What's New?
Trout Sale
Stock your backyard pond with rainbow or brook
trout. Order by May 8th and pick-up on May
17th at the Concord Center. Order today and
support your local Conservation District.
Trout Sale
Order Form
Spring
Conservation Sale
The Merrimack County Conservation
District is celebrating spring by offering you a
selection of bulbs, bareroot and potted plants, items to
reduce waste, and other conservation items. The bulbs
and plants offered have been chosen to weather our
climate and, when possible, are native to New
Hampshire.
Spring Bulb
Order Form
Spring Bulb Color Sheet
Tree,
Shrub, Conservation Items Order Form
Tree, Shrub, and Conservation Item
Descriptions
Wild
Turkey Habitat Improvement Package Info
Pick-up for All Items:
For best results you should plant
your purchases within 48 hours of picking them up.
This year we are offering two
pick-up dates and locations
·
May 2nd at
Carter Hill
Orchards in Concord from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
·
May 3rd at the
Mt. Kearsarge
Indian Museum in Warner from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Come
to Celebrate the Earth Day at the Museum
while picking up your plants.
Shipping: AVAILABLE FOR BULBS
ONLY
Bulbs will be shipped
the week of April 26th.
***NEW ITEMS***
High-quality Fruit Trees from Fedco
American
Chestnut Seedlings .
Bat Houses and Blue Bird Houses
Conservation books for you and your
children
Conservation Packages- A diversity of
plants in one Pack!
Systern RainBarrel made of recycled
plastics
Systern Rainbarrel
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History of the Merrimack County Conservation District
Merrimack
County Conservation District (MCCD) acts as a clearinghouse
of conservation information, services and product and
residents of
Merrimack County
facing the challenges of soil and water pollution, land
development, wildlife habitat and flood mitigation. Like
its 3000+ counterparts throughout the US, MCCD is a non-regulatory
organization. Our services are free or low cost and provided
at your invitation; we neither discriminate nor regulate.
MCCD
has its roots in the 1937 response of the U.S. Congress
to the ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl. As
Washington skies literally darkened with midwestern topsoil,
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientists advised
Congress to set up a grassroots-model system to meet the
urgent need the Dust Bowl presented.
This
grassroots model, originally an emergency response, became
one of the success stories of modern conservation. Volunteer
boards used
local input to set local priorities. Landowners learned
effective soil and water conservation techniques from
trusted neighbors, trained by USDA Soil Conservation
Service scientists. The hemorrhagic loss of the nation's
topsoil was slowed, largely due to the rapid spread
of information provided by the district model.
Today
over 3000 US conservation districts work in partnership
with what is now USDA's Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS).
The districts link NRCS conservationists, soil scientists
and other experts with local landowners in need of
accurate, understandable and timely technical assistance
and environmental information. MCCD
has been part of this proud tradition since 1947, partnering
with NRCS in NH.
If
you are a landowner or user, town official, educator,
a forester, land surveyor or other licensed
professional or a member of a community organization,
we would like to help you make and implement a plan
to maximize long-term use of your land, water, wildlife,
forest, plants and other natural resources.
We
hope you enjoy your time at our website and invite you
to contact our
office to
discuss how we can help you:
