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NRCS Renews Cooperative Working Agreements with Maine and SWCD’s
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l. to r: Maine NRCS State Conservationist Joyce Swartzendruber; Anthony
Carroll, Chairperson of the York County Soil and Water Conservation
District and President of the Maine Association of Conservation Districts;
and Seth Bradstreet III, Commissioner of the Maine Department of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, recently signed a Cooperative
Agreement between the three parties (NRCS photo -- click to enlarge) |
Maine NRCS State Conservationist Joyce Swartzendruber and Maine Department of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Commissioner Seth Bradstreet III recently
signed individual cooperative working agreements with the 16 Maine soil and
water conservation districts (SWCD) at the Maine Association of Conservation
Districts annual meeting. “This three-way partnership is critical in carrying
out our mission of helping people help the land by conserving, maintaining, or
improving Maine’s natural resources," said Swartzendruber. “Our accomplishments
have been many, but it is an ongoing effort on everyone’s part. I look forward
to our continued partnership with the Maine Department of Agriculture and the
local Soil and Water Conservation Districts.”
The purpose of the agreements is to supplement the Mutual Agreement between the
USDA, the State of Maine, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts and
document those areas of common interest in natural resources conservation.
Partner
customers include individual landowners, land users, Federal
and State land management agencies, individuals, groups, and other units of
government.
Historically, Maine, NRCS, and the SWCD’s have had a longstanding partnership
sharing common commitments to provide leadership in resource conservation and
working together to develop and maintain collaborative relationships. The shared
commitments of the relationship outlined in the formal agreement will be
established and maintained by surveying customer needs, determining natural
resource priorities, and planning strategies to address those issues.
In addition, the parties will encourage a watershed approach to natural resource
planning by coordinating with public and private resource groups, agencies, and
interested parties to share natural resource information and other resources in
developing these plans.
Your contact is Elaine Tremble,
NRCS public affairs specialist, at 207-990-9569.
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