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Delaware 327: Conservation Cover by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:31 AM: This standard is utilized for establishing vegetative cover to enhance wildlife habitat.

Delaware 315: Herbaceous Weed Treatment by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:31 AM: This standard allows for the removal or control of herbaceous weeds including invasive, noxious, and prohibited plants. This practice is applicable for areas that have excessive Phragmites australis growth allowing for removal and management of these areas to let native plants to reestablish.

Delaware 314: Brush Management by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:30 AM: This standard allows for the removal and management of woody plants including invasive and noxious plants. Using this standard will allow landowners with existing degraded wetlands or waterfowl impoundments to clean up the area and return it to early successional vegetation.

Delaware 657: Wetland Restoration by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:30 AM: This standard consists of returning a wetland and its functions to a close representation of its original condition prior to being disturbed. It applies for areas with hydric soils that have been converted to non-wetland by filling, draining, or other hydrology changes.

Delaware 587: Structure for Water Control by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:29 AM: This standard allows for the installation of a water control structure to provide the manipulation of water levels. The ability to control water levels in a shallow water waterfowl impoundment can allow for proper moist soil management techniques.

Delaware 378: Pond by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:29 AM: This standard allows for an area to impound water through excavation or an earthen embankment. For waterfowl, a pond standard consisting of shallow excavation and a berm of less than 3 FT is suggested.

Delaware 356: Dike by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:28 AM: This standard allows for the construction of an earthen berm to assist in controlling water levels for waterfowl management.

Delaware NRCS Wetland Restoration Practice #657 by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:28 AM

Graves Farm Wildlife Habitat Restoration Story by admin, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:23 AM: A short storymap that follows how one farm in Delaware was able to sustain active farmland and create new habitat for waterfowl like the American Black Duck and wildlife. Features interviews with farm managers and their experiences in the Working Lands for Wildlife program.

Looking to increase waterfowl, wildlife habitat? (Keeping the Farm) by admin, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:22 AM: Short article in The Delmarva Farmer about the Working Lands for Wildlife Program's work on American Black Duck in Delaware

Maryland Shallow Water Area Fact Sheet by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:21 AM: The state of Maryland NRCS fact sheet for shallow water areas, a common practice used in creating or restoring habitat for waterfowl use.

American Black Duck Fact Sheet for Eastern Shore Virginia Residents by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:21 AM: The current fact sheet and applicable practices for the Working Lands for Wildlife Black Duck Program in Virginia.

American Black Duck Fact Sheet for Delaware Residents by Chase Colmorgen, last updated: Jul 26, 2023 11:20 AM: The current fact sheet and applicable practices for the American Black Duck NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife Program in Delaware.

Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 25, 2023 11:25 AM: The Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) is one of 18 habitat Joint Venture partnerships in the United States. It is comprised of state and federal government agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, and industries that work together to prioritize and coordinate conservation activities while building upon scientific knowledge.

Partners by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2023 11:48 AM: (public) (Jess – can you contact each and ask what they want us to post here – or we can just link to their websites if that’s better? Might be nice to explain the role of each here though) Quail Forever NBCI The Center for Native Grassland Management, UT Tall Timbers Jones Center at Ichauway

Livestock as a Potential Biological Control Agent for an Invasive Wetland Plant by Jason Tesauro, last updated: Jul 24, 2023 11:30 AM

Effects of Habitat Alterations on Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii): A Comparison of Two Populations by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Jul 24, 2023 11:29 AM: This study compared Bog Turtle population demography and habitat use from 1994 to 2009 at two sites in Massachusetts, USA: one site was managed for nonnative invasive species and natural succession (Site 1), and the other site was flooded from American Beaver (Castor canadensis) activity resulting in an expansion of nonnative invasive plants (Site 2).

Grazing for Bog Turtle Habitat Management: Case Study of a New York Fen by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Jul 24, 2023 11:28 AM: This study presents results from a single wetland complex in New York, USA, which we managed primarily with cattle grazing over four and a half growing seasons. Management effectiveness was assessed by monitoring Bog Turtle nest placement, habitat use via radio tracking, and vegetation structure and composition change in permanent plots.

The Effects of Livestock Grazing on the Bog Turtle by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Jul 24, 2023 11:27 AM: The demise of small-scale dairy farming over the past three decades has led to the pastoral abandonment of the majority of bog turtle habitats in the Northeast. As a consequence, habitats are being degraded by the growth of invasive flora, changes in hydrology, and the loss of turtle microhabitats created by livestock.