Laura Reiter of Radisson has been elected the new president of the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association.
Reiter, a director with the non-profit producer organization since 2004 and most recently its first vice-president, was its first-ever female director, and thus its first female president, following a vote at the group’s recent annual meeting in Regina.
She replaces Edgar Hammermeister of Alameda, who remains on the board as past president.
Reiter said she expects the association to continue to focus not just on soil conservation but on water and air quality issues as it has in the past. She also expects the group to continue to play a lead role in policy development for agricultural soil sinks — the concept of managing cropland to draw carbon from the air, helping to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
With Reiter now president, director Doyle Wiebe of Langham becomes first vice-president while director Keith Stephens of Balcarres becomes second vice-president. The SSCA board, at this meeting, also appointed Trevor Plews, an agrologist with Ducks Unlimited in Yorkton, to serve as a director-at-large.
