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Hancock County ME Soil & Water Conservation District

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The Conservation District provides local conservation leadership, encourages conservation efforts, and helps plan and implement voluntary programs.

11/04/2026

🌱🦋 Save, swap, and plant native seeds with us!

Join us Saturday, November 14, 2–4 p.m. at Moore Community Center in Ellsworth for a hands-on afternoon of seed saving and pollinator support. This is a free to all event, and donations are always appreciated.

🌼 Swap native seeds. Bring some from your garden, or just come discover new plants for your landscape.
🦋 Pot milkweed and other pollinator-friendly seeds.
🐝 Build bee boxes for native bees using repurposed and natural materials.
☕ Meet fellow gardeners over fall refreshments.

All skill levels welcome. Materials, instruction, and refreshments are free.

Space is limited. Register at hancockcountyswcd.org
Or call/text 207-667-8663.

10/07/2026

🌱 We’re Hiring! Join the Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District!

We’re looking for a part-time Technical Services Manager (20 hours/week) to join our conservation team and help protect natural resources throughout Hancock County.

This position provides technical conservation support through fieldwork, project planning, grant support, and documentation.

Key areas of work include:
🌿 Conservation fieldwork and site assessments
💧 Soil and water testing
🌊 Watershed protection and conservation projects
📝 Help with grant writing and reporting
🤝 Working with landowners, community groups, volunteers, and project partners

Required qualifications include:
• 4-year degree or relevant experience
• Microsoft Office experience
• Demonstrated fieldwork experience
• Knowledge of erosion control best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

We offer:
✔️ Flexible schedule
✔️ Work-from-home option, with one day per week in the office
✔️ Accrued PTO
✔️ Federal and state holidays off
✔️ Paid Maine Family Leave

Interested? Send a resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Help us put conservation into action across Hancock County! 🌎🌱

09/17/2026

Hope to see everyone at the Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit!

09/14/2026

Over $2300 worth of amazing raffle items were donated to help us fund the Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit - Many thanks to our supportive community!!

Hammond Lumber Company
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
Koppert US
Union Farm Equipment, Inc.
The Home Depot
Helen's Restaurant of Ellsworth
Governor's Restaurant
The Bald Mouse Forge

09/09/2026

🎉 Check out these amazing raffle prizes! 🎉

We’re incredibly grateful to all of the generous businesses, organizations, and individuals who donated items for our upcoming Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit! 🫐🌿

Take a look at some of the fantastic prizes up for grabs!

💵 Raffle Tickets:
• $1 each
• 12 for $10

Simply place your tickets in the raffle jar of the item you’d like to win. You can spread your tickets around or put them all toward one prize!

📅 Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit
🗓️ Thursday, September 18 | 9 AM–4 PM
📍 1284 Waltham Road, Waltham, Maine

Come learn, connect, support local blueberry growers - and maybe go home with a great prize! 🫐🎟️

Thank you to all of our wonderful raffle donors for supporting this event!

💙Hammond Lumber Company
💙Bald Mouse Forge
💙Koppert US
💙Union Farm Equipment, Inc.
💙The Governors Restaurant - Ellsworth
💙Helen's Restaurant - Ellsworth
💙The Home Depot- Ellsworth

Visit our website to learn more about this event:
https://www.hancockcountyswcd.org/

09/04/2026

Don’t miss out! Join us for the fall soil health workshop on 9/16

Sign up on www.franklincountyswcd.org/events

09/04/2026

Meet the Wood Thrush. A priority 1 species of greatest conservation need in Maine.

If you have lived in the woods of Maine you may recognize these little guys, if not by sight, then maybe by sound.

Their ethereal, almost flute-like song is the first thing you hear in your woods every morning and the last thing you hear before bed during the spring and fall.

If you want to spot a Wood Thrush within your forest, look for mature deciduous and mixed forests with a closed canopy, shrubs and saplings, a healthy layer of leaf litter, and wetter soil conditions.

For woodland owners, maintaining these forest characteristics can help provide the habitat Wood Thrush need to thrive.

09/04/2026

Beech Leaf Disease first made its way into Maine in 2021. Check your tree canopy for signs of the disease, such as dark bands around leaf veins, curled and deformed leaves, and premature leaf drop.

09/04/2026

💙A big shout-out to Koppert US for co-sponsoring our Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit on September 18th.

They also donated 4 🐝Bumblebee Quads🐝 (valued at $250 each!) as raffle items to help fund the event, plus some really cool swag!

🫐Thank you for helping us make this important event happen!

Learn more about the Summit at our website: https://www.hancockcountyswcd.org/news-learning/wild-blueberry-resilience-summit

Using solutions from nature itself. That is what we do at Koppert Biological Systems. Together with

09/02/2026

💙THANK YOU Hammond Lumber Company for your generous sponsorship for our upcoming Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit on September 18th! 🫐 We deeply appreciate your support and dedication to our local community.🙌

👉To find out more about this important upcoming event, visit: https://www.hancockcountyswcd.org/news-learning/wild-blueberry-resilience-summit

Address

474 Bucksport Road C/o USDA
Ellsworth, ME
04605

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+1 207-667-8663

Website

https://hancockcountyswcd.org/

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