The community is invited to Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s Annual Banquet and Conservation Awards Celebration on August 14, from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. The banquet will be held at Beaver Lodge, in Hope, with dinner by Megunticook Market from Camden, and homemade pies from D-Zerts by Daphne from Westport Island.

The Conservation Awards presentation will be followed by a talk by Matt Boucher, Ph.D., State Soil Scientist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry.

"We are excited to see everyone and to share in acknowledging conservation leaders," said KLSWCD.

The leaders being acknowledged are:

Conservation Farm of the Year: Meadowcroft Farm, Washington/Jefferson

Conservation Educator of the Year: Lynn Snow, Thomaston Grammar School

Volunteer of the Year: Brian Lightbody, Camden

Additional Knox and Lincoln conservation leaders to be recognized are those several residential owners who earned their KLSWCD Conservation Landscape Certification status.

Thanks to the generosity of the KLSWCD business sponsors, the fee for the evening is only $25.

For planning purposes, please register by August 8, online at https://www.knox-lincoln.org/events-workshops/annual-banquet-2025 or please contact julie@knox-lincoln.org, 207-596-2040.

Business sponsors are The First National Bank, Viking Lumber, Sasanoa Brewing, Union Farm Equipment and Brooks Trap Mill.