Soil & Water - ACSP Technical Review Committee
The Technical Review Committee (TRC) provides technical advice to the commission on best management practices (BMPs) and assists the Nonpoint Source Pollution Section in developing average costs for the Cost Share Program. General Statute 106-852 requires the TRC to meet regularly to review the progress of the Agriculture Cost Share Program.
District involvement and participation are very important to the TRC, and the TRC often solicits input by the districts on various issues, including types of BMPs, BMP specifications and average costs. Supervisors, district staff and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) personnel have a standing invitation to attend TRC meetings and participate in the discussions. If you have any issues you would like the committee to address, please contact John Beck or any of the members listed below.
Member | Affiliation |
John Beck, Chair | Division of Soil and Water Conservation |
Deanna Osmond | Cooperative Extension Service/ NC State University |
Niroj Aryal | N.C. A & T State University |
Dianne Farrer | N. C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
Starla Harwood | Farm Service Agency |
Anne Coan | N. C. Farm Bureau Federation |
Dewitt Hardee | N. C. State Grange |
Heather Hinson | State Resource Conservationist, NRCS |
Jim Kjelgaard | State Conservation Engineer, NRCS |
Rachel Smith | Division of Soil and Water Conservation |
Rick McSwain | Division of Soil and Water Conservation |
Anne Deaton | Division of Marine Fisheries |
Benjy Strope | Wildlife Resources Commission |
Rodney Wright | Rockingham Soil and Water Conservation District Employee |
David Harris | Durham Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor |
All meetings are on Wednesdays from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
August 28, 2024
October 23, 2024
December 18, 2024
February 26, 2025
April 23, 2025
May 28, 2025
June 25, 2025