Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District – Ellsworth, Maine
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Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District provides local conservation leadership, encourages best practices, and helps to plan and implement voluntary programs in Hancock County, Maine. We conserve clean water and healthy soil by working alongside willing landowners to implement incentive-based voluntary conservation practices. District programs focus on polluted runoff, habitat restoration, citizen science, and education.
We’ve moved! The District’s new office is now located at the USDA NRCS office at 474 Bucksport Road, Ellsworth.
Request for Qualifications – Watershed Protection Project
The Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking a Project Manager to help implement a two-year grant for the Branch Lake Watershed Protection Project, Phase III. If interested please respond to our Request for Qualifications (RFQ) notice by no...
read more2023 Tree and Shrub Sale
Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering an online sale of native shrubs and trees that support pollinators and wildlife. Sale plants have been chosen because of their functional attraction for pollinators and wildlife as well as their...
read more~ Free Soil Testing Program for 2022 ~
BRING YOUR SAMPLES TO US FOR FREE pH TESTING (Be prepared to follow Covid-19 guidelines) We now offer soil testing year round! A drop-off box is located outside our office at 474 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth. You may drop off samples at any time or call first to arrange a...
read more~ Shellfish Resiliency Project for Hancock County ~
In collaboration with the Frenchman Bay Reginal Shellfish Committee and Down East Institute (DEI), the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District investigated use of spat boxes and novel nursery nets to enhance softshell clam (Mya arenaria) recruitment to...
read more2022 Brook Trout Sale
The 2022 Trout Sale is Here! Stock your trout pond with native brook trout from Micmac Farm hatchery while also supporting conservation and agriculture in Hancock County! Find more information and order here.
read moreRequest for Qualifications – Watershed Protection Project
The Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking a Project Manager to help implement a two-year grant for the Branch Lake Watershed Protection Project, Phase III. If interested please respond to our Request for Qualifications (RFQ) notice by no...
read more2023 Tree and Shrub Sale
Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering an online sale of native shrubs and trees that support pollinators and wildlife. Sale plants have been chosen because of their functional attraction for pollinators and wildlife as well as their...
read more~ Free Soil Testing Program for 2022 ~
BRING YOUR SAMPLES TO US FOR FREE pH TESTING (Be prepared to follow Covid-19 guidelines) We now offer soil testing year round! A drop-off box is located outside our office at 474 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth. You may drop off samples at any time or call first to arrange a...
read more~ Shellfish Resiliency Project for Hancock County ~
In collaboration with the Frenchman Bay Reginal Shellfish Committee and Down East Institute (DEI), the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District investigated use of spat boxes and novel nursery nets to enhance softshell clam (Mya arenaria) recruitment to...
read more2022 Brook Trout Sale
The 2022 Trout Sale is Here! Stock your trout pond with native brook trout from Micmac Farm hatchery while also supporting conservation and agriculture in Hancock County! Find more information and order here.
read moreThe Board of Supervisors meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 8:00 am to 10:00 a.m. Prior to the pandemic, we met at the Moore Community Center’s Board Room, 5 General Moore Way, Ellsworth (125 State Street). Everyone is welcome to listen in on the meetings, request time on the agenda, or if you would like information on becoming a Board member please email hcswcdinfo@hancockcountyswcd.org. Please join us!
The next regular Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 8:00 am – 10:00 am. This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. For more information, or if you would like the Zoom link to attend remotely, please email hcswcdinfo@hancockcountyswcd.org .
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GREEN ELLSWORTH 2023 Winter Newsletter
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Cultivating Our Community Tree Nursery On March 25 (10:00 AM; snow date April 1) the Ellsworth Garden Club and Frenchman Bay Conservancy will host a tree pruning workshop at the Community Tree Nursery at Jordan Homestead Preserve. The workshop will be led by licensed arborist and Green Ellsworth u...
Stream Smart Workshops - Maine Audubon
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Workshops are offered throughout the year in various parts of the state. Maine Audubon and its Stream Smart partners work to provide training opportunities for professionals all across the state of Maine in order to expand the local knowledge base on how to include aquatic organism passage and highe...