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  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship


DNREC to hold April 30 workshop on solicitation of watershed implementation projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, April 22, 2019

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Watershed Stewardship will host a workshop for a special solicitation of watershed implementation projects from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 30, in Dover, at the Kent County Administration Building, Room 222, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901. The workshop will focus on proposals for implementing new projects specifically designed to restore water quality as part of specific Delaware priority watershed improvement plans. Projects funded under the special solicitation will have the benefit of a zero percent loan interest rate, and no accrual of loan interest through project completion.




Delaware fourth graders ‘Make a Splash’ and learn about protecting water resources

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019

More than 780 fourth-grade students from eight elementary schools participated in the April 16 “Make a Splash” festival.




Charter School of Wilmington wins championship in 2019 Delaware Envirothon

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019

Charter School of Wilmington Team A is the winner of the 2019 Delaware Envirothon competition held April 11 at DSU’s Outreach and Research Center.




DNREC seeks public comment and input sought for Delaware’s Phase III Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019

DNREC is seeking public comment and input for the Delaware Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), the long-range plan for reducing pollutants that enter the state’s waterways and drain into the Chesapeake Bay.




Blackbird State Forest tree planting on April 13 & 14

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Volunteers are needed to plant 2,000 hardwood seedlings at Blackbird State Forest on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Two seniors from Middletown High School, Bryan Alberding and Nick Kupsick, are leading the project in cooperation with the Delaware Forest Service and the DNREC Nonpoint Source Program (NPS), which is funding the trees. The project will take place on Blackbird State Forest’s Naudain Tract, 2076 Harvey Straughn Road, Townsend, Delaware 19734. The rain date is April 27 and 28, 2019.







  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

DNREC to hold April 30 workshop on solicitation of watershed implementation projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, April 22, 2019

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Watershed Stewardship will host a workshop for a special solicitation of watershed implementation projects from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 30, in Dover, at the Kent County Administration Building, Room 222, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901. The workshop will focus on proposals for implementing new projects specifically designed to restore water quality as part of specific Delaware priority watershed improvement plans. Projects funded under the special solicitation will have the benefit of a zero percent loan interest rate, and no accrual of loan interest through project completion.




Delaware fourth graders ‘Make a Splash’ and learn about protecting water resources

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019

More than 780 fourth-grade students from eight elementary schools participated in the April 16 “Make a Splash” festival.




Charter School of Wilmington wins championship in 2019 Delaware Envirothon

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019

Charter School of Wilmington Team A is the winner of the 2019 Delaware Envirothon competition held April 11 at DSU’s Outreach and Research Center.




DNREC seeks public comment and input sought for Delaware’s Phase III Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019

DNREC is seeking public comment and input for the Delaware Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), the long-range plan for reducing pollutants that enter the state’s waterways and drain into the Chesapeake Bay.




Blackbird State Forest tree planting on April 13 & 14

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Volunteers are needed to plant 2,000 hardwood seedlings at Blackbird State Forest on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Two seniors from Middletown High School, Bryan Alberding and Nick Kupsick, are leading the project in cooperation with the Delaware Forest Service and the DNREC Nonpoint Source Program (NPS), which is funding the trees. The project will take place on Blackbird State Forest’s Naudain Tract, 2076 Harvey Straughn Road, Townsend, Delaware 19734. The rain date is April 27 and 28, 2019.