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FY 2023 Local Working Group Meetings

Local Working Groups assist the USDA in matters relating to the implementation and technical aspects of conservation programs under Title II of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill). 

Meetings are open to the public.  Persons with disabilities who require accommodations to attend or participate in any of these meetings should contact the person noted by no later than one week prior to the meeting.

The following is a list of Local Working Group meeting dates for discussion of Fiscal Year 2024 program delivery priorities.


Androscoggin County
Date/Time: Oct. 26, 2022.  9:30 a.m. - noon
Location:    USDA Service Center, 254 Goddard Rd., Lewiston, Maine
Contact:     Emma Lorusso, (207) 241-5374, projectdirector@androscogginswcd.org
                

 

Central Aroostook
Date/Time: Nov. 22, 2022. 8 a.m. - noon
Location:    USDA Service Center, 735 Main St., Presque Isle, Maine
Contact:     Randy Martin, (207) 760-4602, centralaroostookswcd@gmail.com

 

Southern Aroostook
Date/Time: Feb. 2, 2023. 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: USDA Service Center, 304 North St., Houlton, Maine 
Contact: Angie Wotton, (207) 254-4126, angela.wotton@me.nacdnet.net

 

St. John Valley
Date/Time: Jan. 27, 2023. Noon - 2 p.m.
Location: 139 Market Street, Suite 106, Fort Kent, Maine
Contact: Alex Zetterman, (207) 834-3311, alexander.zetterman@usda.gov


Cumberland County
Date/Time: Feb. 17, 2023. 1 p.m.
Location: 35 Main St., #3, Windham, Maine
Contact: Chris Brewer, (207) 892-4700, cbrewer@cumberlandswcd.org

Franklin County
Date/Time: Dec. 9, 2022. 10:30 a.m.
Location: 153 Farmington Falls Rd., Farmington, Maine
Contact: Amanda Burton, (207) 860-7335, amanda.burton@usda.gov
 

 

Hancock County
Date/Time: Dec. 1, 2022.  5:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Contact: Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District, (207) 667-8663, hcswcdinfo@hancockcountyswcd.org


Kennebec County
Date/Time: Dec. 12, 2022. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: Room 145, Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St., Augusta, Maine
Contact: Dale Finseth, (207) 596-2040, dfinseth@kcswcd.org
 

 

Knox County
Date/Time: Dec. 21, 2022. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Searsmont Town Office, 37 Maine St. South, Searsmont, Maine
Contact: Julie Sells, (207) 596-2040, julie@knox-lincoln.org
 


Lincoln County
Date/Time: Dec. 12, 2022. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: Room 145, Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St., Augusta, Maine
Contact: Dale Finseth, (207) 596-2040, dfinseth@kcswcd.org
 

 

Oxford County
Date/Time: Dec. 14, 2022. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: 9 Olson Rd., South Paris, Maine
Contact: Chantelle Hay, (207) 744-3119, oxfordcountyswcd@gmail.com

 

 

Penobscot County
Date/Time: Dec. 20, 2022. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: 1423 Broadway, Suite 2, Bangor, Maine
Contact: Amy Polyot, (207) 947-6622, amy.polyot@nacdnet.net
 


Piscataquis County
Date/Time: Dec. 6, 2022. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, 824 West Main St., Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Contact: Kacey Weber, (207) 564-2321, katherine.weber@piscataquisswcd.org
 


Sagadahoc County
Date/Time: Oct. 26, 2022.  9:30 a.m. - noon
Location:    USDA Service Center, 254 Goddard Rd., Lewiston, Maine
Contact:     Emma Lorusso, (207) 241-5374, projectdirector@androscogginswcd.org
             

 

Somerset County
Date/Time: Jan. 18, 2023. 1:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual and in person at 70 East Madison Rd., Skowhegan, Maine
Contact: Joe Dembeck, (207) 474-8323, joseph.dembeck@me.nacdnet.net

Waldo County
Date/Time: Dec. 21, 2022. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Searsmont Town Office, 37 Maine St. South, Searsmont, Maine
Contact: Medea Steinman, (207) 218-5311, msteinman@maineconservationdistricts.com
 

 

Washington County
Date/Time: Jan. 19, 2023. 10 a.m.
Location: 8 M&M Plaza, Machias, Maine
Contact: Nate Pennell, (207) 255- 4659, nate.pennell@myfairpoint.net
 


York County
Date/Time: Feb. 17, 2023. 1 p.m.
Location: 35 Main St., #3, Windham, Maine
Contact: Chris Brewer, (207) 892-4700, cbrewer@cumberlandswcd.org

Updated Jan. 31, 2024