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meet Watershed Implementation Plan goals. HB 1404 was enacted, moving the Animal Waste Technology Fund from the Dept. of Busi- ness and Economic Development to the Department of Agriculture. Tis fund is intended to research, develop and market projects to reduce the amount of nutrients in animal waste, or develop alternative waste management strategies. Unfortunately, SB 976/HB 1309, which would have expanded the list of tax-deductible equipment purchases under the subtraction modification law to include manure spreaders and other nu- trient application equipment, failed to pass.
However, a number of bills related to manure management regulations and the Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration were unsuccessful: SB 330 (prohibited new regulations to mandate action on farms until other watershed states equal Maryland’s performance so far); SB 594 (pro- hibiting winter application of animal manure and biosolids); SB 822/ HB 487 (prohibiting watershed implementation mandates on local jurisdictions unless funding from state or federal sources would sup-
Maryland Horse Council ssociaon Memers Te MHC represents 30,000 Maryland horse people from individuals, farms, businesses, and the following associations:
Carroll County Equestrian Council Chesapeake Plantation Walking Horse Club Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Assn. Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Inc. Equestrian Partners in Conservation Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation, Inc. Fair Hill International, Inc. Frederick County Equine Alliance Freedom Hill Horse Rescue Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Soc. Graham Equestrian Center, Inc. Halo’s Haven Rescue Howard County Iron Bridge Hounds Humane Society of Carroll County
Marlborough Hunt Club Maryland 4-H Program Maryland Assn. for Wildlife Conservation Maryland Combined Training Assn. Maryland Draft Horse & Mule Assn. Maryland Equestrian Club Maryland Equestrian Foundation Maryland Farriers Association Maryland Horse Breeders Assn. Maryland Jockey Club Maryland Standardbred Breeders Assn. Maryland Steeplechase Association MD Assn. of Equine Practitioners MD State Quarter Horse Assn.
Mid-Atlantic Saddlebred Assn. My Lady’s Manor Driving Club, Inc. New Market Middletown Valley Hounds Pasadena Horse and Pony Assoc. Plantation Walking Horses of Maryland Potomac Hunt Club Potomac Valley Dressage Assn. Preserve Harness Racing at Rosecroft Reality Inn Farm Te Humane Society of the U.S. TROT - Trail Riders of Today Tuckahoe Equestrian Center Washington International Horse Show Wicomico Hunt Club
Executive Committee Te Executive Committee is comprised of the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and five Directors elected by the Board. Te Executive Committee executes the business, policy and priorities established by the Board, and in the course thereof has authority to exercise all those powers and duties of the Board, not specifically reserved to the Board by the By-laws. A written report on Executive Committee meetings is available to all the Directors. Te Executive Committee may appoint additional non-voting, advisory members from time to time in its discretion.
President Steuart Pittman, Jr. 410-798-0503 Fx: 410-507-3351
dodonfarm@verizon.net
Steve Fulton (Director-at-Large for Farms; Full Moon Farm) 410-795-8371 Fx: 410-795-0617
fullmoonfarm@hughes.net
Vice President Jane Seigler 301-774-3756
seigler.jane@gmail.com
Directors elected to serve on the Executive Committee:
Christy Clagett (Marlborough Hunt Club) 410-703-7998 Fx: 410-798-7403
larkinghill@aol.com
Crystal Brumme Kimball (MSA, HCIBH and Director-at-Large for Businesses; Te Equiery) 410-489-7826
crystal@equiery.com
Maryland Horse Council
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www.mdhorsecouncil.org for details on how to join today!
Maryland Horse Council membership is open to all associations, farms, businesses and individuals. To join, please visit
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admin@mdhorsecouncil.org, or call 301-502-8929. The Maryland Horse Council is sponsored by B & D Builders, The Equiery, Farm Credit and Southern States.
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Ron MacNab (Trail Riders of Today) 301-622-4157
rmacnab@comcast.net
Pete Radue (MAEP and Director at Large for Businesses; Damascus Equine Associates) 301-829-2170 Fx: 301-829-4953
raduedvm@aol.com
Treasurer Royce Herman 410-758-2081 Fx: 410-758-4760
raherman1@verizon.net
Secretary Christine Bricker 410-788-3987 Fx: 410-765-1485
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port); SB 823/ HB 486 (requiring the state to develop and rank a list of best management practices for watershed implementation).
However, SB 118 (allowing the state to add sediment to its existing nu- trient credit program) passed both houses.
Of general interest: the Governor’s Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act (SB 236/HB 445) (related to the implementation of PlanMaryland) was enacted with amendments that leave final control in the hands of the local jurisdictions. Te Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012 (SB 294/HB 444) was also enacted. Tis exempts up to $5 mil- lion dollars of the value of a farm from the state estate tax when it will remain in agricultural use for at least 10 years. It also reduces the rate for property exceeding $5 million from the current 16% to 5%.
Te “Flush Tax” was doubled from $30 to $60, but only for users who discharge into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. But the proposed in- crease in the Gas Tax (SB 971/ HB 1302) failed.
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