Farm Force Volunteer Tree Planting Events!

Help farmers plant pollinator-friendly trees and shrubs! We have five volunteer opportunities in May. Join us in helping establish biodiversity in your community.

What to bring: Water bottle, hat, work gloves, bug spray, raincoat, lunch & sunscreen

We will provide: Shovels, snacks, and refreshments.

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Farm Force Volunteer Tree Planting Events!

Help farmers plant pollinator-friendly trees and shrubs! We have five volunteer opportunities in May. Join us in helping establish biodiversity in…

Farm Force Volunteer Tree Planting Events!

Help farmers plant pollinator-friendly trees and shrubs! We have five volunteer opportunities in May. Join us in helping establish biodiversity in…

Join the survey on agriculture and natural resources, March 13, 2026, 1-3 PM, at VSU Randolph. $50 stipends for participants!

Local Working Group Meeting

The White River NRCD will hold a hybrid Local Working Group Meeting for the White River and Ottauquechee Conservation Districts from 12:00 to 3:00 PM…

Vermont Agriculture Water Quality Partnership SE Regional Meeting

For service providers: Join Us for the VAWQP SE Regional Meeting! Stay for the Local Working Group Meeting!

Free virtual presentation on integrating pollinator habitats for livestock farms. Feb 17, 5:30-7 PM. Register at whiterivernrcd.org/events.

Free Trees for Livestock Farms Program: Webinar On Agroforestry and Pollinator Habitat Design

Are you a livestock farmer interested in incorporating agroforestry practices like silvopasture, hedgerows, or riparian buffers on your farm? Come…

Moon & Stars Heirloom Corn Harvest

When: Tuesday, Nov 25 · 9 AM–5 PM

Tree Planting with Farm Force

Help local livestock farms plant trees for their new agroforestry systems! This Fall, we are distributing hundreds of edible and pollinator-friendly…

Legislative Bus Tour

Hop aboard the Farm Force Bus!

Strip-till Field Walk in Royalton, VT

To Till or Not To Till? Can we do both? Strip-till can provide many of the benefits of no-till and conventional tillage. But what does it look like…

Wanted poster for hickory nuts for oil production. Contact details, images of bud, nuts, oil, leaf, and a QR code are included. #HUNT4HICKORY2025

Hunt 4 the Hickory 2025: Northeast Regional Info Session

Friday, September 12th 3:00pm-4:30pm

Invasive plant management workshop on Aug 26, 9AM-12PM at Warner Meadows, Norwich, VT. Led by Mike Bald. Register at whiterivernrcd.org/events.

Manual & Mechanical Management Strategies for Common Invasive Plants in our Local Watersheds

What: This workshop led by Mike Bald of Got Weeds? will cover species identification, safety protocols, and the best methodologies for removing some…

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Local Funding Pool 2026

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ReGeneration Corps / Farm Force Work Brigade at Cedar Mountain Farm

WORK BRIGADE AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN FARM

Comprehensive Conservation Planning Training in Newbury, VT, June 23-25. Topics: grazing, irrigation, design. $500. Meals included.

Comprehensive Conservation Planning 3-Day Training

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Tree Sale Pick Up Day: April 19, 9AM-3PM, White River Junction, VT. $6/tree. Various tree species available.

Annual Tree Sale

The White River NRCD Tree Sale is on April 19 from 9 AM - 3 PM

Tree digging event, 4/12, 10AM-3PM, Sharon, VT. Lunch/tools provided. RSVP at ruralvermont.org. Focus on community and agroforestry.

Agroecology Tree Digging Work Brigade

Vermont’s ability to feed itself relies on thriving community-scale farms working together towards food sovereignty and community resilience. We hope…

Local Working Group Meeting

The White River NRCD will hold two virtual Local Working Group Meetings for the White River and Ottauquechee Conservation Districts from 12:00 to 2:00…

Free course for farmers on sustainable practices. Starts January 31. Hosted by White River & Bennington Conservation Districts.

What is the Future of My Farm?

Details and registration link below!

2024 Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting (5-6PM) is free and open to the public.

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Insurance Walk Through with Jake Jacobs

Join our Risk Management Specialist, Jake Jacobs, in this interactive walk through of low-precipitation insurance, aka the Pasture, Rangelend, Forage…

Poster for "Dirt & Democracy" event on "Soil for Climate" featuring a plant and soil layers, with speaker Karl Thidemann, on Zoom.

Dirt & Democracy: Soil for Climate with Karl Thidemann

View Recording HERE

An event poster for "Dirt & Democracy," discussing money with speaker Christine Desan on 10/5/24 at 7:30 PM via Zoom.

Dirt & Democracy: What is Money? w/ Christine Desan

View Recording HERE

An event poster for "Dirt & Democracy" about climate-smart agroforestry, featuring a plant and soil layers—scheduled for 10/3/24 at 7:30 PM on Zoom.

Dirt & Democracy: Climate Smart Agroforestry in VT and USVI w/ Eric Toensmeier

View Recording Here

Promoting a Zoom info session on hickory oil uses and resources for the Northeast on 9/23. Registration link included.

