State Forestry Motto:

To conserve, protect, and enhance the forest and its resources for the public through education, management, demonstration, promotion, and providing technical services in a timely and efficient manner.

Message from Stewardship Program

Stewardship is more than reforestation, timber harvesting or improving a forest. It is an investment in the future. Forest stewardship introduces landowners to innovative land management options.

State Forestland Statistics:

• Total Forest Land = 382,000 acres or 30% of total land area
• Privately owned = 276,000 acres of 82% of the forested land area
• Number of NIPF Landowners = 17,300
• Total State Forest = 15,000 acres
• Other State Ownership = 30,000 acres
• U. S. Government Lands = 1,887 acres
• Industry = 20,000 acres
• Conservation Organizations= 16,000 acres
• Other (county, city, NGO) = 24,513 acres
• Total Other Forest = 15,000

Stewardship in Delaware:

• Number of Stewardship Landowners = 1,625
• Number of stewardship Plans = 1,717
• Total Stewardship Acres = 36,430 acres

Stewardship Contacts:

James Olson

Senior Forester

Stewardship Coordinator

Delaware Forest Service

2320 S. DuPont Highway

Dover, DE 19901

Tel: 302/698-4549

Links:

• Delaware Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• Cooperative Extension
• EPA: Global Warming Impacts on Delaware
• The Nature Conservancy, Delaware Chapter
• Delaware Nature Society
• Sierra Club
• Delaware Camping

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