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Well, Is It a Tidal Wetland or a Freshwater Wetland? Explaining the Tidal Freshwater Wetland Class

Written on: September 24th, 2025 in Natural ResourcesWetland Research

By Alison Rogerson, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Introducing Tidal Freshwater Most people are familiar with tidal wetlands that line the Delaware Bay coast and the Inland Bays. Likewise, most of us can recognize a freshwater wetland along a stream or in a forest. But what about tidal freshwater wetlands? That’s not a typo. […]


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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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A Cross-Country Road Trip: Wetlands of the Northeast

Written on: July 22nd, 2025 in Natural Resources

By Alison Stouffer, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program Congratulations folks! You have made it to the fifth, and final, installment of the cross-country wetland road trip. I would be lying if I said this wasn’t a bittersweet moment. I am excited to explore what the Northeast United States has to offer, but sad to […]


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Riparian Buffers: A Natural Solution for Resilience and Cooling

Written on: July 22nd, 2025 in Natural ResourcesWetland Restoration

By Kristen Travers, Delaware Nature Society We’re all uncomfortably aware of how hot this summer has been. On a recent 90+ degree afternoon, while walking with a group of people, the first request was simple: “Let’s head to the stream in the shade.” As we stepped under the tree canopy along the streambank, the temperature […]


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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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A Cross-Country Road Trip: Wetlands of the Southeast

Written on: May 21st, 2025 in Natural Resources

By Alison Stouffer, DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program It’s been a few months since our last cross country road trip. With winter in the rear-view mirror, I am excited to come out of hibernation and explore the wetlands of the Southeast United States! Need a refresher on where we have been thus far? Be […]


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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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