[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CRAIG MORGAN RETIRES AFTER 25 YEARS AS THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THE 
                    SCHUYKILL CONSERVATION DISTRICT

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                            HON. TIM HOLDEN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 22, 2010

  Mr. HOLDEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Craig Morgan, a 
constituent from my district, who is retiring as District Manager of 
the Schuylkill Conservation District after twenty-five years of 
service. Craig has always had an interest in the outdoors. As a boy, he 
enjoyed fishing, hunting, and helping on his grandfather's farm. After 
graduating with a bachelor's degree in environmental resource 
management from Penn State University in 1977, Craig began his career 
with the Schuylkill Conservation District.
  The Schuylkill Conservation District was formed in 1955 with an 
emphasis on soil conservation. Since becoming District Manager, Craig 
has expanded the conservation district's role to erosion and sediment 
control, watershed protection, environmental education, farmland 
preservation, and farm conservation planning.
  One of the Schuylkill Conservation District's accomplishments under 
Craig's leadership is the farmland preservation and erosion and 
sediment control efforts around the Little Swatara Creek, ultimately 
preserving the down-stream Sweet Arrow Lake.
  Acid mine drainage has traumatically impacted and sometimes destroyed 
the ecosystems of streams in part of my district. Under Craig's 
direction, the Schuylkill Conservation District has partnered with the 
Schuylkill Headwaters Association, and other watershed associations, to 
treat acid mine drainage and bring those streams back to life with 
plant life and fish.
  Craig is also proud of the Schuylkill Conservation District's efforts 
to educate local students on the environment and the importance of 
conservation. In 1979, Craig ran Schuylkill County's first environthon, 
which combines in-class curriculum and outdoor training, helping 
students to learn more about aquatic ecology, forestry, soil and land 
use, wildlife, and current issues facing the environment.
  Looking back on his twenty-five years as district director, Craig 
said, ``The job has been a challenge, but it's been a pleasure in doing 
good things and doing the right things. That's the reward. Seeing fish 
back in streams, seeing people at Sweet Arrow Lake. I am the type of 
person that wanted to do things right the first time so I didn't have 
to do them again.''
  I would like to thank Craig Morgan for his twenty-five years of 
commitment to conserving and preserving Schuylkill County's waters, 
lands, and wildlife.

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