About Orleans County NRCD
Programs and Services Meet the Board and Staff Contact
2019 Spring Plant Sale
All proceeds from the Orleans County NRCD Spring Plant Sale benefit our conservation programs. Place your order by Friday, March 29th. All orders must be picked up on Saturday, May 4th between 9am and noon.
Order forms and checks should be sent to the Orleans County NRCD office at 59 Waterfront Plaza, Newport, VT 05855. Please see the plant sale order form for more information.
Plant sale catalogue plant sale order form
Water Quality Reports and Resources
Conservation Matters Videos
Newport movie theater will be showing two videos of the Faces of Vermont Agriculture series which is a collection of eight short video profiles that highlight outstanding stewards of the land who live and farm in the Green Mountain State.
Required Agricultural Practices (RAP) QUIZ
The goal of the RAP Online Quiz is to provide an accessible, informative tool for livestock farmers of all size operations and to raise awareness of the RAPs and water quality improvement practices available to Vermont farmers.
2017 District Highlights Newsletter
The Orleans County Natural Resource Conservation District (OCNRCD) was established in 1946 as a non-regulatory organization led by local landowners. We strive to protect natural resources by seeking solutions to local environmental concerns and providing resources to address them.
Our current focus is to support Orleans County communities and landowners in their efforts to improve water quality issues. Our extensive partnerships with state, federal and local organizations enable us to coordinate resources locally to support conservations land use practices.
goGraze Training
Orleans County Conservation District and UVM Extension will be offering a free goGraze training and nutrient management plan update session on March 20th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Eastside Restaurant, 47 Landing Street in Newport. This free class will cover an introduction to the grazing feature of goCrop, goGraze. There will also be time in the afternoon to finish your nutrient management plan update! Lunch will be provided. Please contact Emily Irwin at 802-334-6090 x 7008 or emily.irwin@vt.nacdnet.net by Wednesday, March 13th so we can plan accordingly and provide more details on what to bring!
Mission Statement
Protect and enhance the waters of Orleans County by providing leadership, education and services for implementation of sound land stewardship practices in order to improve the quality of all of the county’s waters.
Contact us at:
59 Waterfront Plaza
Newport, VT 05855
(802) 334-8325 x 7008
sarah.damsell@vt.nacdnet.net
VACD Technical Staff: (802) 334-8325 x20
Conservation Success Story!
Orleans County NRCD and Memphremagog Watershed Association highlight local farmers in Newport, VT who reduced their nonpoint source pollution. With help from NRCS, the McCormicks installed best management practices that reduced phosphorous runoff in the Strawberry Acres tributary by 50%!
“I don’t think people realize the effect that these projects can have on the environment.”
Amanda McCormick“We are getting more milk and better quality since we completed all this work”, this is their third year of getting a quality milk award. Overall, the project “has brought us closer together as a family.”
Chad McCormick