Events
Event 08.27.21: Small-Scale Farm Equipment Demonstration
Please join us For an equipment demonstration workshop on August 27, 2021, 2-4pm at Dog Rose Farm in Lee, NH. Learn about identifying the best scale of equipment for your tasks, to save time and labor, improve soil health, and more. Featuring the Conservation District’s new BCS walk-behind tractor and implements, which will soon be […]
Coming Spring 2021: Small Equipment
Our equipment rental program has been very successful in helping local farms implement conservation practices to improve soil, water quality and wildlife habitat. However, the equipment is not practical for those farmers, gardeners, and other landowners who don’t have a tractor, or who have small crop areas, high tunnels, or raised beds. SCCD received […]
Integrated Pest Management Grants Available – Applications due March 1, 2021
Deadline Extended to March 15th! The New Hampshire Conservation Districts in partnership with UNH Cooperative Extension and the Xerces Society are offering a cost share program to implement the following practices: Exclusion netting for spotted wing drosophila fruit flies Weather stations to increase pest control precision Grant funding pays 75% of the cost of equipment […]
Flashback Friday: 1978 Cocheco River Cleanup
Throughout this year, we’ll be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of NH’s Conservation Districts with #FlashbackFriday posts! For our first post, we’d like to highlight the Cocheco River Cleanup of 1978. This was a monumental effort by dozens of volunteers and agency staff, and we still enjoy the clean and scenic Cocheco today thanks to their hard work. […]