REGION – The Cheshire County Conservation District (CCCD), Sullivan County Conservation District, and USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will host the 2026 local work group meeting on Monday, March 16, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the County Farm Red Barn, 193 River Road, Westmoreland, N.H.
Local work group meetings are a yearly opportunity to work with the Conservation District to offer USDA NRCS feedback on their Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
The meeting helps determine conservation priorities, which have an impact on USDA NRCS funding decisions. Your voice matters; share your feedback and conservation priorities, and help identify local funding priorities for Cheshire and Sullivan counties.
The meeting agenda is as follows: (1) welcome and introductions, overview of districts and NRCS, and a brief sharing of the history of our relationship as partners; (2) sharing that the intention of the meeting is to gather conservation priorities for NRCS funding pools/priorities, and to shape conservation district programs/workshop offerings; (3) sticker activity – participants will be given stickers and asked to mark conservation priorities on signage in the room; (4) depending on attendee numbers, we will have an open discussion on priorities, and why folks chose their priorities, in one large circle, or have two separate circles for the counties; (5) participants will then be invited to sit with their district staff for one-on-one time: this time will be about a half hour, and each district may choose how to spend this time; and (6) conclusion and thank-you.
Registration is required at www.cheshireconservation.org/event-details/2026-local-work-group-meeting-coffee-and-conservation.
For additional information, questions, or for assistance in registration, email info@cheshireconservation.org, or call 603-904-3011.