It's time for Merrimack County Conservation District's fundraising sale of trees, shrubs, perennials, books, tools and equipment. The annual sale features native and locally grown plants suitable for Merrimack County's growing conditions. Native plants improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, reduce wind and soil erosion, help clean the air, reduce energy costs and beautify your property.

Join us for dinner with one of the North Country's favorite sons, second generation journalist John Harrigan. Mr. Harrigan will regale us with "rambling remarks from above the notches."

A well known writer, raconteur and passionate lover of New Hampshire's wild places, Harrigan promises to cover a wide range of subjects "from geology to Indians to accents to strange takes from the world of woods and water---cougars, wolves, caribou, you name it."

You've got till Monday (May 3) to order your New Hampshire-raised, disease-free rainbow or brook trout from the Merrimack County Conservation District to stock your pond with. Pick-up will be Saturday, May 8, between 1 and 1:30 p.m. at the MCCD office in Concord for 6-8 inch trout. The 10- to 12-inch trout will be delivered directly to your pond. Contact MCCD at 223-6023 or visit the website www.MerrimackCCD.org for details.