NEW!! The Maryland Department of Agriculture announces the 2024-2025 Cover Crop Program – Click Here
Fact Sheet/Flyer – Click Here
Contact our office at 301-797-6821 to answer questions or schedule an appointment!
Think Spring/Summer!!
For Sale!! – (Bird/Bat Boxes – Featuring kiln dried cedar, stainless steel screws, and aluminum hinges)
Contact our office for details (301-797-6821)!
Join the University of MD Extension for a “Forest Management for Wildlife Symposium”!
Click here for details: Registration/Agenda
Maryland Department of Agriculture announces, Conservation Education Outreach Program for Small Horse Farms! Click here for details:
Have you moved or moving to a rural area? Is your neighbor a farmer?
What you need to know (Click Here)!
Cost-Share now available for Spring Manure Transport and Injection!
Please contact our office for further details and appointment scheduling at 301-797-6821 and/or visit the Maryland Department of Agriculture website (click link):
Manure Transport Program (maryland.gov)
MDE’s
General Discharge Permit For Stormwater Associated with Construction Activity
Maryland General Permit No. 20-CP – Training Availability!!
The Department has reissued this State/National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity, effective April 1, 2023. The final permit and associated documentation may be found on the Department’s website by using this link https://mdewwp.page.link/CGP.
Many of our permits are issued with training material and useful guidance available. To make this more accessible, our Program has launched a standalone webpage and will be filling it with presentation materials over time to create a library for operators or consultants to make use of. If you have suggestions or requests for additional training please let us know. The webpage is: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/wwp/Pages/WPPRPTraining.aspx. One upcoming session for the 20CP is listed on the website for February 15. This training will focus on how to stay in compliance with the permit. You can sign up for the training on the website.
If you have any questions on the 20-CP contact Jennifer Nitsch at “jennifer.nitsch@maryland.gov” or Matt Perry at “matt.perry@maryland.gov” and for Chemical Additives/Polymer Use Lillian Deery at “lillian.deery@maryland.gov”.
Board Meeting, scheduled, July 24, 2024 – Announcement!
Click Here to learn more about
Maryland’s Bay-Friendly Farming!
Maryland Department of Agriculture requests survey response (Deer Damage Policy Development): Survey
Farm Stress Management – Information!
Free resource for Farmers and Landowners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed! – Conservation Ag Lease Builder (www.AgLeaseBuilder.org)
Per the Maryland Department of Agriculture –
IF YOU SEE IT…STOMP IT!
Spotted lanternflies are being reported in a wide area across the state. These invasive pests feed on over 70 types of agricultural products and crops, making them a widespread danger to the agricultural industry. They are currently in their adult life stage. If you see one, stomp it, and report it to MDA online – Additional Information!
REMEMBER! Participants of Maryland Agricultural Cost-Share (MACS) must certify the agricultural operation associated with the cost-share practice(s) is following a current Nutrient Management Plan (NMP). Click the link for the form required when application is made: Certification Form
Backyard Flocks – (Sick Bird Reporting) – Avian Flu
Conservation Tillage and Soil Health –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPkMWzkgvc
Link: www.mda.maryland.gov/fertilizer
The Washington County Soil Conservation District
2020-2025 Strategic Plan – (Update/Progress)
Is your SOIL healthy?? See the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Website – Soil Health!!
The History of Soil Conservation Districts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-PdpT-2v4&feature=youtu.be
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts (NACD),
“Hall of Distinction“, names one of our own!
Don Spickler (Service beginning in 1971)
Public Information Act (PIA)
For Inquiries/Requests, please submit to: Dee Price, CESSWI, CSI, District Manager