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Written on: March 14th, 2016 in Education and Outreach
By Brittany Haywood, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program
Winter storms and nor-easters brought excess rainfall, rough seas, and unseasonably high tides to Delaware this winter, highlighting the value of nature’s first line of defense against coastal storms; wetlands. Up and down Delaware’s coast, roadways were made impassable due to rising seas, buildings were battered by winds and water, and dunes and boardwalks were washed away by angry waves.
But don’t’ fret, there is hope in minimizing the effects of storms on your property: Protect, Preserve and Restore Wetlands! Wetlands have the innate ability to store flood waters, buffer storm surges, and prevent erosion. Did you know that peak floods can be reduced up to 60% in watersheds that contain 15% wetlands(NOAA Digital Coast)?
There are multiple things you can do to protect and preserve wetlands: