District Forester Jim Ferrante from the Maine Forest Service will give tours of the woods, tree identification, a history of maple syrup and the overall process of making syrup today.
APPLY NOW FOR INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
The End of An Era on the Somerset SWCD Board
Local Working Group to Determine Somerset County Natural Resource Priorities
Ag Allies Partnership Featured in Local Media
District Supervisor Election
PUBLIC NOTICE
July 29, 2021
Somerset County
Soil & Water Conservation District
DISTRICT SUPERVISOR ELECTION
Persons desiring to run for the office of District Supervisor for the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District should contact the District office at 70 East Madison Road, Skowhegan ME 04976, telephone (207) 474-8323, to obtain nomination papers. Nomination papers must be received at the District office no later than October 4, 2021. Persons wishing to vote in the election of District Supervisor must contact the District to receive a ballot.
Persons who desire to run for office of Supervisor must be a resident registered voter residing within the boundaries of the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District. All registered voters within the boundaries of the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District are eligible to vote. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the District.
Grassland Management Walk July 7 in South Thomaston
Originally published by UMaine News, June 25, 2021
New partnership balances bird habitat with farming at UMaine
We are pleased to welcome University of Maine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center to the 2021 participant roster for Ag Allies. Thirteen acres managed for livestock forage will be left uncut until after bobolinks and other grassland nesting birds have completed their nesting season.
Learn more: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2021/06/25/new-partnership-balances-bird-habitat-with-farming-at-umaine/
