The Results Are In!
Thank you so much for voting for us in the Target Circle Giving Program.
We received $543.45 to help us further our mission to lead science-based and collaborative efforts to improve the tidal Delaware River and Bay, with help from your generous votes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/can-tens-of-thousands-of-mussels-help-save-the-polluted-anacostia-river/2019/10/23/1b9a9b1e-f023-11e9-b648-76bcf86eb67e_story.html
PDE wins Best Restored Shore from the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Mispillion Living Shoreline, Milford, Delaware
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) is one of four agencies to receive top national honors for exemplary work in coastal restoration.
Penn Today Article: Putting Mussels to the Test
Save the Date!
Thursday, October 10, 2019
5:00 to 8:30 pm
Vie by Cescaphe
Philadelphia, PA
Join us at the 2019 Experience the Estuary Celebration! This annual celebration typically attracts 400 of our closest friends and supporters from across the region.
PDE shows off its mussels
Thank you to all who attended!
Thank you to all who attended a Feb. 19 event held at Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia. PDE Executive Director Jennifer Adkins and members of PDE’s steering committee shared information about the 10-year plan for the Delaware Estuary region.
PDE, PENNVEST sign financial agreement to build a large freshwater mussel hatchery in Philadelphia
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) has taken a significant step in the promotion of clean water. Before the close of 2018, PDE signed $7.9 million funding agreement with the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority(PENNVEST) for the development and construction of a large-scale freshwater mussel hatchery and restoration center.
Student Art, Clean Water
Each year, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) unites with colleague organizations to host student art contests in Philadelphia and Wilmington. There’s also an annual contest for schools located within the Schuylkill River Watershed — Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Schuylkill counties.
Strengthening Mussels for Cleaner Rivers
PDE program in the spotlight: Article features freshwater mussels.
Article by Madeline Bodin features PDE’s freshwater mussel hatchery program in The Revelator, a publication from the Center for Biological Diversity.
Teachers, get ready for an experience.
This month, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary will offer workshops around Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey that will get you out into nature so you can bring nature into the classroom. You can earn professional development credits, and have fun doing it.
Join us for the Experience the Estuary Celebration on September 27, from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m., in Claymont, Delaware. Guests will dine on fresh Delaware Bay oysters with fellow enthusiasts of the Delaware River and Bay. This fundraiser will take place at The Waterfall, conveniently located off I-95 and I-495.