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 | Newsroom | 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.
DNREC’s Massey’s Ditch Channel maintenance dredging project to be rebid later this year
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, February 8, 2019
DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section conducted the bid opening for the Massey’s Ditch Channel Maintenance Dredging Project as scheduled on Jan. 30. DNREC did not receive an acceptable bid. As a result, DNREC will update the design specifications and contract documents, and rebid the project later this year. DNREC anticipates that the second invitation to bid, to be announced this spring, will allow a four-month dredging window between Nov. 1 and March 1, 2020.
