Sign-up for New Federal Conservation Program Underway

DOVER, Del., Aug. 14, 2009 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now holding a continuous sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).  The first sign-up cutoff period is scheduled for Sept. 30.  CSP is a voluntary program that encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations.

Wildlife in Delaware Now Have A New Place to Call Home

DOVER, Del., April 23, 2009 – We all know there’s no place like home.  Now, Great Blue Herons and Egrets in Delaware have a new, exclusive nesting place on Middle Island to call home.  With funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) recently completed construction of four unique nesting structures to help increase heron and egret wildlife habitat in Delaware.