Writing Awards
Outstanding Column, First Place, 2020, Virginia Outdoor Writers Association
“So much has been accomplished in 50 years since the first Earth Day”
News Leader
Outstanding Book, First Place, 2019, Virginia Outdoor Writers Association
Swoope Almanac
Stories of love, land, and water in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
Outstanding Blog, First Place, 2019, Virginia Outdoor Writers Association
Environmental Justice and a Burning Bridge Across the Potomac
Outstanding Blog, First Place, 2018
Virginia Outdoor Writers Association
Best Conservation Writing Award, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 2018
Outstanding Blog, First Place, 2016
Virginia Outdoor Writers Association
Conservation Awards
Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2018, James Madison University
Soil Health Champion, 2017, National Association of Conservation Districts
Hugh Hammond Bennett Award for Conservation Excellence, 2017,
National Conservation Planning Partnership
Watershed Champion Award, 2016
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Leadership Award, 2014
Choose Clean Water Coalition
Conservationist of the Year, 2002
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
First Place Award for 2020 Outstanding Column & Blog from Virginia Outdoor Writers Association View All Awards
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“If you want to understand the perspective of a dedicated cattle farmer, educated ecologist, and water-quality specialist, this is the book for you!
Turn these pages and feel the frost on your nose in winter, hear quail calling in the spring, taste a homegrown tomato in the summer, and watch Monarch butterflies fuel up on nectar in the fall. . . . truly spectacular stuff!”
George Ohrstrom II
Founder, The Downstream Project
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