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Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District

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Up Coming Workshops and Events for 2010: 

 Climate Change Alters Maine Wildlife Conditions

The free, brown bag lunch program begins at noon, August 5th, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street.  Click here for more information.  The library will be providing drinks and dessert.  Maine Audobon Society's Wildlife Biologist Barbara Charry will present an illustrated program.  This program is sponsored by Auburn Public Library and the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District. 

Biomasss Workshop in Planning Stages -- WORKSHOP HAS BEEN "HIJACKED"

Because of circumstance beyond our control, this workshop will not be offered at this time.  Hopefully in the fall or next spring we can offer it.

Repeating Beginner and Advanced GPS Workshop -- July 30th with registration beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Lisbon:  Thinking of buying a GPS, or do you already have one that’s never come out of the box?  Come learn GPS basics from 9 – noon on Friday July 30th, at Beaver Park on Cotton Road in Lisbon.  In the afternoon, from 1 to 4, the advanced GPS session will offer how to take your basic skills a step further by using your GPS and basic mapping programs to build a map of your woodlot or property.  Interested participants can sign up for either session or both sessions.  This event is sponsored by the Maine Forest Service and the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District.  GPS units will be provided for the day (please leave yours at home.)  Each session will consist of some classroom time and some field time (so please dress appropriately) with GPS units. The cost is $15 for one session or $20 for both sessions. Registration is required and payment must be received by July 16th.  Make checks payable to Androscoggin Valley SWCD and mail to 254 Goddard Road, Lewiston, or contact Jane Heikkinen at (207) 753-9400 x 400 or via email at jane.heikkinen@me.nacdnet.net.  Coffee and snacks provided (participants will be required to provide their own lunch.)  Questions can be directed to Ken Canfield at ken.canfield@maine.gov or 657-3535. 

Directions to Beaver Park:

Traveling from Topsham on Route 196, take a left at traffic light by Grazianno's Restaurant onto Village Street.  Take an immediate right after crossing the railroad tracks onto Pinewood s Road.  Watch for the Beaver Park sign on the right and take a right onto Cotton Road.  The classroom time will be in the first building on the left once you get into Beaver Park.

 

Energy Conservation Workshop Being Planned

Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District will be offering an Energy Conservation Workshop in the fall.  This will be a hands-on making your own storm window.  If interested in being notified when the location and date are finalized, contact Jane at 207-753-9400 ext 400 or email jane.heikkinen@me.nacdnet.net.

 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Working on Offering a Native Pollinator Workshop

More details will be posted when details are confirmed.

2009 Workshops Offered

MARKETING CARBON CREDITS FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Click here to read a press release about this meeting. The meeting was held on Thursday, June 18 at Fort Western in Augusta, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Click on any of the three presentations below:

1-Carbon Offsets


2-Carbon and CCX2

3-Marketing thru NCOC



R. Neil Sampson, the featured speaker, is technical advisor to the National Carbon Offset Coalition (NCOC), a career conservationist, private consultant and author/editor of numerous publications. Recent work, published by the Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry at Yale University, is entitled “Dynamic Models of Land Use Change in Northeastern USA,” done in collaboration with Mary Tyrrell of Yale and Myrna Hall of SUNY. His latest book "With One Voice" published by Wheatmark(R), was announced at the meeting in Augusta.

 

 
 

PowerPoint presentations given at workshops:

Click here (pdf) to view the presentation given by A.J. Ballard from Efficiency Maine at the Farm Energy Conservation Workshop held on October 23, 2008.  

Click here (pdf) to view the presentation given by Todd Parker from the Delta Institute at the Delta Institute Seminar for Forest
and Grassland Management for Carbon Credits held on November 10, 2008.

Workshops hoped to be continued:

Unpaved road maintenance (pdf)

Workshops for gravel road maintenance and Front Runner Operation have been offered in past years.

Funding to support this training is questionable at this time.  Watch for further announcements.

Below are photos from an unpaved road maintenance workshop on how and why to use Front Runner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those needing gravel road maintenance may call Dan Landerville of Greene at 946-4597, a certified Front Runner operator.  He will provide this service for a fee.

Planned Training Sessions:

Contact the Conservation District Office for registration information at 207-753-9400 ext 400