Jan 23 – NRCS State Technical Committee Meeting, 9:30am, 356 Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 951-6796 Jan 28 – Clean Water Policy Forum, 8am-12pm, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Montpelier Feb 1 – “In Good Taste” local food and drink sampling, 4:30-7:00, 100 N. Main...
– All things Tree Sale 2019 – Click Here – It’s still winter, but spring is just around the corner! It’s time to place your orders for our spring sales. The Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District has been holding a spring tree...
Buttonbush for Butterflies- adapted from a blog post by Justin Wheeler for the Xerces Society, xerces.org Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) has one of the most unique flowers of any shrub, and butterflies think so too. Skippers, monarchs, and virtually any...
by Liza Lemieux, Franklin County NRCD Conservation Technician Tile drainage can have many benefits. By more quickly draining extra water from a field, the field can be accessed sooner for planting, crop roots can grow farther down, compaction is reduced, and soil...
Goose Pond is an oxbow pond rich with wildlife along the Lamoille River. When Flora Hurteau and her late husband conserved land there, they had trees planted along the pond’s edge and the high, eroding river bank. Four years later, though, only a fraction of the trees...
The Conservation District again provided one-on-one assistance to eight small, family farms participating in UVM Extension’s Nutrient Management Planning class. The 2018 graduates, pictured below with UVM and District staff, completed Plans that conform to NRCS and...
