What's New?
Workshop: Water Movement in Soil via a Compact Constant
Head Permeameter (a.k.a. Amoozemeter)
Come learn
when and how to use the Amoozemeter. The Amoozemeter is
a permeameter that can help field scientists run
measurements of saturated hydraulic conductivity of
soils and fill material. The instrument is easy to carry
and use in the field for in-situ data collection.
Cost: $30. Please bring own bagged lunch.
Presenters: Dr. Phil Schoeneberger– Research Soil
Scientist at the National Soil Survey Center, Karen
Dudley– Soil Resource Specialist at NRCS in Concord, NH,
and Amy Clark– NH DES Alteration of Terrain.
C.E.U’s: This course offers 2.0 C.E.U.’s for Soil
Scientists and Wetland Scientists and 1.0 C.E.U.’s for
Foresters.
Pre-Registration
Required. Click here for the registration form
(PDF)
Click
here for a detailed agenda (PDF)
Natural Resources Volunteer Program Core Training for
Tree
Stewards, Earth Team, and Wonders of Wildlife Volunteers
now taking applications for Fall Program.
Application Deadline is June 30th.
Visit
http://extension.unh.edu/Forestry/FORCTS.htm for
more information.
Beginning in September 2008, UNH
Cooperative Extension in partnership with several
natural resources agencies will host NH’s Natural
Resources Volunteer Program, core training for Community
Tree Stewards, Earth Team and Wonders of Wildlife
volunteers. The course consists of 12 sessions that
include: NH ecosystems, watersheds and changing land
use; wildlife species and habitats; soil and water
resources; working with local governments for natural
resource management; land conservation and protection;
tree identification, evaluation, planting, and care;
threatened and endangered plant and animal communities;
sustainable living, integrated landscaping, and climate
change - what you can do to help make a difference. (The
course may also be taken for college credit through
Great Bay Community College, Manchester Community
College, or the University of New Hampshire.)
These sessions provide participants
with a comprehensive background in natural resources,
and in return participants have a wide variety of
opportunities to volunteer. Program graduates volunteer
through each of the partnering agencies’ programs: NH
Community Tree Stewards, Wonder of Wildlife, and Earth
Team Volunteers, and/or they can volunteer in their own
communities. Graduates from NH’s Natural Resources
Volunteer Program help: inventory natural resources,
permanently protect thousands of acres of land, develop
community gardens and landscapes, discover endangered
species, join conservation commissions, watershed
associations, and lands trusts, deliver educational
programs to adults and children, write and publish
articles, and measure some of the largest trees in New
Hampshire! Since 1991 the program has assisted over 100
New Hampshire communities.
The next courses are being
offered at the Community Colleges from 8:45am – 4pm on
Wednesdays in Stratham, and Fridays in Manchester
beginning on September 3, and September 5, 2008. Each
site will host the series of 12 sessions through
November 21st.
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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:
