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NEWSLETTERS AND ANNUAL REPORT, click to read

 

SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2024

WINTER NEWSLETTER 2022

FALL NEWSLETTER 2020

SPRING NEWSLETTER 2019

FALL NEWSLETTER 2018

SPRING NEWSLETTER 2018

SPRING NEWSLETTER 2017

FALL NEWSLETTER 2016

SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2016

FALL NEWSLETTER 2015

SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2015

NATURAL RESOURCES Conservation

PUBLICATIONS & LINKS

 SOIL 

Testing Your Soil ~University of Maine Cooperative Extension

 WATER  

Wells

 FORESTRY  

Developing a Forest Management Plan ~ Maine Forest Service

Some Things to Consider When Buying Forestland ~ Maine Forest Service

Maine Forest Service Publications ~ Protecting and Enhancing Maine's Forest Resources

 AGRICULTURE  

Land For Maine's Future Program  ~ Farmland Conservation Program

Maine Farm's For the Future Program ~ Farmer Assistance and Planning

Maine FarmLink ~ Farm Transfer Program

Maine Farmland Trust  ~ Statewide Farmland Preservation

Maine Potato Board ~ Serving Maine's Potato Industry

 NATIVE PLANTS  

Why Native Plants? ~Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Gardening to Conserve Maine's Landscape: Plants to Use and Plant to Avoid ~University of Maine Cooperative Extension

 Selecting Plants for Pollinators ~National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Plants: Moist to Wet Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Part Sun Plants: Moist to Wet Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Full Sun Plants: Moist to Wet Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Full Sun Plants: Dry Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Shade Plants: Dry Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Part Sun Plants: Dry Soil ~ Portland Water District 

Furbish Lousewort~ Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry

 PLANT MAINTENANCE   

Lawn Fertilizer Application ~ University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Pruning Woody Landscape Plants ~University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Successfully Transplanting Established Trees ~ University of Tennessee Extension Service

Post Planting Tree Care ~ University of Tennessee Extension Service

 Gravel Road & Trail MAINTENANCE

Construction Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Permitting

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