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Confessions of a Seasonal: Wetland Olympics 2021

Written on: September 8th, 2021 in Education and Outreach

By Katie Goulder, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Olympics Big and Small The 2020 summer Olympic games. We waited an extra year for them to arrive, ready to cheer on fan favorites like Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky in their popular sports of gymnastics and swimming, as well as watch newcomers such as Athing […]


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Senses in the Salt Marsh

Written on: September 8th, 2021 in Education and OutreachWetland Animals

By Kayla Clauson, DNREC’s Watershed Assessment and Management Section If you’re anything like me and always looking for an adventure, maybe you should check out a tidal salt marsh! I’ll admit – I am slightly biased towards salt marshes due to my professional background, but I’ve exposed many individuals to the wonders of a salt […]


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American Wetlands Month: 5 Reasons to Love Wetlands

Written on: May 17th, 2021 in Education and Outreach

By Olivia McDonald, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Happy American Wetlands Month! During the month of May we celebrate the incredible importance of wetlands to the environment and humans alike. Wetlands are ranked as one of Earth’s most productive ecosystems, supporting an incredible amount of biodiversity, and are considered a nature-based solution to climate […]


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Derelict Crab Pots in Delaware’s Recreational Blue Crab Fishery

Written on: December 9th, 2020 in Education and Outreach

By Kate Fleming, Delaware Sea Grant When crab pots* are lost or abandoned at sea, they remain in the water, free to continue to capture blue crabs as they are designed to do. They can also capture other animals like diamondback terrapin and summer flounder. Since derelict crab pots are not tended by anyone, the […]


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Dinophysis Acuminata: A Dinoflagellate You Should Know

Written on: September 17th, 2020 in Education and Outreach

By Amanda K. Pappas, Delaware State University What is a Dinoflagellate? Dinoflagellates are a group of microscopic, mostly unicellular aquatic protists that are members of the plankton community. They live in fresh and marine waters, spanning the tropics to the arctic. Fossil records of dinoflagellates exist that are hundreds of millions of years old, so […]


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Waterway Management in Delaware

Written on: May 15th, 2020 in Education and OutreachWetland Restoration

The Shoreline & Waterway Section (SWMS) manages 27 channels in all 3 counties of the State of Delaware. SWMS collaborates with WMAP to find creative and beneficial ways to use sediment dredged


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Delaware’s Climate Action Plan: The First State’s Future

Written on: May 13th, 2020 in Education and Outreach

Delaware is known for its ability to tackle complex problems by bringing its residents together to work out solutions. Among this year’s problems: planning how the state will respond to climate change.


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The Amazing Oyster

Written on: May 13th, 2020 in Education and OutreachLiving ShorelinesWetland Restoration

At first glance, an oyster appears to be little more than, well, a bit of goo inside a rock. But actually, the humble oyster is an environmental warrior with an impressive bag of tricks up its sleeve, and it serves as a keystone species upon which depends the health of a marine ecosystem and the surrounding marsh.


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Rising to Meet the Challenge; Delaware’s Communities Start a Path Forward to Improving Resiliency

Written on: March 13th, 2020 in Education and OutreachWetland Restoration

By Kelly Valencik, DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs Communities Seeing Shifts in Mother Nature Many communities throughout our state have already seen changes as a result of climate change- from shifting rainfall and storm patterns, to increased drought, to flooding from sea level rise. These consequences of the warming earth and ocean temperatures as a result […]


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Piedmont vs. Coastal Plain Wetlands: A Tale of Two Regions

Written on: September 16th, 2019 in Education and Outreach

If you spend a lot of time traveling around Delaware, you’ll notice that northern Delaware is very different from the rest of the state. That’s because Delaware is made up of two distinct geologic regions. The northernmost part of Delaware is within the Piedmont region, while the rest of Delaware lies within the Coastal Plain region.


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