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District News Update: 02/09/12
USDA NRCS to hold listening meeting
re: consolidation of Knox-Lincoln office
Friday, Feb 17 from 1-3pm
Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension, 317 Manktown Rd, Waldoboro
Link to press release
Send written comments through Feb 24 to: Juan Fernandez, USDA NRCS, 967 Illinois Ave, Ste 3, Bangor ME 04401.
In response to concerns raised by citizens attending the FSA consolidation meeting on February 1, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is holding a listening meeting to take public comment on proposed changes to how they serve farm and forest producers in Knos and Lincoln Counties, including the closure of Knox-Lincoln office in Warren.
This action is being taken as a result of budget reductions to NRCS. This means that NRCS cannot maintain every existing county office location and continue to provide producers the best possible customer service. Their plan is to service Lincoln County agricultural and forest producers out of the Augusta office and Knox County producers out of the Belfast office.
The listening session will take place on February 17th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Office, 377 Manktown Road, Waldoboro. State Conservationist Juan Hernandez will be present to take the comments. If you cannot attend the session but would like to submit comments, please submit them to Juan Hernandez by Friday, February 24th, at the following address: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite #3, Bangor, ME 04401.
Persons with disabilities who require accommodations to attend or participate in this meeting should contact Elaine Tremble, NRCS Public Affairs Specialist, at 207-990-9569, by no later than Monday, February 13.
For more information about NRCS and its programs, visit www.me.nrcs.usda.gov
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Farm Sevice Agency has begun the"100 steps" required
to consolidate Knox-Lincoln office with the Kennebec office
and close the Warren Service Center
Written comments accepted through February 11, 2012
Click link to read Public Statements
Send your concerns to Don Todd, FSA State Executive Director, to be received no later than Feb 11, 2012. Email: don.todd@me.usda.gov or USPS: Donovan Todd, 967 Illinois Avenue, Bangor, ME 04401
All public comments will be taken into full consideration prior to development or implementation of a final consolidation plan. For more information, contact Maine State Farm Service Agency at 207-990-9140.
Click for the USDA-FSA press release.
On February 1, Maine Farm Service Agency (FSA) held a public meeting at the Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension to take public comment on the proposed consolidation of the Knox-Lincoln FSA office with the Kennebec FSA office and closure of the Warren Service Center.
A number of concerned Knox and Lincoln County producers and citizens attended to express support for USDA maintaining a local presence for the local community. Currently, neither the Knox-Lincoln FSA nor the Knox-Lincoln Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offices in Warren are being staffed. FSA is serving Knox-Lincoln producers from the Kennebec office; NRCS is serving Knox producers from Waldo and Lincoln producers from Kennebec. The Conservation District, formerly co-located with our historic partner, NRCS, now must find a new home and adapt to our cooperators being served from disparate locations,
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191 Camden Road
Warren, Maine 04864
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