Compliance with Delaware forest harvest law protects water quality
Delaware timber harvests achieved a 93 percent rate of compliance with best management practices (BMPs) designed to protect water quality and limit soil erosion, according to a new report. Dr. Anne Hairston-Strang, a forest hydrologist with the Maryland DNR Forest Service, assessed the use and effectiveness of BMPs by surveying a total of 72 sites in Maryland and Delaware from 2014 to 2016. Selected sites were locations with waterway crossings and buffers with the greatest potential for water quality impacts. Effects were expected to be larger than normal because high rainfall during the 2014-2016 period represented an increase of 20 percent above the 30-year average.
Final data indicated that the average sediment delivery across all locations was less than one cubic foot per site—indicating that proper use of BMPs was successful at protecting water quality during harvest operations.
Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund special project notice-of-intent workshop set for Thursday, Oct. 5 in Dover
DNREC’s Environmental Finance will host a special project notice-of-intent (NOI) workshop Thursday, Oct. 5 to discuss $5.7 million available to finance potential projects under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s (CWSRF) Land Conservation Loan Sponsorship Program (LCLP) and/or Water Quality Improvement Loan Sponsorship Program (WQILP).
DNREC now accepting grant proposals for Delaware Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation projects
DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship is now accepting project proposals for water quality improvement projects within Delaware’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
DNREC now accepting grant proposals for community water quality improvement projects
DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship is now accepting project proposals for matching grants for community water quality improvement projects.
4th annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta, co-sponsored by DNREC’s Reclaim Our River program, set for Saturday, Aug. 5 on Nanticoke River
The fourth annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program, the Town of Blades and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron – will cast off on Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park, 26 North Market Street, Blades.
