USDA Funding for Waldo & Knox counties: How Should Money be Spent?

CAMDEN — The Waldo and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field office in Augusta, will host a public meeting of the Waldo-Knox Local Working Groups (LWG).

Taking into account local resource concerns, these Local Working Groups make recommendations to NRCS on how to spend USDA Farm Bill funds for conservation practices on private lands. This year’s meeting will be held in-person on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, from 2 - 4 p.m., with an introductory session starting at 1 p.m. The group will meet at the French Conference meeting room at the Town of Camden’s office.  

Agricultural producer; forester, logger or private woodland owner; member of an environmental or watershed organization or land trust; knowledgeable in soil, water, plant, wetland or wildlife sciences; and/or are familiar with agricultural and natural resource concerns in Waldo or Knox counties, are invited to attend this meeting to help 1) identify and prioritize local conservation concerns; and 2) recommend how local funds for USDA Environmental Quality Incentive Programs (EQIP) will be distributed by NRCS to alleviate problems.

To attend, please contact your local soil & water conservation district to register and get more information.

For Waldo County contact Medea at 207-218-5311, msteinman@maineconservationdistricts.com.

For Knox County contact Julie at 207.596.2040, julie@knox-lincoln.org.

If you are unable to attend, you may send comments to your local soil & water conservation district.

FMI about LWGs, please visit https://www.knox-lincoln.org/local-working-group.

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