News & Updates

February 2023

Important

Dates

Feb. 20 SCD Closed (Presidents Day)

Feb. 22 Soil Health Series 3/3

March 1 Conservation Stewardship Awards

March 10 Local Work Group Meeting

Welcome to the team!

There are a few new faces in our ag program:

Amanda Fabi, resource specialist

Megan Davidson, conservation planner

Benny King, agriculture planning manager

WINNERS

CERTIFIED CONSTRUCTION REVIEWER

Nate Torrijos

DESIGN TEAM

Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc.

DEVELOPER (Residential)

D.R. Horton, Inc.

GREEN CONSERVATION

Envirotech Environmental Consulting, Inc.

HOME BUILDER (51+)

D.R. Horton, Inc.

PROJECT MANAGER (Residential)

Rich Rishel, Carl M. Freeman Companies

SITE CONTRACTOR (Residential)

Corrado Construction Co.

Learn More

Local Work Group Meeting

The Sussex Conservation District (SCD) will hold a hybrid local work group (LWG) meeting on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 9 a.m. at the Vanderwende-Evans Conservation Center in Georgetown.

The LWG assists SCD and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in developing practice and funding priorities for conservation activities in Sussex County.

Over $500,000 available for cover crops in Sussex County, Del.

Deadline March 24, 2023.

GEORGETOWN, Del. - Additional cover crop funding, totaling over $500,000 is available for the Delaware Bay and Inland Bays watersheds of Sussex County. Protecting the Delaware Bay and Inland Bays with Cover Crops is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project focused on improving water quality through soil health.

2023

Soil Health Series

--- FINAL EVENT ---

Bridgeville Fire Hall

9 a.m. to noon.

Feb. 22

Interpreting Results to

improve Soil Health

with Liz Haney

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is making available $850 million in fiscal year 2023 for its oversubscribed conservation programs: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). See More Information and How to Apply