Winners of the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District awards stand with their awards after the Annual Awards Banquet at The Vicksburg-Warren branch of Hinds County Community College on Thursday, August 4, 2011. They are from left, Rick Hagar, Project Coordinator for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) from Isola and winner of the Special Thanks award; Brab Cook, a property manager for cropland farming from Flowers and winner of the Outstanding Cropland Award; Elbert Hebron, a retired Warren County property owner from Vicksburg and winner of the Conservation Stewardship Award; and Emile C. Ott, a retired Jackson area tree farmer and conservationist and winner of the Outstanding Wildlife Award. (Bryant Hawkins/The Vicksburg Post)