Conservation Funding Encourages Local Farmers and Landowners to 'Grow Green' in 2024
Discover funding opportunities that help you enhance local agriculture, preserve wildlife habitat, and promote climate resilience!
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Sofie Wicklund
Aug 4, 20233 min read
A 'Nock Out Summer: Improving Regional Outdoor Recreation Opportunities
Learn more about the role Sofie played in Monadnock Outdoors' regional efforts this summer!
Benee Hershon
Nov 4, 20227 min read
November Community Member Spotlight: Barbara Skuly
For over 25 years, Barbara Skuly has been a committed volunteer, cleaning and stewarding the Ashuelot River, so it is cleaner for us all!
Bill Fosher
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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...
Lola Bobrowski
Jan 15, 20214 min read
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...
Lola Bobrowski
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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...
Lola Bobrowski
Oct 25, 20202 min read
Uniquely NH Stories & Celebration
This year, the Cheshire County Conservation District is excited to celebrate its 75th anniversary! While Covid-19 may have thrown a...
Lola Bobrowski
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Explore Intersections Between Land & Community On Sept. 24th!
Radically Rural 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote, a single-day entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding...
Sara Powell
Jun 6, 20204 min read
The Problem is the Solution: Stewarding a Small piece of Property with a Permaculture Approach
“Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be” ~David Holmgren Buying an old house (C.1790’s) on a very small lot (0.17...
Lola Bobrowski
Mar 6, 20204 min read
CCCD 2019 Year in Review
Happy New Year! 2019 was an exciting (& busy!) year at the Cheshire County Conservation District. As in years past, our District staff of...
Rachel Brice
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Monadnock Grows Together: Container Gardening
Hello garden friends! This year, one of my new adventures is growing in containers. In this photo (taken on June 1st), you can see a...
Mary Ellen Cannon
Dec 7, 20182 min read
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...
Wendy Ward
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Improving Aquatic Habitat with NRCS
CHESHIRE COUNTY FISH & GAME CLUB - Ferry Brook Project Wood Additions Installation On Saturday September 23, 2017, NH Natural Resources...
Wendy Ward
Jan 5, 20183 min read
Making the Best Plant Choices
Whenever I get a plant catalog in the mail, I feel like a kid in a candy store – so many plants all with unique beauty and benefits - I...
Lola Bobrowski
Aug 5, 20172 min read
The CCC what?
Have you heard of the Cheshire County Conservation District? Maybe you’ve seen our logo, attended an event, or utilized one of our...
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