Shoreline Public Access 

Starting in the summer of 2026, Delaware communities along Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay shorelines will need approved shoreline public access plans before beginning beach nourishment, maintenance or improvement projects using public funds. To help them meet that requirement, DNREC’s Shoreline and Waterway Management Section (SWMS) has developed guidelines for developing shoreline public access plans. 

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Economic Analysis for Shoreline Management

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has released a study that investigates the economic benefits of beach nourishment and begins to explore a more equitable policy to share the cost of these projects with the people who benefit from them. [button type=”primary” block=”true” link=”https://documents.dnrec.delaware.gov/Watershed/Shorelines/economic-analysis/Full-Report.pdf”

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Federal Consistency Certification: Indian River Inlet Dredging and Beneficial Use Project (2024.0054)

An update to DNREC Notice No. CCE20240324 (9/11/24) regarding a dredging and beneficial use project at Indian River Inlet.

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Federal Consistency Certification: Indian River Inlet Dredging and Beneficial Use Project (2024.0054)

The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship proposes to use a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to dredge material from three potential borrow sites and use it to restore parts of the North Beach berm and dune system near the Indian River Inlet.

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Federal Consistency Certification: Lewes Beach Nourishment

The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship proposes to conduct beach nourishment at Lewes Beach as an extension of a federal project that would use a hydraulic dredge to pump sand onto the beach from an offshore ebb shoal.

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