THE DROP INLETS

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HUAP & MANURE
STORAGE
PROJECT 2013
• A HUAP and Manure Storage Project was constructed on the Kobylski Home
Farm.
• The Wyoming County NRCS Office and Wyoming County Conservation
District.
• Funding
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g EQIP
Q and CBSP.
• Horton Creek
• Ground was broken on June 27th with construction finalizing near the end of
September 2013.
• As the project was underway, modifications and additional BMP structures
were able to be addressed on the farm as well. Drop inlet installation, to
relieve excess water retention in the pasture from two underground road
culverts, was one of those additional aspects.
John & Rick Kobylski - Home Farm in Lemon Township, Wyoming County
THE DROP
INLETS
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THE HUAP & MANURE
STORAGE
BREAKING GROUND
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POURING THE
WALL
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BEGINNING THE
ROOF
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BACKFILLING AND
ROOF STRUCTURE
CLOSE-UPS
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PHOTO COURTESY OF
ED ZYGMUNT
NRCS
PHOTO COURTESY OF
ED ZYGMUNT
NRCS
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HUAP & MANURE STORAGE
• 200 feet in length by 50 feet wide.
• Designed to house ~100 beef cattle.
• The HUAP facility and manure storage are roofed, HUAP facility has
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engineers’ recommendations as well as the farmers.
• Project was completed under NRCS practices and standards.
• The design took into account the environmentally sensitive areas,
accelerated soil erosion, existing structures as well as climatic
fluctuations.
CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE
RIBBON CUTTING
CEREMONY
SEPT 21ST, 2013
On September 21st 2013 at 1pm the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
commenced to celebrate the construction of the project.
Attendees included those personally invited by John and Rick
Kobylski, including NRCS employees Edward Patchcoski, Ed Zygmunt
and Ken Harvey, DEP Pete Tarby, and the Wyoming County
Conservation District WCCD Maureen Manning. Ed Patchcoski, Ed
Zygmunt and Pete Tarby all said a few words about the cooperation
between multiple agencies during undertaking and completion of
the project. Numerous people attending were taking pictures as well
as taking home handouts.
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Picture below Left to right: Rick Kobylski, Mark Ponganis
(previous owner), John Kobylski, Ed Zygmunt (NRCS) and
Ken Harvey (NRCS)
Picture above Left to right: Ed Patchcoski (NRCS) and Pete Tarby (DEP)
Attendees!
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HUAP & MANURE STORAGE USE
PHOTO COURTESY OF
PETE TARBY
DEP
HUAP & MANURE STORAGE USE
PHOTO COURTESY OF
PETE TARBY
DEP
BENEFITS ALREADY OCCURRING
Prior to the construction of the facility, the beef cattle had overwintered on
pastures.
This post-construction photo, taken in early
October 2013, shows pasture condition is
beginning to improve.
PHOTO COURTESY OF
PETE TARBY
DEP
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WINTER 2014
HUAP &
MANURE
STORAGE FEBRUARY
2014
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thank you to John and Rick Kobylski. Without your interest in valuing agricultural
production and environmental quality as compatible goals, none of this would have been
possible.
THIS PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO
YOU BY:
Thank you to all those involved in the undertaking of this project, having been
technical, clerical, and/or financial assistance.
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agencies,
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programs, companies
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which collaborated together. Their efforts resulted in the fruition of this Best Management
Practice and reduction in nutrients and sediment reaching the Chesapeake Bay.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP; administered by NRCS)
timbertech©
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Wyoming County Conservation District (WCCD)
The Chesapeake Bay Special Projects Funding Program (SPFP; administered by
WCCD through DEP)
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