What's New?
MCCD Workshop:
Measuring Water
Movement in the Soil
Via a Compact
Constant Head
Permeameter
(a.k.a. The Amoozemeter)
The
Merrimack County Conservation District will be
offering the workshop
Measuring Water
Movement in Soil Via a Compact Constant Head
Permeameter
(a.k.a. the Amoozemeter) on July 17, 2009, from 9:00
a.m. to
4:00
p.m. at Carter Hill Orchards in Concord. This
hands-on workshop offers
ample
time to practice on the Amoozemeter, costs $35, and
has been awarded
2.0
C.E.U.’s for Soils & Wetland Scientists. Please call
the District at 223-6023 for more information.
Pre-registration is
required and space is limited.
Click here for a
brochure in PDF Form.
Interested in Renting the Amoozemeter? The
District is renting one for $50/ day.
Please click
here for a rental form.
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History of the Merrimack County Conservation District
Merrimack
County Conservation District (MCCD) acts as a clearinghouse
of conservation information, services and product and
residents of
Merrimack County
facing the challenges of soil and water pollution, land
development, wildlife habitat and flood mitigation. Like
its 3000+ counterparts throughout the US, MCCD is a non-regulatory
organization. Our services are free or low cost and provided
at your invitation; we neither discriminate nor regulate.
MCCD
has its roots in the 1937 response of the U.S. Congress
to the ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl. As
Washington skies literally darkened with midwestern topsoil,
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientists advised
Congress to set up a grassroots-model system to meet the
urgent need the Dust Bowl presented.
This
grassroots model, originally an emergency response, became
one of the success stories of modern conservation. Volunteer
boards used
local input to set local priorities. Landowners learned
effective soil and water conservation techniques from
trusted neighbors, trained by USDA Soil Conservation
Service scientists. The hemorrhagic loss of the nation's
topsoil was slowed, largely due to the rapid spread
of information provided by the district model.
Today
over 3000 US conservation districts work in partnership
with what is now USDA's Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS).
The districts link NRCS conservationists, soil scientists
and other experts with local landowners in need of
accurate, understandable and timely technical assistance
and environmental information. MCCD
has been part of this proud tradition since 1947, partnering
with NRCS in NH.
If
you are a landowner or user, town official, educator,
a forester, land surveyor or other licensed
professional or a member of a community organization,
we would like to help you make and implement a plan
to maximize long-term use of your land, water, wildlife,
forest, plants and other natural resources.
We
hope you enjoy your time at our website and invite you
to contact our
office to
discuss how we can help you:
