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January — June, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 1
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
2005
Tributary Action Teams Annual Conference
Scores Another Success — DNREC's
Watershed Assessment Section held
its third annual Statewide Tributary Action
Teams Conference on Saturday, March 12,
2005 at Wesley College in Dover. You
can share in the online versions presentations
they received on many watershed topics. Click
here for more...
Delaware's
2004 Coastal Cleanup Results — Delaware’s
coastline is cleaner and its wildlife safer thanks to the
769 volunteers who participated in Delaware’s 2004
Coastal Cleanup. The cleanup took place from 9:00
AM to noon on Saturday, September 18 and the final results
show that volunteers picked up 9,366 pounds of trash and
deposited 630 trash bags. A bowling ball and a lady’s
wig top the list of strange finds; others include a shopping
cart, keys, furniture, make-up, a car bumper, a cell phone
and a film canister with the film still in it. Click
here for more...
Appoquinimink
River Association
Appoquinimink
River Association News — Recent
events and news from the ARA. Click
here for more...
Inland
Bays Tributary Action Team
Murderkill
Tributary Action Team
Nanticoke
Tributary Action Team
Nanticoke
Buffer Restoration Project — Farmers,
developers, and homeowners are being asked,
and in some cases required, to be better
environmental stewards by incorporating best
management practices (BMPs) on farms, in
and around homes, and in development design. In
some areas of Sussex County, residents and
developers must significantly reduce nonpoint
source nutrient inputs from nitrogen (up
to 85%) and phosphorous (up to 65%). Click
here for more...
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