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Pennsylvania
2020 Student Art Contests – Wilmington Deadline Extended to Feb. 28
About the Student Art Contests:
Each year, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) unites with colleague organizations to host student art contests in Philadelphia and Wilmington. Through our Schuylkill Action Network, we also host an annual contest for schools located within the Schuylkill River Watershed — Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Schuylkill counties.
The Target Circle Votes are In!
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.
Article: Can tens of thousands of mussels help save the polluted Anacostia River? – Washington Post
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
Article: Putting Mussels to the Test
Penn Today Article: Putting Mussels to the Test
Experience the Estuary Celebration
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 shares 10-year plan and mussel hatchery info at Philadelphia event
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.
Mussels for Clean Water Initiative gets $7.9 million financial investment
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.
2019 Student Art Contests
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.
News: PDE in the spotlight for mussel hatchery program
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.
Schuylkill Scrub
The Schuylkill Scrub is a watershed-wide cleanup initiative that takes place every March 1 through May 31.
The Schuylkill Scrub is now part of the Great American Cleanup of PA. Together, we are working to clean up and beautify the entire state of Pennsylvania.
Experience the Estuary Celebration
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.