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This is the text-only version of the Resident, Environment page from the Delaware.gov portal.
Last Updated: 6-12-2007


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Learn About the Environment

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- Biodiversity
- Coastal storms
- Coastal zones, beaches, and wetlands
- DNREC Contacts
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- Education programs
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
- Environmental response statistics
- Geographic information systems
- Geophysics
- Interactive mapping with the Environmental Navigator
- Maps, photographs, charts, and data
- Protect and conserve Delaware's natural environment
- Natural resource and environment information
- Sign up for environmental e-mail notices


Land Use / Planning

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- Land use rules
- Shaping Delaware's Future
- Blue Ball Properties Project
- Livable Delaware


Air Resources

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- Pollen count
- Air quality
- Ozone pollution
- PM 2.5 monitoring network
- Air regulations and standards
- Air monitoring data
- Forms and applications for air and waste programs
- EPA - Mid-Atlantic Air Protection


Water Resources

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- Water resources
- Water quality and quantity
- Hydrology and water resources
- Soil and water conservation
- Sediment and storm water regulations
- Streams
- Precipitation
- Whole basin management
- Groundwater financial assistance programs
- Beach Water Quality Monitoring
- U.S.Geological Survey District Office
- EPA - Mid-Atlantic Water Protection


Fish & Wildlife

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- Fish and wildlife conservation
- Animals, birds, and fish


Forests & Forestry

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- State forests
- Urban and community forestry
- Forest health
- Forest fires


Violation Information

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- Report an environmental emergency or violation
- Sign up for environmental e-mail notices


Waste Management

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- Curbside Recycling Service
- What and Where to Recycle
- Composting
- Homeowner's guide to open burning
- Infectious waste
- Request air and waste management public records through FOIA
- Solid and hazardous waste management
- Online Asbestos Notification System
- Accidental release prevention
- Hazardous waste regulations


Environmental Programs

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- Delaware's Debris Pit programs
- Site cleanup (Brownfield Program)
- Beverage Container Refund


Environmental Control & Regulations

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- Mosquito control spraying policy
- Beach use and protection
- Coastal zone information
- Parks
- Pollution prevention
- Underground storage tanks
- Above ground storage tanks
- Environmental Enforcement activity statistics
- Administrative and civil environmental enforcement actions
- Local emergency planning
- Site investigation and restoration
- Groundwater license requirements


Geology

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- Geology information for teachers
- Mineral and energy resources
- Fossils and paleontology
- Geological web sites
- Delaware Geological Survey
- Geologic projects


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- Volunteer for beachgrass planting
- Voluntary cleanup program



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