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July — August, 2003
Volume 2, Issue 4
Welcome
to the newest issue of Tributary Times, our online newsletter about
Delaware's Tributary Action Teams and their activities.
We've also got some news items that we'd like you to know about,
and would also like to invite you to join the Team that's working
in your part of the State.
Most
of the items you see on this page are linked to more detailed information,
either on our site or at another Internet resource. Please feel
free to link to those articles, and then come back here to learn
more!
If you
like what you see, why not invite your family, friends, and neighbors
to visit our site and sign up for their own copy? The more we help
build awareness of the condition of our waterways and their challenges,
the sooner we'll be able to make all of Delaware's water as clean
as it can be.
Statewide News
Introducing
the Amazing Horseshoe Crab — Where
on earth can you find a creature with ten legs and ten eyes,
that chews with its feet and has blue blood? The answer
of course is Delaware Bay, and the creature is the horseshoe
crab --- an animal frequently seen in recent news, but still
poorly understood by many people.
Click
here for more...
Brianna
Barkus Joins the Teams — Brianna
Barkus recently joined us as the new seasonal project assistant
for the Tributary Action Teams. A 2002 graduate of the University
of Delaware's Wildlife Conservation program, she
brings a lot to our programs, and we'd like to help
you
get to know her. Click
here for more...
Water
Quality Standards Workshop Meets August 14th — Water
affects everyone's daily lives: we drink it, we
swim in it, we fish in it, and use it in many other
ways. Nearly every aspect of our lives depends
upon our having high-quality available for our
needs. Delaware's
Water Quality Standards are up for revision, and
we'd like to invite you to participate through
our workshop. Click
here for more...
Include
Your Organization's Events in Our Calendar —
If your organization is working on issues that involve water
and watershed quality in Delaware, we would like to invite
you
to include your meetings and events in our calendar. Please click
here for our convenient event information form.
Appoquinimink
Tributary Action Team
Conservation
Practice
Cost-Sharing — Is
there any doubt that more houses,
shopping malls, golf courses,
highways, and businesses have
been built in the last several
years than during any other period
in Delaware’s history?
The Appoquinimink Team
is publicizing several cost-sharing programs
that provide incentives to improve
land management practices in support
of their Pollution Control Strategy. Click
here for more...
Introducing
Cortney Keonig Worrall — The Appoquinimink Team now has
a part-time watershed coordinator. Please
take a few minutes to learn more about her
today. Click
here for more...
Inland
Bays Tributary Action Team
Murderkill
Tributary Action Team
Nanticoke
Tributary Action Team
Wetlands
Assessment of the Nanticoke Watershed Under Way — Wetlands
are an important natural resource to Delaware. These
ecosystems support some of our most sensitive
plants and wildlife, including rare and endangered
species, such as the American Bald Eagle and
swamp pink, along with the northernmost natural
stand of bald cypress. Amy Jacobs,
an Environmental Scientist with DNREC's Watershed
Assessment Section, is working on methods
to assess the wetlands in the watershed to
evaluate their overall condition. Click
here for more...
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