Maine Association of Conservation Districts News

Soil and Water Conservation Districts were formed in response to the 1935 natural disaster known as the Dust Bowl.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture was faced with the immense task of protecting our soil and water resources, and so helped devise a model grassroots system to meet these urgent needs. This grassroots model became one [...]

(AUGUSTA)—Dick Butterfield, a Jefferson volunteer for the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association (DLWA), took a day-long workshop last spring on how to identify invasive aquatic plants. This week that course and Butterfield’s keen eyes may save Damariscotta Lake from the most aggressive invasive aquatic plant in North America–hydrilla (hydrilla verticillata).
Biologists from the Maine Department of Environmental [...]

Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District & Maine Forest Service will publically recognize Peter Kliem as the 2009 Cooperator of the Year at its Annual Tour and Luncheon. This event will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10am – 1:30pm at Harfords Point, Greenville. Mr. Kliem is being honored for implementing [...]

The Maine Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) Executive Committee has selected a new executive director to work of behalf of Maine’s sixteen soil and water conservation districts. MACD President Daniel Labrie announced that MACD Treasurer Thomas Gordon of Portland will become the association’s executive director as of August 18, 2009. Long-time executive director Bill Bell [...]

In June, York County Soil & Water Conservation District (YCSWCD) in Springvale, ME was awarded funding by the Davis Conservation Foundation for the 2009 York County Invasive Aquatic Species Project (YCIASP). Major goals of the project are to encourage and train volunteers to survey waterbodies in York County for invasive aquatic plants (IAP) and to [...]

Skowhegan – The Maine Forest Service in cooperation with the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District will be holding an invasive plant identification and control workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 from 8:00 am – 12:00 noon, at Lake George Regional Park in Skowhegan.
This training will help participants identify common upland invasive plants common [...]

Veazie, ME—The Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District in conjunction with the Bangor Area Storm Water Group (BASWG) and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be spray painting a new message on the Veazie streets.
Students from Upward Bound will be visiting the Buck Hill and Silver ridge neighborhoods in Veazie on July 16th [...]

FARMINGTON – Front Runners are taking on a whole new level of importance, especially in light of the recent heavy rains.
Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting our only Front Runner/Grader Gravel Road Maintenance training for 2009 on Monday, July 20 from 8 am to 1 pm in Farmington. Participants should meet [...]

The Kennebec AgMap has been produced annually since 2001. It lists resources and opportunities for buying local products and supporting local ag producers. In the past couple years, the Kennebec AgMap has been produced in a collaboration between the Time & Tide RC&D Council and the Kennebec District. 7,000 copies are printed and distributed annually.  Take [...]

As a result of the State Envirothon held on May 28th at Nutting Hall, University of Maine in Orono, Jay High School will represent Maine at the international Canon Envirothon competition. The Maine Association of Conservation Districts awarded plaques to the three top-scoring high school Envirothon teams at the event. The first, second and [...]