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A student stencils a storm drain June 28 in an effort to promote clean water on one of three chosen streets in Auburn. The streets included Fern, Holly and Josslyn.
The Androscoggin Valley Stormwater Working Group (Lewiston, Auburn, Lisbon and Sabattus), in association with Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District, normally hosts an event in the beginning of June each summer that involves working with local volunteers for cleaner and safer waters.
The group gathers at Festival Plaza in Auburn for a discussion about clean water and municipal stormwater drainage systems. The volunteers then split up to conduct street stenciling in multiple neighborhoods in these respective municipalities.
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COUNTY Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District is currently seeking farmers, foresters, wildlife specialists, ecologists, conservation enthusiasts, and community members of both Androscoggin and Sagadahoc county to attend board meetings and join our board of supervisors. Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (AVSWCD), founded in 1947, is a non-profit organization cooperating with landowners and operators to help them manage and protect land and water resources on private and public lands. Conservation Districts are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. The Conservation District’s main aim is to teach the proper methods of land use and how to obtain the utmost from its natural resources while maintaining its fertility, preventing flooding, erosion, drought, maintaining, and restoring wildlife habitats, and protecting our water supply.
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Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking farmers, foresters, wildlife specialists, ecologists, conservation enthusiasts, and community members of both Androscoggin and Sagadahoc county to attend board meetings and join its board of supervisors.
The district, founded in 1947, is a nonprofit organization cooperating with landowners and operators to help them manage and protect land and water resources on private and public lands.
Conservation districts are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. The conservation district’s main aim is to teach the proper methods of land use and how to obtain the utmost from its natural resources while maintaining its fertility, preventing flooding, erosion, drought, maintaining, and restoring wildlife habitats, and protecting the water supply.
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REGION Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District is currently seeking farmers, foresters, wildlife specialists, ecologists, conservation enthusiasts, and community members of both Androscoggin and Sagadahoc county to attend board meetings and join our board of supervisors. Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (AVSWCD), founded in 1947, is a non-profit organization cooperating with landowners and operators to help them manage and protect land and water resources on private and public lands. Conservation Districts are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. The Conservation District’s main aim is to teach the proper methods of land use and how to obtain the utmost from its natural resources while maintaining its fertility, preventing flooding, erosion, drought, maintaining, and restoring wildlife habitats, and protecting our water supply.