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FY 2025 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 2026 program delivery priorities.

Androscoggin County
Date/Time:  Nov. 13, 2024. 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Location:  USDA Service Center, 254 Goddard Rd., Lewiston, Maine
Contact:   Emma Lorusso, (207) 241-5374, projectdirector@andorscogginswcd.org


Central Aroostook
Date/Time: Feb. 7, 2025. 1 p.m.
Location: USDA Service Center, 735 Maine St., Suite 3, Presque Isle, Maine
Contact: Helena Swiatek, (207) 760-4609, helena.swiatek@usda.gov


Southern Aroostook
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St. John Valley
Date/Time: Jan. 24, 2025. noon
Location: USDA Service Center, 139 Market St., Suite 106, Fort Kent, Maine
Contact: Alex Zetterman, (207) 778-4767, alexander.zetterman@usda.gov


Cumberland County
Date/Time: Dec. 4, 2024. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, 35 Main St., Suite 3, Windham, Maine and virtually via Microsoft Teams
Contact: Heather Huntt, hhuntt@cumberlandswcd.org


Franklin County
Date/Time: Jan. 21, 2025. 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Location: Farmington Town Office, 153 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington, Maine
Contact: Corie Willard, (207) 778-4279, franklincswcd@yahoo.com


Hancock County
Date/Time: Nov. 21, 2024. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 63 Boggy Brook Rd., Ellsworth, Maine
Contact: Mary Thibodeau, mthibodeau@hancockcountyswcd.org


Kennebec County
Date/Time: Dec. 17, 2024. noon - 2 p.m.
Location: Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St., Rooms 145 and 138, Augusta, Maine
Contact: Dale Finseth, (207) 480-3927, dfinseth@kcswcd.org


Knox County
Date/Time: Dec. 10, 2024. 9 a.m. - noon
Location: Searsmont Town Office, 37 Main St. South, Searsmont, Maine
Contact: Cassidy Gerrish, cgerrish@waldoswcd.org


Lincoln County
Date/Time: Dec. 17, 2024. noon - 2 p.m.
Location: Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St., Rooms 145 and 138, Augusta, Maine
Contact: Cindy Wright, (207) 596-2040, cindy@knox-lincoln.org


Oxford County
Date/Time: Jan. 8, 2025. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: Oxford County Cooperative Extension, 9 Olson Rd., South Paris, Maine
Contact: Chantelle Hay, chay@maineconservationdistricts.com


Penobscot County
Date/Time: Jan. 8, 2025. 10 a.m. - noon
Location: USDA Service Center, 1423 Broadway, Suite 2, Bangor, Maine
Contact: Amy Polyot, amy.polyot@penobscotswcd.org


Piscataquis County
Date/Time:  Dec. 3, 2024.  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:  Nov. 13, 2024.  9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Location:  USDA Service Center, 254 Goddard Rd., Lewiston, Maine
Contact:  Emma Lorusso, (207) 241-5374, projectdirector@andorscogginswcd.org


Somerset County
Date/Time: Jan. 16, 2025. 1:30 p.m.
Location: 70 East Madison Rd., Skowhegan, Maine
Contact: Jennifer Zwieg Hebert, (207) 474-8323, jhebert@maineconservationdistricts.com


Waldo County
Date/Time: Dec. 10, 2024. 9 a.m. - noon
Location: Searsmont Town Office, 37 Main St. South, Searsmont, Maine
Contact: Cassidy Gerrish, cgerrish@waldoswcd.org


Washington County
Date/Time: Nov. 19, 2024. 4 p.m.
Location: USDA Service Center, 10 M&M Pl., Machias, Maine
Contact: Nate Pennell, nate.pennell@myfairpoint.net


York County
Date/Time: Dec. 4, 2024. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, 35 Main St., Suite 3, Windham, Maine and virtually via Microsoft Teams
Contact: Heather Huntt, hhuntt@cumberlandswcd.org

 

Updated Nov. 20, 2024