May Community Member Spotlight: Emma McHone
As spring emerges in the Monadnock Region, it is time to sow the seeds of another season at the Community Garden Connections (CGC)...
Benee Hershon
- Apr 7
- 5 min
April Community Member Spotlight: Mary Ewell
The average American contributes 80lbs of clothing and textiles to the waste stream each year, and often does so without giving it much...
Benee Hershon
- Mar 4
- 4 min
March Community Member Spotlight: Sara Powell
A 7-week farmer business planning course has just completed its first successful cohort, transforming local businesses and lives...
Benee Hershon
- Feb 18
- 4 min
February Community Member Spotlight: Bob & Lynn Ziman
A retired couple have completed the first season of their ever-growing pollinator garden and have transformed their perception of the...
John Kondos
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Community Supported Solar: On Sun Harvesting in the Monadnock Region
As I write this in early February, it’s comforting & rewarding to see the sun climb above the tree tops on the horizon from its lowest...
Benee Hershon
- Jan 6
- 6 min
January Community Member Spotlight: Partners' Gardens LLC
As temperatures drop in the Monadnock Region, and winter sets in, Jenna and Tyler Rich of Partners’ Gardens LLC have just wrapped up a...
Benee Hershon
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
2021: A Year of Resilience, Strength, and Success!
2021 has been a year of resilience in Cheshire County. CCCD has had the honor of continuing our work with this amazing community for a...
Amy Bodwell
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Laura and Cary: Pollinator Newbies Turned Enthusiasts!
Laura and Cary are two busy and active professional women who wanted to help restore a piece of the land they live on. The area had been...
Bill Fosher
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Cold River Streambank Restoration Project: A Closer Look
Every spring and sometimes in the summer, the Cold River would take a bite out of two important agricultural fields near its confluence...
Benee Hershon
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
From Friday Tree Walks to CCCD: My Journey to Conservation
I never considered a career in conservation until my first week of college, when a friend insisted that I had to check out that, “awesome...
Amy Bodwell
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Radically Rural Returns to Keene
Radically Rural is a conference focused on small communities, what rural means and how to keep the small-town feel. This year’s...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
Pollinators of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties
The 2021 National Pollinator Week, an annual international event created by the Pollinator Partnership, took place between Monday June...
Wendy Ward
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
NRCS Practices: Log Cribs for Streambank Erosion
Bank erosion, or the removal of soil, rocks, and vegetation by the force of moving water, is a natural part of river dynamics. Over the...
The Monadnock Conservancy
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
A Conservation Easement Story: Chesterfield, NH
This is a story about a family that bought some farmland in Chesterfield, then made the decision to conserve it so that it would always...
Tom Beaudry
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
CCCD Drills & Rental Equipment
Have a need to reseed a field or pasture but don’t want to plow it? The Cheshire County Conservation District can help! The district has...
Heidi Konesko
- Mar 6, 2021
- 2 min
Tips for Working with NRCS
Are you a farm or forestland owner about to embark on a new contract with NRCS? Maybe you’re interested in signing up for NRCS programs...
Todd Horner
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Private Landowners say YES to Pollinators!
One in three bites of food that we consume are made possible by pollinators—a group that includes the well-known honeybee, but also an...
Lola Bobrowski
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
2020 - What a Year!
What a year 2020 has been! As one can imagine, our year in review is going to look a bit different this year, but also a lot didn’t...
Mary Ellen Cannon
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Weathering the Change
What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...
Lola Bobrowski
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
On Mud, Horses, Flowers, & Food
It was early spring. All the snow had melted in the winter paddock, and the workhorses and the farmers were ankle-and-fetlock deep in...