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  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship


Collaborative coastal grass-planting effort to help Indian River Inlet dune in future storms

Department of Correction | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013

A coastal grass planting effort capitalizing on Department of Correction’s VOP (violation of probation) laborers and privately-donated resources will help DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship bolster the north side of the Indian River Inlet against lost or displaced sand from future weather events.




DNREC announces preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps for portions of Kent County now available from FEMA

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced that preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps for portions of Kent County have been released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The preliminary maps are available online at www.rampp-team.com/de.htm




Nominations sought for Delaware’s 2013 Wetland Warrior: Award honors exemplary efforts that benefit the state’s wetlands

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013

DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program is seeking nominations for the 2013 Delaware Wetland Warrior Award, which recognizes exemplary efforts to protect wetlands and the critical services they provide to all Delawareans.




DNREC to hold April 23 public hearing on proposed revisions to sediment and stormwater regulations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2013

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship will hold its second public hearing on proposed revisions to the Delaware Sediment and Stormwater Regulations at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in the DNREC Auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.




Delaware Forest Service offers “Trees for the Bay” in partnership with DNREC’s rain barrel program

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013

In partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s rain barrels program, the Delaware Forest Service is inviting residents of Delaware communities within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to “buy a rain barrel … get a free tree” through the Forest Service’s new “Trees for the Bay” program.







  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

Collaborative coastal grass-planting effort to help Indian River Inlet dune in future storms

Department of Correction | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013

A coastal grass planting effort capitalizing on Department of Correction’s VOP (violation of probation) laborers and privately-donated resources will help DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship bolster the north side of the Indian River Inlet against lost or displaced sand from future weather events.




DNREC announces preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps for portions of Kent County now available from FEMA

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced that preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps for portions of Kent County have been released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The preliminary maps are available online at www.rampp-team.com/de.htm




Nominations sought for Delaware’s 2013 Wetland Warrior: Award honors exemplary efforts that benefit the state’s wetlands

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2013

DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program is seeking nominations for the 2013 Delaware Wetland Warrior Award, which recognizes exemplary efforts to protect wetlands and the critical services they provide to all Delawareans.




DNREC to hold April 23 public hearing on proposed revisions to sediment and stormwater regulations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2013

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship will hold its second public hearing on proposed revisions to the Delaware Sediment and Stormwater Regulations at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in the DNREC Auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.




Delaware Forest Service offers “Trees for the Bay” in partnership with DNREC’s rain barrel program

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013

In partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s rain barrels program, the Delaware Forest Service is inviting residents of Delaware communities within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to “buy a rain barrel … get a free tree” through the Forest Service’s new “Trees for the Bay” program.