DNREC’s 27th annual beach grass planting March 19 covered five miles in helping preserve and protect Delaware’s coastline
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016
Almost one thousand hardy volunteers who turned out in the face of cold and snow for DNREC’s 27th Annual Beach Grass Planting March 19 enabled the planting this year of more than five miles of Delaware shoreline with Cape American beachgrass that helps protect and preserve the state’s dune system.
Hartly, Kent County student places second in National Conservation District Poster Contest
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016
A Kent County student was recently named the second place winner nationwide in the National Association of Conservation Districts’ (NACD) conservation poster contest, themed “Local Heroes – Your Hardworking Pollinators.”
DNREC announces that federal flood insurance is now available in New Castle County’s Village of Arden
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016
The Village of Arden in New Castle County has become the latest Delaware community to participate in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program, with flood insurance now available to property owners in the Village.
DNREC Secretary’s Order, following new FDA guidance, halts shellfish harvest in seasonal area on Rehoboth Bay
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016
DNREC Secretary David Small has issued a Secretary’s Order for closure of a conditionally-approved shellfish harvest area located in the northeastern corner of Rehoboth Bay, effective Monday, March 21.
DNREC flood program manager Michael Powell to speak about flood risks, mitigation and federal flood insurance at U of D’s Delaware Resiliency Summits
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, March 11, 2016
Michael Powell, Delaware flood program manager, DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship, will address flooding issues prevalent throughout the First State next month at the Delaware Resiliency Summits.
