WOODBRIDGE - The Horse Environmental Awareness Program is now accepting applications for its 2006 Horse Farms of Environmental Distinction award program.

By KIM HARMON

Published: Mar 24, 2006 12:00 am

WOODBRIDGE â The Horse Environmental Awareness Program is now accepting applications for its 2006 Horse Farms of Environmental Distinction award program.

This program honors those horse owners who own one horse or more and who take pride in being good stewards of the land and good neighbors to those who share common water resources.

Horse owners that qualify for the award are those who implement good manure, pasture and facility management practices. Practices such as covering manure piles, diverting rain water away from barnyards, installing fencing to keep horses out of ponds and streams, utilizing a sacrifice area, installing gutters on barns, and testing pasture soils.

Evaluators will review the practices being implemented and provide a score based on how these practices decrease or eliminate impacts to the environment. If a qualifying score is achieved, the horse owner will receive an aluminum 18â x 24â Horse Farm of Environmental Distinction sign to display at their facility. Those that do not receive a qualifying score will receive recommendations on how to improve their horse keeping operation.

Deadline for applications is April 2. To learn more about the program contact carol.donzella@ct.usda.gov or call Mark Cummings at 203-284-3663.

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