maine
Maine has 5 RC&D Council Areas
Down East RC&D
PO Box 210, 87 Milbridge Rd
Cherryfield, ME 04622
Telephone: (207) 546-3600
Email:council@downeastrcd.com
Website: www.downeastrcd.com
President - Nathan Pennell
Executive Vice President - Vacant
Vice President - Judy East
Secretary - Kathryn Lewis
Treasurer - Gary Edwards
Meeting Schedule: Meetings are held the 4th Thursday of every month, January through October, and the 2nd Thursday of December. Meetings are from 9:30 to 12:00 and are held in the RC&D Office.
Council Projects: Sustainable Tourism, Shellfish Industry/Habitat and Community Development Projects.
Heart of Maine RC&D
Po Box 64
Madison, ME 04950
Telephone: (207) 947-6622 ext 5
Fax: (207) 696-3332
Website:
www.heartofmaine.org
Chairman - Linda Smithers
Secretary - Paula Day
Treasurer - Chris Brewer
Meeting Schedule: The Council meets quarterly and monthly with project committees.
Council Projects: Agricultural Programs, NLevel Tilling the Soil, Soil Quality EducationOn-Farm Demonstrations, Forestry Programs, Agro-Forestry Initiative, Small Business Programs, FastTrac Courses, NxLevel Courses and Technical Assistance Follow-Up.
St. John Aroostook RC&D
735 Main Street, Suite #3
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Telephone: (207) 764-4126 ext 5
Fax: (207) 768-3407
Website: no website
Chairman - Paul Bernier
Vice Chairman - Bud Blumenstock
2nd Vice Chairman - John Edgecomb
Secretary - Phil Soucy
Treasurer - Tony Levesque
Meeting Schedule: The Council meets 5-6 times a year. The executive committee and working committees meet as necessary. Meetings are held in the conference room at the USDA Service center in Presque Isle, Maine.
Council Projects: Technical assistance for the development of Community Wind (locally owned) wind farms; utilization of woody biomass for energy and heat production.
Threshold to Maine RC&D
c/o GPCOG
970 Baxter Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Portland, ME 04103
Telephone: (207) 774-4382
Fax: (207) 774-7149
Website: www.thresholdtomaine.org
Chairman - Richard Wood
Secretary - Alison Barker
Treasurer - Bruce Simmons
Meeting Schedule: The Council meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at 10am.
Council Projects: Agriculture Development, Community Development and Forestry and Energy Workshops.
Time and Tide RC&D
Central Maine Commerce Center
21 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1
Tish Carr, Program Coordinator
Augusta, ME 04330
Telephone: (207) 622-7847 ext 3
Fax: (207) 626-8196
email: timeandtideme@gmail.com
Website: www.tandtrcd.org
Chairman - Paul Miller
Secretary - Cheryl Farley
Treasurer - Kym Sanderson
Bookeeper - Jocelyn Lahey
Meeting Schedule: First Wednesday of every month from 1:30-3:30pm at the Kennebec Soil and Water Conservation Office.
Council Projects: Buy Local agriculture guides, develoment of value added agricultural processing and farm to institutional sales, school gardens, community energy planning, renewable energy education and agricultural energy conservation technical and financial assistance.
