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In This Issue
- Incase You Missed It
- Upcoming Meetings
- Member Updates
- Trainings, Workshops, & Conferences
- Recommended Reads
- Funding Opportunities
- Jobs & Internships
- About the DRCN
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Incase you missed it....
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Highlights from the April Town and Urban Operating Committee Meeting - Read
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Check out the new DRCN forum on the website for members to engage in discussion by topic! - Explore Here
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Join us for the first ever DRCN Annual Meeting!
Registration information to come!
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Land Protection Operating Committee Meeting
June 7th, 10:00-11:00am (Zoom)
For more information please contact chair
David Satterfield dsatterfield@eslc.org
Join on Zoom
Steering Committee Meeting (open)
June 20th, 2:00-4:00pm
For more information please contact chair
Dan Murphy dan_murphy@fws.gov
Join on Zoom
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To Be Announced...
Towns and Urban Operating Committee Meeting
Date TBD (mid to late July)
For more information please contact chair
Owen Bailey obailey@eslc.org
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New Eastern Shore Initiative for Regional Trails Awarded Technical Grant by National Park Service | |
The Eastern Shore Regional Trail Network has been selected by National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (NPS-RTCA) as a 2023 “community assistance project.”
The designation means that this recently-formed, Shore-wide consortium of partners, led by Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, will receive support for one year in the form of invaluable, one-on-one expertise and technical support from knowledgeable NPS-RTCA staff.
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NRCS DE can now fund 95% of appraised value on Wetland Reserve Easements | |
NRCS DE just received a GARC package which will allow them to cover pay 95% of the appraised value for a Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE): up to $11,450/ acre in NCC, $16,866/ acre in Kent County and up to $13,203/ acre in Sussex County.
The hope is to expand the WRE program, which pays landowners for an easements on private property and covers the cost for design and restoration of hydrologic function on previously drained agricultural land.
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From the DRCN Forum....
Owen Bailey (Town & Urban Committee Chair): "The MD Department of Transportation is requesting input for its statewide long-range transportation plan. This will have huge implications for restoration and conservation work if the state could switch to focusing on more transit transportation instead of car-dependent infrastructure..."
Visit the forum to Learn More
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Trainings, Workshops and Conferences | | |
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Leveraging Historic Federal Funding: How Do We Collectively Get Ready?
Join FSG on Jun 5, 2023 02:00 PM for this interactive webinar on how you can ensure that this wave of funding, as well as other federal and state funding, has a meaningful impact on advancing equity and opportunity.
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Design Your Landscape With Native Plants with Chris Pax
Join Lower Shore Land Trust and Maryland Coastal Bays on June 7th at 5:30pm and learn from Chris Pax, a master landscape designer with Annapolis Native Landscape. She will cover easy tips for making your landscape more beneficial to wildlife by using native plants and design techniques.
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Toast the Nanticoke
Join Nanticoke Watershed Alliance for our annual fundraiser at Layton’s Chance Winery in Vienna, MD. We get together to celebrate the Nanticoke River, our partners, and our community to share the work we’ve all done to protect one of the last wild rivers in the country.
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Delmarva Alliance of Adaptation Practitioners Annual Meeting
Join the Delmarva Alliance of Adaptation Practitioners (DAAP) at Salisbury University for their Annual Forum on June 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The forum will allow space to share information about adaptation efforts in Delmarva and explore the intersections between climate adaptation and public health. Currently accepting requests for speakers!
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Conservation Classic:
A sporting clays event
Join us at the Point at Pintail for Eastern Shore Land Conservancy’s First Clay Shoot Classic! A fun morning of shooting will be followed by a delicious pit beef lunch. Enjoy a day outdoors on our beautiful Eastern Shore!
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Pollinator Party Bus Tour on June 17
Curious about native plants but not sure what they would look like at your home? On June 17, we’ll visit four unique properties. You’ll learn directly from our homeowner partners about their experiences with meadows, pollinator garden beds, tree and shrub plantings, and other conservation landscaping projects that NWA have helped install on their properties. Seats are limited.
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Overcoming Permitting Barriers to Unlock Coastal Resilience
This webinar will present results from a survey of state-level policy trends and gaps related to coastal protection and restoration, as well as difficulties posed by the “green tape” of permitting. Join RAE June 20th, at 1pm to hear experts from North Carolina and Washington share examples of recent policies and programs addressing coastal restoration permitting in their states and and offer insights to help coastal restoration practitioners in other states address these same challenges.
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2023 Pollinator Garden Tour Lower Shore Land Trust
Plan to attend the 3rd annual Pollinator Garden Tour. This year's tour will take place over June 23rd and 24th and offer 9 unique private gardens featuring native landscaping and other fun features. Learn from other gardeners, participate in mini workshops covering a variety of topics from identify and remove invasive species, enhance your landscape to attract birds, and more!
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Solstice Celebration
For nearly a decade, ShoreRivers has hosted a Summer Solstice Celebration under a big tent on the banks of the Chester River. Celebrate again with us this year Saturday, June 24, 2023
6:00 PM 10:00 PM! Enjoy live music and dancing along the Chester River, refreshing cocktails, delicious food, good company, and an exceptional live auction.
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2023 Living Shorelines Tech Transfer Workshop
Join RAE and Galveston Bay Foundation, from October 24-25 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center. This is the nation’s premier gathering focused on the science and policy of living shorelines and nature-based solutions. The Workshop will present a unique opportunity to network with, learn from, and promote your work to more than 200+ attendees from across the country.
