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In This Issue
- Incase You Missed It
- Member Updates
- Upcoming Meetings
- Trainings, Workshops, & Conferences
- Recommended Reads
- Funding Opportunities
- Jobs & Internships
- About the DRCN
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Incase you missed it....
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Highlights from the April Steering Committee Meeting - Read
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Highlights from the April Town and Urban Operating Committee Meeting - Read
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Check out the new DRCN forum on the website for members to engage in discussion by topic! - Explore Here
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NEAFWA Conference
This month, Coordinator Sophia Seufert and Steering Committee member Genevieve LaRouche represented the DRCN at the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Annual Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference in Hershey, PA. The DRCN presentation was featured as part of a session focused on "Regional Landscape Partnerships that Benefit Wildlife."
Take a look at the presentation here!
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From the DRCN Forum....
Owen Bailey (Town & Urban Committee Chair): "The MD Department of Transportation is requesting input for its statewide long-range transportation plan. This will have huge implications for restoration and conservation work if the state could switch to focusing on more transit transportation instead of car-dependent infrastructure..."
Visit the forum to Learn More
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Update from an Adjacent Network
Check out this month's updates from the Deale Island Peninsula Partnership (DIPP): a collaborative partnership that aims to increase community and marsh resilience of the Deal Island Peninsula in the face of sea level rise. Visit the link below to learn more about what they've been up to.
Read Here!
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Trainings, Workshops and Conferences | | |
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Bay Day
Figuring out what to do this weekend?!
This Sunday from 10-2, join the Maryland Coastal Bays Program at White Horse Park in Ocean Pines for the 4th annual Bay Day environmental festival. The event is free, has something for all ages, and will be sure to fill your minds with fantastic environmental tips, ideas, and activities to conduct in your backyard and community.
Learn More
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ShoreRivers Annual State of the Rivers Series
ShoreRivers is pleased to announce the return of its highly anticipated State of the Rivers events—a series of free presentations held each spring to inform the public about the current state of our Eastern Shore waterways and what we can all do to protect and restore them. Upcoming presentations: locations include: Galena (May 9), Cambridge (May 10).
Galena Event
Cambridge Event
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Conquest Preserve Bird Walk
Join Daniel Small from Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society (CES) for a birding tour of Conquest Preserve, where the CES’s Natural Lands Project (NLP) has implemented grassland restoration for declining bird species, like quail. Learn what it takes to support a covey, conservation needs for the Bobwhite, and grassland specifics that ensure their best success!
Learn More
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Design Your Landscape With Native Plants with Chris Pax
Join Lower Shore Land Trust and Maryland Coastal Bays on June 7th at 5:30pm and learn from Chris Pax, a master landscape designer with Annapolis Native Landscape. She will cover easy tips for making your landscape more beneficial to wildlife by using native plants and design techniques.
Learn More
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Toast the Nanticoke
Join Nanticoke Watershed Alliance for our annual fundraiser at Layton’s Chance Winery in Vienna, MD. We get together to celebrate the Nanticoke River, our partners, and our community to share the work we’ve all done to protect one of the last wild rivers in the country.
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Delmarva Alliance of Adaptation Practitioners Annual Meeting
Join the Delmarva Alliance of Adaptation Practitioners (DAAP) at Salisbury University for their Annual Forum on June 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The forum will allow space to share information about adaptation efforts in Delmarva and explore the intersections between climate adaptation and public health. Currently accepting requests for speakers!
Learn More
Register
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Conservation Classic:
A sporting clays event
Join us at the Point at Pintail for Eastern Shore Land Conservancy’s First Clay Shoot Classic! A fun morning of shooting will be followed by a delicious pit beef lunch. Enjoy a day outdoors on our beautiful Eastern Shore!
Learn More
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2023 Living Shorelines Tech Transfer Workshop
Join RAE and Galveston Bay Foundation, from October 24-25 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center. This is the nation’s premier gathering focused on the science and policy of living shorelines and nature-based solutions. The Workshop will present a unique opportunity to network with, learn from, and promote your work to more than 200+ attendees from across the country.
Learn More
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EPA awards $1.8 million to help restore Delaware Inland Bays under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Delaware Inland Bays Program will receive $1.8 million in restoration funds as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to estuaries of national significance, the EPA announced.
