In Delaware, the Fund and its partners are dedicated to preserving key forestland that gives the state its unique character and defines a way of life. Already the Fund has protected more than 15,000 acres of the state’s working landscapes and recreation areas.
Each spring and early summer, a massive migration of red knots, ruddy turnstones, and sandpipers descends on the beaches of Delaware Bay and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge to feast on the eggs of the world’s largest population of horseshoe crabs. Thanks to financial support from the Allerton Foundation and a unique partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, the Fund purchased a total of 16 acres here, securing three miles of coastline as an addition to the refuge. The newly protected dunes will provide a welcome retreat for the shorebirds during their marathon flight from Argentina to the Arctic Circle.
Complementing Governor Ruth Ann Minner’s Livable Delaware Initiative, The Conservation Fund joined with the state of Delaware to conserve 755 acres of working forestland in the heart of the Delaware Estuary. These thriving loblolly pine forests will safeguard wildlife habitat, enhance water quality and provide jobs for local residents. Support for the project was provided through the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program and the Centex Land Legacy Fund.
At the Fund we help save wild havens: large, natural spaces for wildlife to be exactly that—wild. Your gift ensures that wildlife, like this bear cub, has the habitat it needs to thrive.
We need green infrastructure to balance the gray. The term "green infrastructure" has been used to refer to everything from green roofs to more ecologically friendly stormwater management systems. But what is it really?
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