PARIS — Maine Soil & Water Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, are conducting a natural resources assessment across the state and need the help of Maine residents.

The goal is to determine natural resource priorities so that the districts and NRCS can assist landowners, professionals and municipalities with best management practices that protect and improve land and water resources.

To gather this information, districts are distributing a statewide survey to document natural resource conservation concerns and to build on the data collected in the first assessment, completed in 2011. The priorities articulated in the survey will inform state and local natural resource programs and funding opportunities in the coming five-year cycle.

The survey may be accessed online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/JQ5GPL5 or by contacting the local conservation district for a paper copy at www.maineconservationdistricts.com/district-locations. 

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 27, at the Oxford County Extension Office on Olson Road.

FMI: 207-743-5789, ext. 101 or 111.