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Municipalities and homeowner groups are invited to apply for up to $5,000 in matching funds from the Delaware Forest Service for a planned community tree project. Deadline is July 15, 2010.

The Department of Agriculture, the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association and the University of Delaware have teamed up to develop a Native Plant Nurseries List.

Go to the Department of Agriculture website (www.dda.delaware.gov) and click on Local Asparagus under Hot Topics to find a nearby on-farm market or grower of asparagus.

The report details the 2009 accomplishments of the Delaware Nutrient Management Program.

The Delaware Health Information Network ("DHIN") announces full participation of all acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in the state, along with the vast majority of Delaware providers, in the first statewide community health record.

DOVER (Feb. 17, 2012) - DNREC's Division of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Agriculture's Delaware Forest Service are teaming up to conduct a prescribed fire on 24.2 acres in a remote area of Cape Henlopen State Park. A date for the burn will be announced; it is expected to occur sometime between now and late March, depending on weather conditions.*

DOVER (Feb. 17, 2012) - The Delaware Association of Conservation Districts recently presented Sen. Robert Venables, D-Laurel, with its annual Legislative Award, which is given to a legislator for outstanding service, loyalty and devotion to conservation efforts in Delaware.

Governor Markell focuses on jobs and making Delaware a better place to start and grow a business as the nation's governors gather next week in Washington, D.C. for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association.

Governor Markell focuses on jobs and making Delaware a better place to start and grow a business as the nation's governors gather next week in Washington, D.C. for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association.

We got some great news this week, when one of our major employers agreed to add several hundred new jobs here in Delaware.

Five thousand students in New Castle County will participate this year in the Summer Feeding Program for Children, a new project to help families feed children who don't have dependable access to food during the summer.

This report, available at www.deheal.org,is a look at the efforts and progress of Delaware HEAL and its partners to reduce the prevalence of obesity and related chronic health conditions.

DOVER (Feb. 17, 2012) - To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware's fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents responded to 19 complaints and issued two citations involving 14 charges between Feb. 8 and 15.

DOVER (Feb. 17, 2012) - The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife today announced that its spring 2012 downstate trout season will begin Saturday, March 3 with the opening of two downstate ponds stocked with rainbow trout. On that date, Tidbury Pond near Dover in Kent County and Newton Pond outside of Greenwood in Sussex County will open for trout fishing beginning at 7 a.m.

DOVER (Feb. 17, 2012) - The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife is looking for volunteers to be trained as instructors for the 2012 season of Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) program. A training session will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at the Aquatic Resource Education Center, located east of the town of Smyrna at 4876 Hay Point Road, Smyrna, DE 19977.

DOVER (Feb. 15, 2012) - DNREC's Division of Watershed Stewardship will sponsor a workshop Wednesday, March 7 commemorating the "Storm of '62" on the 50th anniversary of the event that wreaked havoc along the state's coast.

 

Bank of America committed to adding more than 500 jobs over the next three years to its Delaware workforce, Governor Jack Markell announced today.

Join aircraft recovery expert Richard E. Gillespie as he presents his program "What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart?" on March 3 at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover. A former accident investigator and risk manager for the aviation insurance industry, Gillespie is the author of the book Finding Amelia - The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance.

DOVER (Feb. 15, 2012) - On Saturday, March 3, the First State Heritage Park's monthly First Saturdays in the First State programming gives special attention to women's history. This focus on women is highlighted at 1 p.m. in The Old State House with an historical theater event -"The War of the Roses - Delaware and the Battle for Women's Suffrage" - designed to recreate the spirit of the public rallies held in the 1920s during the battle for women's suffrage. The nineteenth amendment guaranteeing women the