Jasa honored with excellence in conservation award

Jasa Award
Pictured in the photo with Jasa is Clare Lindahl, chief executive officer of SWCS.

August 22, 2018

Lincoln, Neb. — Paul Jasa was recently honored with the 2018 Harold and Kay Scholl Excellence in Conservation Award at the 73rd Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference. Jasa, a Nebraska Extension engineer in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, was cited for developing crop production educational programs that improve profitability, build soil health, and reduce risks to the environment. 

The Harold and Kay School Excellence in Conservation Award celebrates individuals who provide technical assistance and demonstrate effectiveness and creativity in conservation planning and plan application. Nominees must be engaged or previously engaged in work principally concerned with providing direct technical assistance to landowners, communities, or units of government.

Jasa has been conducting no-till educational programs and field research, working with planting equipment and tillage system evaluation at the university since 1978. He received the national 1998 No-Till Innovator Award for Research and Education, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Nebraska Section 2012 Engineer of the Year award, and was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement in 2015. In 2011, No-Till Farmer magazine named Paul as one of the 40 No-Till Legends who have made tremendous contributions to the growth and popularity of no-till and in 2017, No-Till Farmer recognized him as one of the 25 No-Till Legends for their contributions to the growth of no-till. The SWCS committee cited Jasa as a well-deserving recipient of the Excellence in Conservation Award for his long-term work in no-till and soil health education.

The award was presented at the conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recipients of the award are honored with a plaque and monetary award.

Contact:
Paul Jasa
Extension Research Engineer
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-6715
pjasa1@unl.edu

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