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2025 Resource Concern Survey  Results

 

Every year the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District (NRCD)  ask about your ideas to focus our outreach activities and cost share programs over the next year in Windham County. Here are this years results.


We strive to incorporate the goals and needs of residents into developing priorities for program direction and funding. To do this, we need your help in deciding which environmental concerns, along with their appropriate solutions, are most important in each of our counties. This survey is open to all residents, farmers, farm workers, forest owners, loggers, recreators, and resource professionals.


Your feedback will be considered by regional professionals in natural resources management and agriculture, and incorporated into the NRCS's ranking system for awarding financial assistance to producers.

The information from this survey will remain anonymous. If you elect to have us contact you towards the end of the survey, we will use your contact information for only that purpose and will not associate your information with the survey responses. 

Windham County 2025 Conservation Survey Summary with survey details, purpose, and a meeting photo. Responses are anonymous.

 

Demographic survey: age, farming duration, land use in Windham County, and a farm breakdown. Majority identify as White.
Land use concerns: streams (79.1%), wetlands (44.5%), forests (43.6%). Top issues: groundwater quality, wildlife, invasive species.
Text discussing environmental conservation, invasive species management, sustainable agriculture, housing concerns, and climate impacts.
List of NRCS practices people expressed need for and plan to apply for, categorized and ranked by frequency.
A treemap shows threats to land/business: climate change, water, drought, invasive species, development, financial issues, erosion, pollution.
Survey on support for district events: top needs are stipends and childcare. Best info received via email.
Bar graph of district contact (highest: plant sale), and list of desired equipment like excavators, sawmills, drills, and bicycles.
Text responses to improving organizational services, including collaboration, education, environmental programs, local meetings, and advocacy.
Suggestions for WNRCD to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusiveness: support BIPOC farmers, improve outreach, hire diversely, and more.
A list of potential workshop topics and a pie chart showing how survey respondents were reached, mainly via email from a local Conservation District.