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Written comments accepted through February 11, 2012!
Click to download a Public Comment Form
Click link to read Public Statements submitted

On February 1, Maine Farm Service Agency (FSA) held a public meeting at the Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension to take public comment on the proposed consolidation of the Knox-Lincoln FSA office with the Kennebec FSA office and closure of the Warren Service Center.

 A number of concerned Knox and Lincoln County producers and citizens attended to express support for USDA maintaining a local presence for the local community. Currently, neither the Knox-Lincoln FSA nor the Knox-Lincoln Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offices in Warren are being staffed. FSA is serving Knox-Lincoln producers from the Kennebec office; NRCS is serving Knox producers from Waldo and Lincoln producers from Kennebec. The Conservation District, formerly co-located with our historic partner, NRCS, now must find a new home and adapt to our cooperators being served from disparate locations.

It is not too late to submit your comment in writing!
Written comments accepted through February 11, 2012!
Click to download a Public Comment Form

Express your concerns and send them to Don Todd, FSA State Executive Director, to be received no later than Feb 11, 2012:
Email: don.todd@me.usda.gov or
USPS: Donovan Todd, 967 Illinois Avenue, Bangor, ME 04401

All public comments will be taken into full consideration prior to development or implementation of a final consolidation plan. For more information, contact Maine State Farm Service Agency at 207-990-9140.

Click for the USDA-FSA press release.