Hunt 4 the Hickory - Regional Info Session

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Agroforestry, Managing for Pollinators, and Planned Grazing in a Changing Climate

On Friday, August 30th, join White River Conservation District, Dartmouth College Agroforestry Researcher Kristen Jovanelly, UVM Extension Pollinator…

Poster for a land management workshop on resilience to flooding and heatwaves, August 24th, 10 AM - 4 PM, Barrett Memorial Hall, VT.

Deep Dive into Land Management for Resilience to Flooding and Heatwaves with Didi Pershouse

International educator and author Didi Pershouse, who lives in the White River watershed, will discuss how to manage land (farms, yards, forests…

Event poster for "Dirt & Democracy" with details about a talk on rural regeneration in China scheduled for August 18, 2024.

Dirt & Democracy: Reflections on Rural Regeneration in China With Sit Tsui

View Recording HERE

Event poster for "Dirt & Democracy" with plant graphic, event details for August 4, 2024, speaker info, and registration QR code.

Dirt & Democracy: Notes from the US Agrarian Movement with Niaz Dorry

View Recoding HERE

Dr. Martin Frick: The Future of Food and Farming

“The Future of Food and Farming” by Dr. Martin Frick, Director of the World Food Programme Global Office (Berlin), will give a presentation at 5 PM on…

Informative flyer for a workshop on soil structure and biodiversity with a purple flower image, gold foliage accents, and event details.

Monitoring Change in Soil Structure, Biodiversity, and Landscape Function

WHERE: THETFORD, VT
TIME: 12:45 - 4:30 PM
LIMITED TO 35 PARTICIPANTS

Event poster for "Dirt & Democracy" on July 7, 2024, featuring speaker Jennifer Byrne, with a plant illustration and registration QR code.

Dirt and Democracy: Conservation Districts - Decentralized Democratic Infrastructure for Local Decision Making

Poster for "Dirt & Democracy" event on June 23, 2024, featuring a plant and details on consensus training with Sarah Coffey.

DIRT & DEMOCRACY: Consensus Training with Sarah Coffey

View Recording HERE

An advertisement for a "Free Time Fair" by White River Natural Resources Conservation District, including date, time, and location details.

Upper Valley Free Time Fair

An invitation to celebrate the 84th birthday of White River Natural Resources Conservation District on June 12, 2024, with food, music, and activities.

White River NRCD's 84th Birthday Party!

Explore the Conservation District's work and enjoy music by local artist Beth Svahn-Monroe. Food will be available for purchase from Moon and Stars.

A poster for a summer series event "Dirt & Democracy" on June 9, 2024, discussing agrarian social movements, featuring speaker James Mumm.

DIRT & DEMOCRACY: Movement Building with James Mumm

View Recording HERE

A flyer for tree planting events on May 31 and June 1, with a soil workshop, potluck, and list of items to bring.

FARM FORCE: Tree Plantings

FARM FORCE: Abenaki Garden

Tree sale on April 27, 9 AM-12 PM, 3-4 PM, at 28 Farmvu Drive, White River Junction, VT. 40% off "b" trees available!

Edible Tree Sale

An event flyer for Farm Force Volunteer Day on April 6, 2024, from 10 AM to 2 PM at Cedar Circle Farm, inviting people to learn and help.

FARM FORCE: Cedar Circle

Join a survey on agriculture and natural resources! Public meeting on Feb 22, 2024, via Zoom. Your input matters!

Public Local Working Group Meeting

February 22, 2024, 6:30 - 8:00 PM Register here

Promotional flyer for a Rotational Grazing & Agroforestry workshop, free to public, scheduled for June 27, 2023, featuring cows.

Agroforestry / Grazing Workshop

Mentors in agroforestry design and practice will discuss the benefits of trees in grazing systems as we tour and discuss various agroforestry systems…

Flyer for Agroforestry Lunchtime Presentations with Juan Alvez, Ph.D., scheduled for April 10 and 24, 2023, discussing silvopasture and Vermont agroforestry advancements.

Agroforestry Presentations with Juan Alvez

In April 2023, our District co-hosted a mini series with the Franklin County NRCD and the VT Healthy Soils Coalition featuring Juan Alvez…

Flyer for a virtual Conservation Stewardship Program Info Session on April 6, from 6-7:15 PM, with registration link and logos of sponsors.

CSP/CSP-Assist Info Session

On April 6, 2023, our District co-hosted an info session on the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the new state funded CSP Assist program.

Presenting: Whitman Brook, at the White River Indie Film Festival

On Sunday, March 26th at noon, come to the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction to the White River Indie Film Festival to view the film…

View Testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Payment for Ecosystem Services

On February 21, 2023 our District Manager testified to the Senate and House Agriculture Committees as part of the Small Farm Advocacy Days, presenting…

Petitions for District Supervisor seats now available!

Supervisors for the Conservation District board will be elected for a term of five (5) years beginning January 1, 2023. The Board meets monthly and…

Map of Basin 14 in New Hampshire showing watershed boundaries, towns, and various rivers including the Connecticut River.

Basin 14 Tactical Basin Plan

In 2019, the Tactical Basin plan for Basin 14 (pictured left) was updated to reflect the current status and goals of the basin.

Map of the White River Conservation District in Vermont with logos for conservation, Regeneration Corps, and Farm Force.

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