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Say Hello to My Little Ciénega

Written on: March 20th, 2026 in Education and OutreachWetland Research

By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Deserts and water; the two don’t go together. Low precipitation, high evaporation rates, sandy soil, rain shadow effect – there are many factors that affect the lack of water in a desert environment. But across the American Southwest and into Northern Mexico lies a habitat that […]


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Yesterday’s “Trash” is Today’s Treasure: Burton Island’s Salt Marshes

Written on: March 20th, 2026 in Education and OutreachNatural Resources

By Tyler Dreiblatt, DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation We humans often have a hard time understanding the value of our natural resources. Unless something is pretty or has an obvious use, we tend to ignore it. Take the salt marshes surrounding Burton Island. Once dismissed as a dirty breeding ground for mosquitos, they are […]


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The Wetlands of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Written on: December 22nd, 2025 in Education and OutreachNatural Resources

By Olivia Allread, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Sanctuary. All seek it, some search, and a lucky few can find it. As we know, these “sacred” spaces can come in many different forms and represent an untouched meaningfulness which is irreplaceable. One of a kind so to speak. At the far end of the […]


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A Look at Offshore Wind Energy with Delaware Sea Grant

Written on: September 24th, 2025 in Education and OutreachNatural 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 […]


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Learning to Fly: A Simple Guide to Birding in Wetlands

Written on: September 24th, 2025 in Education and OutreachWetland 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 […]


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The Land Before Time: Prehistoric Wetland Creatures

Written on: July 22nd, 2025 in Education and OutreachWetland 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 […]


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Learn From The Bays: Education and Outreach at the James Farm Ecological Preserve

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 […]


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Chomp! Chomp! Edible Wetland Plants of Delaware

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 […]


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Knee Deep in Wetland Reads

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 […]


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Setting the Scene: Boardwalks and Wetlands in Delaware

Written on: March 19th, 2025 in Education and OutreachNatural 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 […]


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