USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service – Cost Share Programs – Application to Implementation MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2022 6 – 7:30 PM |
Join Joe Dembeck, executive director at Somerset County SWCD, to learn about USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) cost-share programs available to provide financial support to woodland owners managing their land for timber quality, wildlife habitat and forest health. Virtual program.
We’ll discuss both the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), from application to implementation, and hear about Dembeck’s experience conducting a CSP project on forestland that he and his wife own in Maine.
THIS EVENT IS PRESENTED BY THE LOW-IMPACT FORESTRY PROGRAM AT MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS & GARDENERS ASSOCIATION (MOFGA).
Somerset County SWCD has additional learning opportunities scheduled ~ visit their website events page for information about apple tree pruning workshops, an online presentation on helping Maine’s grassland birds, joining the Yankee Woodlot morning snowshoe stroll, and more!