The Delaware Forest Service has launched a new online portal for reserving campsites and other venues on state forestland. Applicants can make reservations for primitive tent camping, rent the Lodge at Redden State Forest and reserve the pavilions. Additional campsites at Blackbird State Forest and Redden State Forest are also now open to the public.

The Delaware Department of Agriculture reminds any farmers who have yet to enroll their property as a farmland preservation district that October 31, 2023, is the deadline to be eligible for 2024 preservation funding.

The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation will meet for its annual business meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

During its October meeting, the Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation welcomed two new members.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reminds those who plan to drive-on surf fish at one of the seven Delaware State Parks multi-use beaches that reservations are required during summer weekends and holidays. Drive-on surf fishing reservations for Thursday, July 4, open Thursday, June 27, at 11 a.m. Drive-on reservations for each weekend open weekly beginning Tuesdays for the upcoming Saturday and Wednesdays for the upcoming Sunday, and are available until sold out for that weekend.

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced the 28th round of easement selections by the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation, preserving 40 farms and 2,262 acres of farmland. With this announcement, the Carney administration has preserved 403 farms, the highest number in the program’s history.

Governor John Carney and Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse, along with members of the General Assembly, the Aglands Preservation Board of Trustees, and other agricultural advocates, joined together at Shadybrook Farms, home of the Cartanza family, to unveil a new farm sign celebrating Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program.

Canada's Atlantic Ocean-bordering provinces are making the most of their coastal resources, using decades of knowhow to balance economic growth with sustainability.

To help preserve mangrove forests researchers have to take on demanding field work.

medlinkZebrafish/medlink exhibits a crucial role in the fields of solid organ preservation and transplantation, especially with respect to experimental transplantation efforts.

Enhancements in organ preservation may alleviate the scarcity of hearts for transplantation, as over 5,000 hearts are transplanted annually worldwide,

In Kasauli, Dochi Pizzeria & Coffee House is garnering popularity, with its owner claiming an average footfall of nearly 150 people every day

Uddhav Thackeray moots new housing policy, vows to scrap cluster development of Koliwadas till the consent of the fishing community is obtained; says joint MVA manifesto to be released by the weekend

PM Modi makes open challenge at the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to make Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi to praise Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Hindutva scion Bal Thackeray.  

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Congress advocates nationwide caste survey and lifting 50% reservation cap, starting in Telangana, to promote social justice and equality

Share of women parliamentarians has never exceeded 15% in the past general elections

In this episode of Talking Politics, we discuss the implications of the OBC backlash over the Maratha reservation stir and its impact on the domestic politics of the state.

Mr. Bommai was recently honoured by SC community leaders in Bengaluru for recommending internal reservation for SC communities back in 2023

Over 2,700 senior scientists, including HoDs, ADGs, DDGs, are hired through interviews only, sans reservations; those recruited through examinations seek ban on lateral entry, as it creates a “toxic” work culture, blocks advancement

There is no battle between the Marathas and the OBCs on the issue of reservation to Marathas, as of now

RTI query has revealed that of the 18,940 sanctioned posts in 46 central universities, 27% teaching posts are vacant; 38% seats for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are not filled

A memorandum will be submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during his visit to H.D. Kote on Tuesday

The dire state of film preservation in India led Dungarpur to set up the Film Heritage Foundation in 2014, for the conservation, preservation and restoration of films

Maha Polls: Union Home Minister Shah said that a recent memorandum submitted by the Ulema Association to the Congress sought a 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the Muslim community but the BJP is against religion-based reservation.

It is the Congress that has diluted reservations for OBCs by giving a quota to Muslims, says Assam CM

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring that measures health metrics and is powered by AI is open for pre-reservation

Students’ association points to RTI data, says only 2 seats filled by SC and 4 by OBC candidates against sanctioned strength of 18 and 34 respectively

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has strong reservations over the formation of a national minorities’ commission through a cabinet decision based on a summary moved by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.In a statement, it has said that the proposed composition...

At the go-getting estate agency’s AGM this week, all minds will be focused on getting out of a tricky situation

When a Foxtons employee looks in the mirror, the estate agent can discern a reflection that others cannot.

To them, the figure smiling back is a dashingly attired young tycoon – confident that their sharp wits are about to land them another tasty commission. But many of those attempting to buy a home in London might interpret that same image as – how shall we put this? – slightly less heroic.

There has been a needless focus on the Right to Education Act's provision of aspirational seats in private schools. Only a small fraction of public schools students can benefit from this, writes E S Ramamurthy.

Caste is still the overriding indicator of social and economic status; until that is no longer true, affirmative action should remain. The India Together editorial.

A number of researchers in economics have started to look closely at political reservations. In one recent instance, Professor Rohini Pande of Yale University has found that reservations in state legislatures do increase influence in policy-making for scheduled castes and tribes. Tarun Jain reports.

Are quotas the way to redress inequities? A majority of the members of the National Knowledge Commission did not agree, but the UPA government is pressing ahead with its focus on quotas. Two of the NKC's members, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Andre Beteille, have resigned from the commission.

Measures to protect biodiversity can also improve carbon storage and water flow regulation, research indicates. In a Spanish protected area, researchers mapped biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation, and found there was substantial overlap between the three.

Brighton and Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber insists it is not just clubs fighting for Premier League survival who oppose the completion of the season at neutral venues.

Naturally, the man responsible for the geodesic dome also lived in one. Now, Bucky's landmark 1960 structure will be restored and opened as a museum.

Nissan North America offers details about how customers can place reservations for a 2011 Nissan Leaf, with prices starting at $25,280.

As Make It Right inches toward the finish line in New Orleans, the housing nonprofit unveils 5 designs that address overcrowding at Fort Peck Reservation.

A push to save and restore buildings is spurring tourism in Palm Springs, the quintessential California desert city.

True Sioux Hope Foundation to Facilitate Unprecedented, Permanent, Positive Change for the Sioux Tribe in South Dakota by Providing Much-Needed Funding for Education and Infrastructure

Call for presenters and sessions is now open for the 14th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference which will take place at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Hotel emphasizing the theme "Preservation NEXT."

Featured speakers for the 14th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference will include internationally-renown historic preservation experts Mark Hall-Patton from "Pawn Stars" and Tom Capp from Gorman & Company, Inc.

In the next few weeks Congressman Rob Bishop will attempt to push through the U.S. House of Representatives the first Indian land grab in over 100 years.

The Min No Aya Win clinic on the Fond Du Lac reservation has seen a small amount of patients on a daily basis as they prepare for a wave of COVID-19 cases to hit their area. Dr. Vainio MD, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe tribe has worked at the clinic for decades and has never seen anything like this pandemic. The week of May 4th, he worked the respiratory cases at the clinic. Only one doctor a week takes all the respiratory cases to minimize the amount of people potentially exposed to the virus.