Delaware

Glatfelter Forest, DE

In 2004, with support from Governor Minner’s Livable Delaware Initiative, The Conservation Fund joined with the state of Delaware, Forestland Group, and USDA Forest Service to secure 2,000 acres of the most environmentally sensitive areas within the forest - preserving a portion of the property as a working landscape and creating new opportunities for hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing.  Read more>

Kent County Green Infrastructure Assessment, DE

Using the green infrastructure approach to strategic conservation, the Fund delineated the Delaware Ecological Network, a series of GIS layers that identify and prioritize the areas of greatest ecological importance within the State’s natural ecosystems.  Read more>

Mispillion Harbor: Protecting a Haven for Red Knots

The Conservation Fund protected approximately one mile of shoreline at Mispillion Harbor - an area that is critical to the imperiled red knot bird species.  Read more>

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, DE

With financial support from the Allerton Foundation, the Fund purchased nine acres here, securing three miles of coastline as an addition to the refuge.  Read more>

Redden State Forest, DE

The Conservation Fund joined with the state of Delaware to conserve 755 acres of working forestland in the heart of the Delaware Estuary.   Read more>