Contact Us
Rensselaer County Soil & Water Conservation District
USDA NRCS Service Center
Department of Agriculture & Life Sciences Building
61 State Street, Troy, NY 12180
Office: (518) 271-1740 Extension 3
Rensselaer County SWCD Board of Directors:
Chairman: David Schmidt
Vice Chairman: Charles Peter
Secretary: Todd Tesman
Farm Bureau Representative: Ken Herrington
Treasurer: James Sullivan
SWCD Staff:
District Manager
Tom Sanford
Mobile: (518) 823-8391
District Conservation Technician
Howie Miller
Mobile: (518) 380-0674
District Agronomist Technician
Nick Halford, CCA
Mobile: (518) 428-7827
District Conservation Technician
Megan P. Myers, PWS, CLP, CSE
Mobile: (518) 380-0384
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Staff:
District Conservationist
Dianna Stanton
Office: (518) 271-1740 ext. 3
Mobile: (518) 598-2344
INTERNSHIPS
The Rensselaer County SWCD accepts internships during most summer seasons. To apply for a summer internship, please drop off a resume in person, or e-mail a resume to Megan.Myers.RenscoSWCD@gmail.com.
Our partner, the USDA NRCS, may also have internship opportunities. To seek internship opportunities available within USDA NRCS, please e-mail or check out https://www.usajobs.gov/ .
The photograph to the right is of one of the 2020 Rensselaer County SWCD summer Interns, Natalie Shudt. Here, she's using soil compaction equipment to test agriculture land.
The photograph above is of one of our 2020 Rensselaer County SWCD summer Interns, Laura Bornt, in the field learning how to survey with USDA NRCS Engineers.
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