Read Here
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EPA awards $1.8 million to help restore Maryland Coastal Bays under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Maryland Coastal Bays will receive $1.8 million in restoration funds as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to estuaries of national significance, the EPA announced.
Read Here
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Ocean City & Go Green OC Announce Partnership
Ocean City, Maryland is proud to announce its partnership with Go Green OC, a local non-profit organization.This partnership will include the largest compost operation ever seen on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Read Here
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A federal agency recounts two big wins in Chesapeake wildlife conservation
When it comes to the protection and conservation of wildlife, there is no better feeling than seeing an endangered species recovered or a disruptive invasive eradicated.
Read Here
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Eligible REPI Challenge projects include projects that will help make key mission capabilities of strategic importance to DOD more resilient to climate change and severe weather events. In addition to these climate resilience projects, funding is available for projects that promote land conservation or management activities limiting incompatible development or relieving current or anticipated environmental restrictions. To learn more about this year's REPI Challenge process.
Pre-Proposal Deadline: June 12th
Register for May 10th Webinar
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Cooperatively administered by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The MultiState Conservation Grant Program funds projects that address regional or national-level priorities of state fish and wildlife agencies. Each year, up to $6,000,000 in funding is available.
Deadline: June 15, 2023
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Through this funding opportunity, the Trust seeks to engage new applicants and organizations from diverse communities in small-scale projects that enhance communities, engage residents, and, ultimately, improve natural resources. The Trust seeks to engage groups that have traditionally been under-engaged with environmental issues and new applicants from a diverse array of communities. Only applicants who have received three grants or fewer from the Trust in the past are eligible.
Rolling Acceptance
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Chesapeake Bay Trust Nontidal Wetlands
Awards Program
The Maryland Department of the Environment and the Trust seek proposals for nontidal wetland projects in Maryland. This program seeks to implement cost-effective wetland projects to provide valuable wetland functions, including habitat for a wide range of species and improved water quality, flood attenuation, recharge of groundwater, and aesthetics in the State’s local watersheds and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay, Youghiogheny River, and Atlantic Coastal Bays.
Deadline: September 14, 2023
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Internships & Early Career Positions
Communications Internship - May 12, 2023 - National Park Trust (Washington, DC)
Chesapeake WILD Coordination and Partnership Intern (Summer 2023) - no deadline provided - Chesapeake Conservancy (Annapolis, MD)
Jobs
Conservation Technician III - Wildlife - May 10, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Fish and Wildlife (Dover, DE)
Conservation Technician III - Mosquito Control - May 10, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Fish and Wildlife (Dover, DE)
Forest Projects Coordinator - May 14, 2023 - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Annapolis, MD)
Program Open Space Stateside – Regional Administrator - May 15, 2023 - MD DNR Land Acquisition and Planning (Annapolis, MD)
Engineer I - Environmental - July 17, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Water (Dover, DE)
Engineer IV - Environmental - September 6, 2023 - DNREC/Div. of Water (Dover, DE)
Environmental Control Technician II-Wetland Field Technician - no deadline provided - DNREC/Division of Watershed Stewardship-Wetland (Dover, DE)
Engineer I - Stormwater - September 11, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Watershed Stewardship (Dover, DE)
Engineer I-IV - Floodplain Management - September 12, 2023 - Floodplain Management - DNREC/Div. of Watershed Stewardship
Hydrologist II - III - Wetland and Waterway - September 16, 2023 - DNREC/Division of Water (location negotiable)
Small Mammal Biological Aide - no deadline provided - Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (Smyrna, DE)
Marketing & Design Specialist - no deadline provided - Green Fin Studio (Richmond, VA)
Conservation Land Acquisition Specialist (Kent Conservation District) - no deadline provided - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) (Dover, DE)
Director of the Conservation Innovation Center - no deadline provided - Chesapeake Conservancy (Annapolis, MD)
Executive Assistant/Office Manager - no deadline provided - Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (Annapolis, MD)
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About the Delmarva Restoration and Conservation Network (DRCN) | |
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The Delmarva Restoration and Conservation Network (DRCN), formed in 2017, is a collaborative of local, state, and Federal government agencies and NGOs working with private and public landowners and local governments to identify the most important places to protect and restore, and to obtain support and funding for voluntary restoration and conservation.
The DRCN Mission is to restore and conserve Delmarva’s landscapes, waterways, and shorelines that are special to its people, fundamental to its economy, and vital for its native fish, wildlife, and plants.
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