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  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship


DNREC, DDA Celebrate World Wetlands Day with Agreement to Manage, Protect Delaware’s Unique Wetland Communities

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service are to celebrate World Wetlands Day today, Thursday, Feb. 2, by signing a cooperative agreement to manage and protect unique wetland communities that occur on state-owned forest, park and wildlife lands.




DNREC Relaunches Living Shoreline Cost Share Program

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Monday, January 23, 2023

Landowners, homeowners’ associations and community boards who qualify are invited to apply for help with the cost of installing living shorelines through an expanded program offered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.




Wastewater, Surface Water and Drinking Water Planning Grant Proposals Now Being Accepted by DNREC, DPH

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2022

State government agencies, county and municipal governments, and conservation districts can now submit proposals to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Division of Public Health to receive matching grants for wastewater, surface water and drinking water project planning.




DNREC Set to Begin White Creek Dredging Project

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that dredging is expected to begin just after the New Year on the main channel of White Creek and a short stretch of Asswoman Canal to improve navigability on the two waterways northwest of Bethany Beach in Sussex County.




DNREC Premiering New Nature Film ‘Wetlands of Wonder: The Hidden World of Vernal Pools’

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Friday, November 18, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has partnered with the production company 302 Stories and writer-director Michael Oates to produce and premiere the nature documentary “Wetlands of Wonder: The Hidden World of Vernal Pools.”







  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

DNREC, DDA Celebrate World Wetlands Day with Agreement to Manage, Protect Delaware’s Unique Wetland Communities

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service are to celebrate World Wetlands Day today, Thursday, Feb. 2, by signing a cooperative agreement to manage and protect unique wetland communities that occur on state-owned forest, park and wildlife lands.




DNREC Relaunches Living Shoreline Cost Share Program

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Monday, January 23, 2023

Landowners, homeowners’ associations and community boards who qualify are invited to apply for help with the cost of installing living shorelines through an expanded program offered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.




Wastewater, Surface Water and Drinking Water Planning Grant Proposals Now Being Accepted by DNREC, DPH

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2022

State government agencies, county and municipal governments, and conservation districts can now submit proposals to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Division of Public Health to receive matching grants for wastewater, surface water and drinking water project planning.




DNREC Set to Begin White Creek Dredging Project

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that dredging is expected to begin just after the New Year on the main channel of White Creek and a short stretch of Asswoman Canal to improve navigability on the two waterways northwest of Bethany Beach in Sussex County.




DNREC Premiering New Nature Film ‘Wetlands of Wonder: The Hidden World of Vernal Pools’

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Friday, November 18, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has partnered with the production company 302 Stories and writer-director Michael Oates to produce and premiere the nature documentary “Wetlands of Wonder: The Hidden World of Vernal Pools.”