From DNREC:
Hello! Even though it is only the end of January, we are planning the 22nd Annual Beach Grass Planting. We are currently surveying the beaches for planting needs and making arrangements to have the beach grass ordered and delivered for the big day.
Each March since 1990, many dedicated volunteers have helped to build and protect Delaware’s sand dunes by planting Cape American beach grass on Delaware’s ocean and Delaware Bay beaches. Their efforts have been very successful in helping to re-establish the vegetation along our coastline. Past storms have left our dunes in much need of grass. Our plan is to plant beach grass in those areas where the dunes were damaged or destroyed and then rebuilt so that they may start to stabilize and build again.
The 2011 Beach Grass Planting will be from 9 AM to 12 noon on Saturday, March 26, 2011. If you and your family and friends are able to volunteer, please register online at:
http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/d…oil/beachgrass/signup.htm
or e-mail Marcia Cagle at Marcia.Cagle@state.de.us.
Please note, that not all beach conditions will be favorable to planting, so even though a beach is listed in our choices for assignment, we may not end up planting that particular beach. Therefore, we would greatly appreciate if you made 3 choices.
Thank you for volunteering!
Jennifer Luoma Wheatley
DNREC, Division of Watershed Stewardship
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-9921