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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!
Matt Smetana
Oct 20, 20235 min read
Manure Management with NRCS: A Water Quality Spotlight
Through the EQIP Program, NRCS assists our local livestock and vegetable producers to responsibly manage waste.
Jon Meadows
Feb 1, 20233 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...
Bill Fosher
Oct 6, 20212 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...
Wendy Ward
Jun 5, 20211 min read
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...
Heidi Konesko
Mar 6, 20212 min read
Weathering the Change
What changes have you seen weather wise in your life? Thanksgiving Eve many NH USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service staff attended...
Mary Ellen Cannon
Dec 7, 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
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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...
Heidi Konesko
Jul 4, 20202 min read
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,...
Lola Bobrowski
Mar 5, 20202 min read
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...
John Snowdon
Nov 8, 20193 min read
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...
Michael Nerrie
May 7, 20193 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...
Mary Ellen Cannon
Dec 7, 20182 min read
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