October 2022 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. The Androscoggin River’s declining water quality in the 1960s and 70s was the inspiration for Ed Muskie to draft the Clean Water Act in 1972. The river was a receptacle for paper mill waste, sewage, and stormwater runoff from uncontrolled development for most of… [...]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2022 CONTACT: Terrence Curtiss terrence-curtiss@nacdnet.org NACD Announces Launch of District Grants Application Period WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the launch of its application period for the 2023 Friends of NACD District Grants Program. Now in its fourth round of funding, the Friends… [...]

[caption id="attachment_47685" align="alignright" width="250"] Forest management in treatment areas that deterred the mountain pine beetle, as opposed to the outside areas that were not managed and shows red/yellow infested trees (photo credit Ben Wutdke)[/caption] A decade ago, Wyoming was facing a crisis. Wyoming was experiencing a severe mountain pine beetle epidemic that was quickly turning… [...]