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America’s aging flood control infrastructure is failing – federal funding is coming, but too often new construction relies on old data
Flooding is the costliest type of natural disaster in the U.S. Yet, much of the aging infrastructure meant to protect U.S. communities is in bad shape....
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A shorebird mystery in Delaware Bay
Recently, the two methods biologists use to survey rufa red knots have been telling different stories about the number that visit the bay, known as the stopover population. Now partners from state wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are trying to figure out why.
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Encouraging Results from Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey
This year's Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, a cooperative effort between MD DNR and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), estimates 323 million blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Grant Funding
The Virginia Land Conservation Foundation board of trustees met on May 16, 2023, to open the FY24 grant round to fund land conservation projects.
A total of $14,125,389 is available for grant funding as follows in the following five categories: Farmland Preservation, Forest Preservation, Historic Area Preservation, Natural Area Protection, Open Spaces and Parks. Qualified land trusts, Virginia Indian tribes, localities, state agencies and soil and water conservation districts are eligible to apply.
Join the June 8th Webinar
Deadline: TBA
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The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) and Wetlands Watch have partnered to offer grant resources through the new Coastal Resilience & Trees Fund (“Fund”). 2023 serves as the inaugural year of the Fund, which provides grants for projects that seek to achieve increased resilience to flooding, sea level rise, and extreme weather events in Virginia’s coastal communities. A portion of the Fund will provide resources for increasing tree canopy in the coastal zone. Projects can vary widely in both their size and funding needs. This Fund is meant to provide resources for projects that may not be eligible under other grants.
Webinar Recording
Deadline: July 7, 2023
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Eligible REPI Challenge projects include projects that will help make key mission capabilities of strategic importance to DOD more resilient to climate change and severe weather events. In addition to these climate resilience projects, funding is available for projects that promote land conservation or management activities limiting incompatible development or relieving current or anticipated environmental restrictions. To learn more about this year's REPI Challenge process.
Pre-Proposal Due: June 12th
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Cooperatively administered by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (MSCGP) funds projects that address regional or national-level priorities of state fish and wildlife agencies. Established by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act in 2000, the program provides up to $6,000,000 in funding each year.
Deadline: June 15, 2023
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The U.S. Standard Grants Program is a competitive, matching grants program that supports public-private partnerships in the United States that further the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). Projects must involve long-term protection, restoration, and/or enhancement of wetlands and associated upland habitats for the benefit of fish and wildlife.
Deadline: July 7 2023
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Through this funding opportunity, the Trust seeks to engage new applicants and organizations from diverse communities in small-scale projects that enhance communities, engage residents, and, ultimately, improve natural resources. The Trust seeks to engage groups that have traditionally been under-engaged with environmental issues and new applicants from a diverse array of communities. Only applicants who have received three grants or fewer from the Trust in the past are eligible.
Rolling Acceptance
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Chesapeake Bay Trust Nontidal Wetlands
Awards Program
The Maryland Department of the Environment and the Trust seek proposals for nontidal wetland projects in Maryland. This program seeks to implement cost-effective wetland projects to provide valuable wetland functions, including habitat for a wide range of species and improved water quality, flood attenuation, recharge of groundwater, and aesthetics in the State’s local watersheds and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay, Youghiogheny River, and Atlantic Coastal Bays.
Deadline: September 14, 2023
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Internships & Early Career Positions
Delaware State Parks Internship Program - rolling admission - Delaware State Parks (location variable)
Jobs
Engineer I - Environmental - July 17, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Water (Dover, DE)
Engineer IV - Environmental - September 6, 2023 - DNREC/Div. of Water (Dover, DE)
Environmental Control Technician II-Wetland Field Technician - no deadline provided - DNREC/Division of Watershed Stewardship-Wetland (Dover, DE)
Engineer I - Stormwater - September 11, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Watershed Stewardship (Dover, DE)
Engineer I-IV - Floodplain Management - September 12, 2023 - Floodplain Management - DNREC/Div. of Watershed Stewardship
Hydrologist II - III - Wetland and Waterway - September 16, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Water (location negotiable)
Staff Scientist, Coastal Resilience - no deadline provided - National Fish and Wildlife Foundations (Washington D.C.)
Manager, Coastal Resilience - no deadline provided - National Fish and Wildlife Foundations (Washington D.C.)
Small Mammal Biological Aide - no deadline provided - Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (Smyrna, DE)
Marketing & Design Specialist - no deadline provided - Green Fin Studio (Richmond, VA)
Conservation Land Acquisition Specialist (Kent Conservation District) - no deadline provided - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) (Dover, DE)
Director of the Conservation Innovation Center - no deadline provided - Chesapeake Conservancy (Annapolis, MD)
Executive Assistant/Office Manager - no deadline provided - Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (Annapolis, MD)
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About the Delmarva Restoration and Conservation Network (DRCN) | |
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The Delmarva Restoration and Conservation Network (DRCN), formed in 2017, is a collaborative of local, state, and Federal government agencies and NGOs working with private and public landowners and local governments to identify the most important places to protect and restore, and to obtain support and funding for voluntary restoration and conservation.
The DRCN Mission is to restore and conserve Delmarva’s landscapes, waterways, and shorelines that are special to its people, fundamental to its economy, and vital for its native fish, wildlife, and plants.
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