b'OPPORTUNITY LIVES HEREWETLANDS National Wetlands Inventory, 2017The District includes many wetlands. State and federal law regulatewithin the Districtdevelopment in wetlands. Certain types of development activities may be prohibited or may require special permits and be subject to project conditions.Delaware has state-regulated designations for its wetlands. Tidal and non-tidal wetlands include 400 or more contiguous acres are considered state-regulated wetlands. Many types of activities in state-regulated wetlands, including construction and earth moving, require a permit from DNREC. Although there are state-regulated wetlands in the District, this information is not currently publicly available as GIS data. Instead, the location and extent of state-regulated wetlands can be determined via DNRECs State Regulated Wetlands Map Index. 9Development activity in wetlands may also require a permit from the U.S.I-495Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).It should be noted that the BrandywineI-95Creek, Christina River, and Delaware River are tidal, and the Christina River and Delaware River are navigable. Therefore, wetlands adjacent to these waterways would fall under the USACEs jurisdiction. RT 13The US Fish and Wildlife Services National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) delineates wetlands for informational as opposed to regulatory purposes.I-295About 14% of the area of all parcels in the District is composed of NWI wetlands. NWI wetlands in the District are shown in the National Wetlands Inventory Map on the right. This layer is based on imagery from 2017.LegendDelaware State 2nd Senate District BoundaryBecause parcels that contain wetlands present more regulatory hurdles forNational Wetland Inventory (2017)development, it can be difficult to assemble or develop land in an area withEstuarine and Marine Wetlandmany wetlands. However, wetlands can also collect floodwater, so theirFreshwater Emergent Wetlandpreservation is beneficial to surrounding higher ground. Freshwater Forested/Shrub WetlandFreshwater PondOther9Delaware Regulated Tidal Wetlands Index, https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/water/wetlands-subaqueous/state-regulated-wetlands/Delaware Three Rivers Area Economic Development Master Plan 57'