dam in 1992.
  He served on the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation 
District's District Operation and Rurban Committees.
  He also represented the Cedar Run community by serving on the 
Agricultural Stabilization County Committee in 1967.
  Edwin Gulick has always employed sound conservation practices on his 
beef and grain farm and is a true steward of conservation, wildlife and 
natural resources.
  Mr. Gulick's service-oriented approach to his community reaches far 
beyond the conservation realm. He served on the Fauquier School Board, 
the Fauquier Livestock Exchange, the Agricultural Advisory Committee, 
the Historical Committee and the Catlett-Calverton Ruritan Club. He is 
also a Vestryman and Trustee of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church.
  I commend him for his work and wish him a happy retirement.

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