Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District

06/17/2026

Our office will be closed this Friday, June 19th. We are sorry for any inconvenience!

06/16/2026

Please be patient as we have some work done on our parking lot here at the District! If you stop to see us, kindly park on the road in front of the office.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Town of Chateaugay & Town of Franklin Highway Department's for doing this beautiful work for us.

06/11/2026

Happy Invasive Species Awareness Week!

The District has been busy celebrating by educating students at Davis Elementary in Malone about invasive species. Students were able to see specimens of Emerald Ash Borer, Asian Longhorned Beetle, and Spotted Lanternfly while learning how these invasive insects impact our environment and what we can do to help prevent their spread.

Also, this week, District staff joined St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District at Coles Creek State Park in Waddington to treat ash trees and help protect them from Emerald Ash Borer infestations.

Remember to help stop the spread of invasive species by not transporting firewood, cleaning and checking your hiking equipment, and cleaning, draining, and drying your boats after use. Together, we can help keep Franklin County a beautiful place to live and explore!

05/29/2026

🌳Ready to upgrade your yard into an efficient 🪺, beautiful 🦋, wildlife 🐦 & pollinator 🐝 friendly oasis? Participate in our NEW Backyard Biodiversity Bonus program!🌳

Here at the District we are very excited to offer this incentive for the first time - and we have high goals to help our community improve their yards across the county for a greater good. This is a great opportunity - but please act swiftly as we will only offer this program as funds last! 💰

Interested? Please call our office at ☎️518-651-2097 and ask for Shayla or send an email to [email protected]. We are excited to chat!

05/22/2026

Our office will be closing at 1pm next Thursday, May 28th. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

05/15/2026

We are excited to welcome our summer interns Hannah Manchester and Jeb Shea to the team! As you can see, they have already been hard at work hydroseeding this week. We are thrilled to have these two enthusiastic interns with us for the summer and look forward to all they will accomplish.

04/30/2026

Congratulations to Franklin Academy's Envirothon Team, FA Yodeling Yetis, for earning 1st place in the county and overall at the annual North Adirondack Regional Envirothon competition!

They will be representing Franklin County at the state competition at SUNY Cortland at the end of May.

Pictured Left to right: Jared Wares, Ethan Botto, Team Captain- Chase Normandeau, Jerry LaPage, and Liam McQuinn

04/23/2026

Join us Sunday, April 26th for a community clean up in Tupper Lake!

04/17/2026

We have finished another successful year of our Annual County Tree & Shrub Sale! Thank you to everyone who came out and brought home some trees – we sold over 17,000 plants this year!

We still have some extras leftover! Come and get them while they last! Stop into the office to see us Monday-Friday from 7am-4pm or give us a call at 518-651-2097!

Small Balsam (6-12”) : 340
Black Hills Spruce (7-12”) : 100
Red Pine (8-12”) : 100
Bitternut Hickory (12-18”) : 70
American Crabapple (6-12”) : 60
Redbud (12-18”) : 100
Red Mulberry (18-24”) : 30
Red Oak (18-24”) : 380
Sugar Maple (18-24”) : 100
Silver Maple (18-24”) : 20
Sycamore (12-18”) : 110
Tulip Poplar (18-24”) : 120
White Birch (12-18”) : 120
Yellow Birch (12-18”) : 40

03/24/2026

Happy Spring! Our annual tree and shrub sale is well underway, below is a breakdown of everything we have remaining:
560 Balsam Fir (small)
150 Black Hills Spruce
270 Fraser Fir
290 Red Pine
90 Bitternut Hickory
150 Crabapple (American)
120 Redbud
50 Red Mulberry
410 Red Oak
30 Red Osier Dogwood
30 Silver Maple
110 Sycamore
30 Tulip Poplar
130 White Birch
40 Yellow Birch
50 Swamp Rose
3 orders of Rhubarb

All trees are available in quantities of 10 or more. If you are interested in placing an order please call (518) 651-2097 or stop in 174 Finney Blvd Malone, NY 12953 as these will go fast!

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