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Promote Your Farm Business

Western Mountains Alliance is working to coordinate annual updates to the 2010 Local Farms and Farmstands booklet. This directory will provide information on where buyers can purchase local farm products. Three thousand copies will be distributed throughout Somerset, Franklin, and Oxford counties. More information about this marketing opportunity is available at www.westernmountainsalliance.org

Forest Management Plans

NRCS has identified the Maine Forest Service as technical service providers (TSP's) to write forest management plans. Click here to view an information sheet. For more information and to obtain a TSP agreement, plus a list of eligible Stewardship Foresters, landowners can call the Maine Forest Service at  1-800-367-0223 or (207) 287-8430. The incentives to fund Forest Management Conservation Activity Plans using client-hired TSP's comes through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). 

 

 

 

 

The Somerset County Soil & Water Conservation District is a Non-Profit Organization. All proceeds from our fundraising efforts are used to promote conservation and the wise use of our natural resources. The Somerset County SWCD is an equal opportunity provider and employer.