Environment

Environment

Environment

Androscoggin River Alliance

Phone:  (207) 622-3101 ext. 219
E-mail:  info@cleanandroscoggin.org
Website: http://www.cleanandroscoggin.org
Contact:  Naomi Schalit
 
Services:  The Androscoggin Regional River Partnership is a group of community members whose goal is to revitalize the use of the Androscoggin River as a community resource through education, recreation, protection and sustained development.

Healthy Community Coalition Task Forces

Address:  20 Church St.
Wilton, ME 04294
Phone:  (207) 645-3136 or 1-800-525-3136
Website: http://www.fchn.org/hcc
 
Services:  Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) is an affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network with a mission of promoting health and well-being in Franklin County and neighboring towns, including Livermore Falls. HCC runs programs and events to support healthy lifestyles that prevent disease and improve quality of life. It also helps neighborhoods grow and thrive -- building a stronger and healthier community for everyone. HCC’s mobile health unit and community outreach efforts appear in every town and corner of our community, offering screenings and health information, and the task forces, volunteers, and health advocates take on the issues that matter in the region’s towns and neighborhoods. Get involved… make a difference! Join a community task force and help make these specific ideas work: Increase availability and awareness of existing walking maps. Help develop a directory of youth opportunities in Greater Franklin County and expand after school opportunities for youth. Expand Franklin Health Access. Improve access to local healthy eating choices. Develop a catalogue of local products and ways to store raw material to promote local bulk purchasing. Expand adult education courses on money management, cooking and other life skills. Engage area schools in improving environmental education. Develop a Youth Speaker’s Bureau to support tobacco prevention efforts. Task Forces: Have the support of Healthy Community Coalition staff Develop specific goals Have a realistic timeframe for accomplishing goals. Contact Lisa Laflin, Community Building Coordinator at (207) 645-3136 x 5103 for more information about how you can become involved in task forces.

Izaak Walton League

Address:  P.O. Box 103
Livermore Falls, ME 04254
Phone:  (207) 897-2437
Fax:  (207) 897-4201
E-mail:  iwlamaine@iwlamaine.org
Website: http://www.iwlamaine.org
Contact:  Jonathan Carter
 
Services:  Our mission is to conserve, maintain, protect and restore the soil, forest, water and other natural resources of the United States and other lands; to promote means and opportunities for the education of the public with respect to such resources and their enjoyment and wholesome utilization.

Programs:

Master Hunter Program

Stream Restoration

Wildlife Conservation

Kingfield Garden Club

Phone:  (207) 265-2962
 

Maine Farm Bureau-Franklin County Branch

Address:  PO Box 216
Dryden, ME 04225
Phone:  (207) 645-2568 or 1-800-639-2126
Website: http://www.mainefarmbureau.com
Contact:  Pam Harnden
 
Services:  The Maine Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, non-profit voluntary organization that lobbies for issues important to agriculture, landowners and the rural way of life. The Farm Bureau was formed to analyze problems and implement solutions important to Maine’s rural families. Farm families across the state unite in boardrooms, at kitchen tables, grange halls or members’ farms to discuss ways to preserve agriculture as a way of life and as an industry in Maine. Farmer are not the only members of the Maine Farm Bureau. Farmers and landowners throughout the state of Maine are both beneficiaries of what the Maine Farm Bureau does. The Maine Farm Bureau is unmatched in representing and providing programs and services that keep farm families producing, while also protecting the property rights of any landowner in the state of Maine. The Maine Farm Bureau works hard to ensure the states farms are thriving and safe, allowing fresh food to be available for the community. The Maine Farm Bureau works to preserve open space and lands for recreation for enjoyment. The Maine Farm Bureau works to protect the environment and maintain the wildlife habitat.

Mt. Blue Area Garden Club

Address:  Holley Rd.
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone:  (207) 778-2012
Contact:  Beverly Oliver
 
Services:  The Club is very active in Municipal beautification. Also, several members participate in the planting and maintaining of the Gateway Memorial Garden at the Farmington intersections and the Farmington Fairground beautification program.

All meetings will be held at the Farmington Municipal Building unless otherwise specified.

Phone committee will call one week before meetings.

Hostesses will be responsible for arranging the room for the meeting. Any hostess who is unable to serve is requested to find her own replacement and to contact the hostess chairman.

Dues are $10.00

All regular meetings will begin with a social ½ hour.

The business meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m.

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust

Address:  PO Box 249
Oquossoc, ME 04964
Phone:  (207) 864-5647
Fax:  (207) 864-7301
E-mail:  info@rlht.org
Website: http://www.rlht.org/
 
Services:  The mission of the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust is the protection of natural and historical resources of the Rangeley Lakes region for the benefit and enjoyment of the public and future generations. The Trust maintains traditional public access and uses of the land for recreation, education and scientific study. Trails, fishing, and primitive camping are integrated with sustainable forestry and the protection and enhancement of fisheries and wildlife habitat.

UMF SEA-Change

Phone:  (207) 778-7292
E-mail:  rawlings@maine.edu
Website: http://studentlife.umf.maine.edu
Contact:  Doug Rawlings
 
Services:  The purpose of SEA-Change is to raise student awareness of social, peaceful, and environmental issues in the community, both at the local and national levels.

For up to date information please go to University of Maine Farmington’s web site and click on clubs and organizations. http://studentlife.umf.maine.edu

UMF Tri Beta (BBB)

Phone:  (207) 778-7395
E-mail:  BUCKLEY@MAINE.EDU
Website: http://studentlife.umf.maine.edu
Contact:  Dan Buckley
 
Services:  Tri Beta is a biology honor society that provides an opportunity for students interested in life sciences to get together outside of their courses for fellowship, field trips, slide shows and presentations by guest speakers, as well as fund-raising events. For up to date information please go to University of Maine Farmington’s web site and click on clubs and organizations. http://studentlife.umf.maine.edu

Wilton Fish and Game Association

Address:  PO Box 339
Wilton, ME 04294
Location:  US Rt. 2 West
Wilton
Phone:  (207) 645-2462
E-mail:  outlaw@gwi.net