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  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship


DNREC produces wetlands report card on Leipsic River Watershed’s health and management recommendations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2017

DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program announced that its final report on the health of wetlands located in Kent County’s Leipsic River Watershed and Little Creek area – the eighth in a series of watershed-specific wetland health reports – has been given a C+ grade for their current condition, with opportunity for improvement.




Public invited to vote online through June 9 for best artwork in DNREC-sponsored rain barrel contests

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, June 2, 2017

The public’s art appreciation is sought in voting for favorite entries now online in the 2017 artistic rain barrel contest sponsored by DNREC’s Watershed Assessment and Management Section within the Division of Watershed Stewardship.




DNREC, FEMA to sponsor open house May 23 in New Castle on preliminary flood risk maps for parts of New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, May 15, 2017

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold an open house Tuesday, May 23 about new preliminary flood insurance rate maps for parts of New Castle County. The open house will be held at the William Penn High School at 713 E. Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720 from 4 – 7 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend to learn more about proposed flood risk map changes and to understand better how proposed map changes affect their property.




Join DNREC in celebrating American Wetlands Month

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, May 4, 2017

Join DNREC in celebrating American Wetlands Month in May with a spectrum of events and activities honoring an important natural resource that plays key roles in cleaning our drinking water and protecting all Delawareans from storms by buffering our coastal areas.




Governor’s 2017 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Governor Carney, along with DNREC Secretary Garvin and officials with the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts and the USDA, led a ceremony recognizing this year’s Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards honorees and signed a proclamation officially designating April 30-May 7 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Delaware.







  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

DNREC produces wetlands report card on Leipsic River Watershed’s health and management recommendations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2017

DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program announced that its final report on the health of wetlands located in Kent County’s Leipsic River Watershed and Little Creek area – the eighth in a series of watershed-specific wetland health reports – has been given a C+ grade for their current condition, with opportunity for improvement.




Public invited to vote online through June 9 for best artwork in DNREC-sponsored rain barrel contests

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, June 2, 2017

The public’s art appreciation is sought in voting for favorite entries now online in the 2017 artistic rain barrel contest sponsored by DNREC’s Watershed Assessment and Management Section within the Division of Watershed Stewardship.




DNREC, FEMA to sponsor open house May 23 in New Castle on preliminary flood risk maps for parts of New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, May 15, 2017

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold an open house Tuesday, May 23 about new preliminary flood insurance rate maps for parts of New Castle County. The open house will be held at the William Penn High School at 713 E. Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720 from 4 – 7 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend to learn more about proposed flood risk map changes and to understand better how proposed map changes affect their property.




Join DNREC in celebrating American Wetlands Month

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, May 4, 2017

Join DNREC in celebrating American Wetlands Month in May with a spectrum of events and activities honoring an important natural resource that plays key roles in cleaning our drinking water and protecting all Delawareans from storms by buffering our coastal areas.




Governor’s 2017 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Governor Carney, along with DNREC Secretary Garvin and officials with the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts and the USDA, led a ceremony recognizing this year’s Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards honorees and signed a proclamation officially designating April 30-May 7 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Delaware.