COLUMBUS — The Wood County Ag-Venture Self-Driving Tour has won an Ohio Natural Resources Conservation
Service award.
The organizer of the tour, Bob Moser, was also honored at the awards, presented earlier this month.
The Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service was recognized with eight national, regional and state
Earth Team volunteer awards for exceptional service. The Earth Team is the agency’s volunteer workforce.

“Volunteers play a vital role in providing us with the necessary workforce to get our tasks and
conservation activities completed,” said Terry Cosby, NRCS State Conservationist in Ohio. “Great
opportunities and achievements come from volunteering. Without the support of volunteers and the
communities we serve, our conservation goals would have been much harder to achieve.”
An outstanding Earth Team Volunteer program relies on dedicated volunteers and in 2018 more than 6,085
volunteers donated 46,214 volunteer service hours to Ohio NRCS, valued at more than $1.14 million.
Cosby presented the following Earth Team awards during a ceremony in Columbus.
• National Earth Team Partnership Award – AG Venture 2018, Bowling Green. The Wood County AG-Venture
Self-Driving Tour was designed to be an entertaining and educational opportunity to highlight Ohio’s top
industry – agriculture. Seven tour sites recorded 1,785 visitors for an average of 255 visitors per
site.
Events such as these not only bring a community together, but also serve to educate and inspire people to
take care of our precious natural resources in the hopes of ensuring agricultural sustainability.
• Ohio Conservation Volunteers Awarded for Exceptional Service
Northeast Regional Individual Volunteer Award – Bob Moser, Bowling Green. From the inception of the Wood
County AG-Venture Self-Driving Tour, Moser was front and center in planning, coordinating and organizing
the event. Through his contacts in Wood County, he was instrumental in securing seven tour sites,
including his own farm. Moser was also part of the volunteer recruitment team who recruited, organized,
and trained a total of 146 volunteers. By the end of the event, this team of volunteers donated a total
of 3,084 volunteer hours. Moser personally accounted for 208 of these hours.