The Conservation Times

And other articles ...   see below

Below are listed copies of past Conservation Times newsletters. If you want to take a look at the electronic version of that newsletter, simply click on that issue.

If a newsletter edition also had sales information included, they may not be included with the .pdf file. The most current issue is separated at the top. 

• The most recent newsletter is Summer, 2012   The hard copy has the election information.   The most recent newsletter is at the bottom. Take a look.

Past articles...

• January, 07   

• March-May, 07

• May-June, 07

• Oct-Nov, 07

• January, 08 

• Summer, 08

• Fall, 08

• January, 09

• March, 09

• Summer, 09

• Fall, 09

• January, 2010

• April, 2010

• Summer, 2010 - July

• Fall, 2010  -election

• January, 2011

• Fall, 2011 - election

• January, 2012

• Summer, 2012

        Other Kennebec District reports

•  Natural Resource Assessment for Kennebec County -  Here is a copy of the report for Kennebec County. The report has been submitted to NRCS. The maps and other appendices are large documents.

• More comprehensive 2010 Annual Report and 2011 Annual Plan of Operations. This is a copy of the report that we submit to the Maine Dept. of Agriculture.

• Easy to read Kennebec District 2009 Annual Report. This has lots of pictures and brief explanations of the 2009 activities.

• More comprehensive 2009 Annual Report and 2010 Annual Plan of Operations. This is a copy of the report that we submit to the Maine Dept. of Agriculture.

Other articles and information of interest are listed below

• A primer on seasoned firewood, not sizzlewood.

• Demystifying Mulch

• Ten Things to Improve Water Quality

• Planting a Tree

• Household Hazardous Waste Disposal

• Composting

• DEP publishes an annual report of how the NPS 319 funds were used in the previous year. Click here for the current Annual Report.

• For articles and resources to help minimize your impact on water quality as you manage your yard and lawn, check out GreenScapes.org

• For those looking to form a camp road association you may want to check out the FireRoad 53 website. They have collected many of the resources you may want to review  -  all in one place.  Go to  www.fireroad53.com  

• DEP website with miscellaneous links and information.

Buffer plants and other vegetation

• Buffer Plants

• Trees

• Small Trees/Large Shrubs

• Medium Shrubs

• Small Shrubs

• Perennial Herbs/Flowers

• Ferns,Grasses, and Vines

Fact Sheets

• Erosion Control Mulch

• Camp Roads

• Maine Erosion and Sedimentation Control BMPs

             Included link to Permit By Rule (PBR) form. Click here. 

                It is the "Permit By Rule Notification Form"

• A Guide to Forming Road Associations

• Camp Road Maintenance Manual - A Guide for Landowners   

            ( this document is large and may take a long time to load on your computer)

• Low Input Lawn Care (LILaC)

• Vernal Pool fact sheet

• YardScaping

• 2007 Kennebec District Annual Report

• 2009 Kennebec District Annual Report

Contractor Information

•     Selecting a contractor

•     List of contractors

•     DEP certified contractor list

Other Information and Connections.

• You may want to take a look at the report by the University of Maine "Maine's Climate Future". It is a 74 page document from this past winter. Interesting stuff. Click here.   Warning, this is a very large document.

•  Link for info about Maine hatcheries and other fish information.  Check the following:      http://www.fws.gov/northeast/me.htm

• Here's a link to find a certified arborist for that late season tree work you may need to do. www.maine.gov/agriculture/pi/arborist/companyListfor2007.pdf

• You may also want to take a look at the Maine DEP publication called the NPS News. This quarterly issue has a number of useful resources. If you want to take a look at the current issue click here.

• A past issue of the NPS Times has a good article on how to use 'rain gardens' as a means to address water runoff and erosion. Check that issue of the  NPS Times at   Click here for that NPS Times newsletter.