Matt Smetana
October Community Member Spotlight: Pete's Stand
Pete's Stand is CCCD's 2023 Cooperator of the Year, learn more about the important work they do for our community!
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Jon Meadows
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Manure Management with NRCS: A Water Quality Spotlight
Through the EQIP Program, NRCS assists our local livestock and vegetable producers to responsibly manage waste.
Bill Fosher
- Oct 5, 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...
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...
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...
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...
Heidi Konesko
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Energy Efficiency is Still a Thing
With all of the very hot and humid weather the past couple of weeks, I’ve been wondering how much of an increase in our electric bill we...
Lola Bobrowski
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
Steve Pytlik, District Conservationist Moves On
After 10 years of serving as a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist in the Walpole field office,...
John Snowdon
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Proper Land Stewardship Can Make a Difference
Research published in the Sept, 2019 edition of the journal, Science, tells a frightening tale. Since 1970, the year before I graduated...
Michael Nerrie
- May 6, 2019
- 3 min
Diversifying Habitat for Wildlife
Here at Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail, I have been working with the Walpole office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
Mary Ellen Cannon
- Dec 7, 2018
- 2 min
Do Right and Feed Everyone
"Do right and feed everyone." This is the mission of the USDA, according to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Seasonal high tunnel...
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