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Written on: September 24th, 2025 in Education and Outreach, Natural Resources
By Kathryn Lienhard, Delaware Sea Grant Did you know that in 2022, more than 10% of the electricity generated in the U.S. came from wind energy? Humans have harnessed the power of the wind for thousands of years – most iconically, through traditional windmills – while modern wind turbines continue to advance in design and […]
Written on: September 24th, 2025 in Education and Outreach, Wetland Animals
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Anything new certainly can be intimidating. Sports, art mediums, cooking, recreational activities, you name it, they all have their own culture and lingo that some spend a lifetime mastering. Particularly in the natural resource world, certain topics or hobbies can sometimes come off as an exclusive […]
Written on: July 22nd, 2025 in Education and Outreach, Wetland Research
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Many millions of years before us Homo sapiens appeared, there lived a vast array of plants and animals in extensive environmental systems we no longer see today. With Earth having formed 4.6 billion years ago, there are certainly a lot of eras between the cloud of […]
Written on: May 21st, 2025 in Education and Outreach
By Maddie Fox, Delaware Center for the Inland Bays The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is a private nonprofit organization and one of 28 National Estuary Programs in the nation. Its creation was the culmination of 20 years of public participation and investigation into the declining water quality of the Inland Bays and the […]
Written on: May 21st, 2025 in Education and Outreach
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program We know. This one sounds a little crazy. And by no means are we saying to throw on some boots and go out into the waist-deep mud to get yourself an afternoon snack. But, to add to all the other ways wetlands are wonderous, we wanted […]
Written on: March 19th, 2025 in Education and Outreach
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Nature has been engrained into storytelling basically since the beginning of time. In most cultures throughout history, the natural world has been featured in stories and books in many ways – a place of mystery, a pathway of self-discovery, foundations of peace and rest, even a […]
Written on: March 19th, 2025 in Education and Outreach, Natural Resources
By Laura Scharle, Delmarva Trails and Waterways and Scharle Outdoor Recreation Picture this. It’s spring and the weather forecast for the weekend is looking like it’s going to be beautiful. You and your family are deciding how to spend your time outside enjoying the sunshine and mild temperatures. A bike ride, a trip to the […]
Written on: December 11th, 2024 in Education and Outreach, Natural Resources
By Jana Savini, Coastal Collaboration Coordinator, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and RASCL Coordinator The Delaware Resilient and Sustainable Communities League (RASCL) is a collaborative network of state agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions that are dedicated to enhancing the resilience and sustainability of Delaware communities. By addressing climate challenges and capacity limitations, RASCL brings partners […]
Written on: December 10th, 2024 in Education and Outreach, Wetland Animals
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Though pretending to be a National Geographic photographer is on our resumes, working in wetlands really does provide an exclusive opportunity to get up-close and personal with wildlife. Weather, soil, water, humans – many factors influence the presence of fauna in all wetland types. Each type […]
Written on: September 16th, 2024 in Education and Outreach, Wetland Research
By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program As our landscape continues to change due to development and urbanization, and the impacts from climate change are ever increasing, we must adapt our ways of managing natural resources. The last generation of environmentalists (we’re talking Clean Water Act days) did a great job with point […]
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