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  Category: Department of Agriculture


Delaware Forest Service To Host Upcoming Wildfire Training

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 2024

DOVER, Del. (November 18, 2024)—The Delaware Forest Service (DFS) is offering Delawareans a unique job opportunity for the Summer 2025 fire season, where motivated individuals can join the Delaware Wildland Fire crew and travel on fire assignments nationwide. To experience this adventure of a lifetime, individuals will need to attend the annual DFS initial wildland […]




Funding Awarded for Tree-Planting Projects

Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2024

Ten projects will receive a combined $234,000 in funding from the Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative to plant more than 4,600 trees.




Delaware Forest Service Opens Grants for Local Communities

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Urban and Community Forestry | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024

DOVER, Del. (October 28, 2024)—The Delaware Forest Service is offering $910K in funding for local communities through four grants launching on November 1, 2024. While the application period for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Sub-Grant for Disadvantaged Communities is already open, three more grants will become available. Delaware Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator […]




Governor Carney, with Guidance from Water Supply Coordinating Council, Declares Statewide Drought Watch

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday issued a statewide drought watch after receiving guidance from the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council (WSCC). Delawareans are asked to voluntarily reduce outdoor uses of water during the drought watch. This decision follows an assessment of conditions by the WSCC on October 25. The drought watch will remain in effect until […]




Delaware Officials Unveil New Sign to Celebrate Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Governor John Carney and Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse, along with members of the General Assembly, the Aglands Preservation Board of Trustees, and other agricultural advocates, joined together at Shadybrook Farms, home of the Cartanza family, to unveil a new farm sign celebrating Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program.







  Category: Department of Agriculture

Delaware Forest Service To Host Upcoming Wildfire Training

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 2024

DOVER, Del. (November 18, 2024)—The Delaware Forest Service (DFS) is offering Delawareans a unique job opportunity for the Summer 2025 fire season, where motivated individuals can join the Delaware Wildland Fire crew and travel on fire assignments nationwide. To experience this adventure of a lifetime, individuals will need to attend the annual DFS initial wildland […]




Funding Awarded for Tree-Planting Projects

Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2024

Ten projects will receive a combined $234,000 in funding from the Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative to plant more than 4,600 trees.




Delaware Forest Service Opens Grants for Local Communities

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Urban and Community Forestry | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024

DOVER, Del. (October 28, 2024)—The Delaware Forest Service is offering $910K in funding for local communities through four grants launching on November 1, 2024. While the application period for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Sub-Grant for Disadvantaged Communities is already open, three more grants will become available. Delaware Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator […]




Governor Carney, with Guidance from Water Supply Coordinating Council, Declares Statewide Drought Watch

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday issued a statewide drought watch after receiving guidance from the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council (WSCC). Delawareans are asked to voluntarily reduce outdoor uses of water during the drought watch. This decision follows an assessment of conditions by the WSCC on October 25. The drought watch will remain in effect until […]




Delaware Officials Unveil New Sign to Celebrate Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Governor John Carney and Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse, along with members of the General Assembly, the Aglands Preservation Board of Trustees, and other agricultural advocates, joined together at Shadybrook Farms, home of the Cartanza family, to unveil a new farm sign celebrating Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program.