The Kennebec and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), will host a public meeting of the Kennebec-Lincoln Local Working Groups (LWG). Please join us from 10 a.m. to noon for the hybrid meeting scheduled for Sept. 17 at the Whitefield Fire & Rescue Station located at 24 Townhouse Road, Whitefield and virtually.

Taking into account local resource concerns, these LWGs make recommendations to NRCS on how to spend USDA Farm Bill funds for conservation practices on private lands. The meeting will be held  Sept. 2 at the Pullen Room in Union Town Office, located at 567 Common Road, Union and virtually.

If you are an agricultural producer; forester, logger or private woodland owner; member of an environmental or watershed organization or land trust; knowledgeable in soil, water, plant, wetland or wildlife sciences; and/or are familiar with agricultural and natural resource concerns in Waldo or Knox counties, we invite you to attend this meeting to help 1) identify and prioritize local conservation concerns; and 2) recommend how local funds for USDA Environmental Quality Incentive Programs (EQIP) will be distributed by NRCS to alleviate problems.

If you plan to attend any portion of the meeting, please contact your local SWCD office to be placed on a contact list and receive important information in advance of the meeting. 

Knox County: Cindy Wright, 207.596.2040, cindy@knox-lincoln.org or register directly on https://www.knox-lincoln.org/events-workshops/lwglincoln-kennebec2026 

Kennebec County: Stephanie Taylor, 207.480.3927, staylor@kcswcd.org 

If you are unable to attend, you may send comments to your local soil & water conservation district.