Weds. June 13 and Thurs. June 14, 2018

St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover, Del.

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 4, 2018

Calling all potential training participants - Register now so we can hit our minimum class size of 25 by June 4 so the NOAA Trainers can travel to Delaware to teach this important course!

$50 Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments.

This two day instructor-led course from the NOAA Office of Coastal Management is designed to increase participants’ ability to plan and facilitate a meeting (or a series of meetings) that minimize conflict and enhance problem solving.

Collaboration is often cited as a good way to address coastal resource management issues, but the collaborative process is complicated, requiring a systematic approach. This course provides the skills and tools to design and implement collaborative approaches. The skills will be useful even when attending, but not running, a collaborative meeting. 

Tues. July 10 - Weds. July 11, 2018

St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover, Del.

Held in partnership with Delaware Sea Grant.

$20 Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments.

Communities increasingly realize the need for adaptation strategies, but many are unsure where to begin. This interactive course provides individuals with a thorough grounding and practical skills for incorporating adaptation strategies into planning processes. AICP and CFM credits will be available for participating American Planning Association professionals.

Participants will learn how to:

Tuesday, July 24 - Weds. July 25, 2018

St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover, Del.

$50 Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments.

In this two-day interactive instructor-led course from the NOAA Office of Coastal Management you will learn how to conduct a project assessment, use a logic model to plan a new project or reassess a current one, and prepare for a meaningful evaluation. Attend this course to learn project planning practices that help you build on accountability and strategic thinking, reveal assumptions, and create a targeted effort with measurable results.Great for those planning and implementing grant projects!

Note: this course is a prerequisite for the Planning for Meaningful Evaluation training below

Weds. September 26 - Thurs. Sept. 27, 2018

St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover, Del.

$50 Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments.

Do you ever ask yourself, “Is my program designed to reach its goals?” or “How do I measure the performance of my existing program?” We would like to help you answer those questions.

This training addresses in detail the increasing demand for evidence of program accountability and impact by preparing participants for a meaningful evaluation. Participants will actively engage in creating a comprehensive evaluation plan. The purpose of the training is to provide an in depth understanding of the elements of evaluation, so that participants are able to make informed choices to create fundamentally sound evaluation plans for existing or longstanding programs.

Logic modeling is a concept at the heart of the effective program design and meaningful evaluation techniques taught in course. Participants in the workshop will be expected to understand logic modeling and are encouraged to bring a working or draft logic model built for your program with you to use during the workshop.

Improving the management and wise use of land and water resources while promoting compatible economic development of the coastal zone is a key goal of the Delaware Coastal Programs (DCP) of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The Resilient Community Partnership program provides technical assistance and potential funding to plan for and reduce the impacts of coastal hazards related to flooding from sea level rise, coastal storms and climate change through the development of planning strategies at the local level.  

The DCP is soliciting Letters of Interest (maximum of 8 pages, not including letters of support) from state, county, and municipal government entities within the State of Delaware to enter into a Resilient Community Partnership for projects that will support local resilience planning and adaptation activities in Delaware. 

Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to:

1. Assessments of vulnerability to flooding due to sea level rise, coastal storms, and nuisance flooding (sunny day flooding),

2. Assessments of local land use ordinances, zoning codes and building codes for the purpose of identifying barriers and opportunities, and recommending improvements,

3. Adaptation plans that outline short and long-term actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability and increase preparedness, including updating comprehensive land-use plans. Such plans can be drafted for a specific community, town, or region or for a specific type of resource or infrastructure,

4. Design of on-the-ground adaptation projects,

5. Improving communication of risk and adaptation options to affected populations from flooding due to sea level rise, coastal storms, and nuisance flooding.

Please distribute this announcement to interested parties

From the University of Delaware Water Resources Center Institute for Public Administration

As the lowest lying state in the U.S. at a mean elevation of 60 ft. above sea level along a hundred-mile Atlantic coast line, Delaware’s wetlands occupy approximately a quarter of the First State’s land area and supply important ecosystem services functions in the flood control, water quality, fisheries, and recreation sectors of the economy. Little is known about the socioeconomic value of this important coastal habitat. What is the economic value of wetlands in Delaware? What is the value of these natural resources in terms of ecosystem goods and services? How many jobs are supported by wetlands?The University of Delaware Water Resources Center sought to quantify the economic value of wetlands in Delaware utilizing the principles of ecological economics and willingness to pay models

Wetlands, marshes, and bogs in Delaware provide significant economic value ranging from $1 billion to $3 billion annually and support 25,000 jobs with $568 million in wages in the state and surrounding region. This report examines the economic value of wetlands in Delaware in three ways: