Conservation Showcase
Featuring Maine's Conservation Successes
NRCS employees and programs help landowners solve conservation
problems. In most cases, the benefits of installing a conservation
practice extend beyond the individual farmer. The following “success
stories” highlight the conservation efforts of a few Maine landowners,
partners, and NRCS employees.
| Success Story |
Service Center |
Program |
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High Tunnels
Popping Up in Franklin County |
Farmington Field Office, Franklin County, Maine |
EQIP |
| Local
Farm Receives Assistance to Extend Growing Season |
Scarborough Field Office, Cumberland/York
Counties, Maine |
EQIP |
| USDA
Program Benefits Immigrant Farmers |
Lewiston Field Office, Androscoggin/Sagadahoc
Counties, Maine |
CTA, EQIP |
| USDA
Outreach Meetings Held in Aroostook County |
Ft. Kent Field Office, Presque Isle Field
Office, and Houlton Field Office, all located in Aroostook
County, Maine |
CTA |
| WHIP Projects Assist
AGRI |
Skowhegan Field Office, Somerset County, Maine |
WHIP |
| NRCS and FSA
Meet with Passamaquoddy Tribal Governors/CSP Contract Signed |
Machias Field Office, Washington County, Maine |
CTA,
CSP |
NRCS/EQIP
Program Join Forces on
Diversified Farm in Maine |
So. Paris Field Office, Oxford County, Maine |
EQIP |
| Irrigation Assistance
Provided in Aroostook County |
Ft. Kent Field Office, Aroostook County, Maine |
EQIP |
| River Rise
Dairy Farm Protected |
Lewiston Field Office, Androscoggin County,
Maine |
FRPP |
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