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and stewardship of the Delaware River Watershed . Support from the Alliance brought about the development of the highly popular NatureMobile , River Days , and Watershed Fellowship . The Watershed Fellowship provides critical support for outdoor engagement on the Wilmington Riverfront and is helping to create a new youth development program for 2020 based in Southbridge called Trail Ambassadors .
DEEC and the marsh trails are open year-round from dawn to dusk .
Visit DelNature . org / DEEC to learn more .
Celebration
In the fall of 2019 , DelNature , along with RDC , celebrated DEEC ’ s 10-year anniversary .
In addition to a fun run , crafts , music , and canoeing , the Delaware Division of Natural Resources and Environmental Control unveiled a new upland trail system in the Russell Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge . The ribbon cutting occurred just 1 year after opening the Jack Markell Trail .
DEEC 10 Year Anniversary Funders : Artesian Water , Dogfish Head , DuPont Corporation , EDiS Company , RK & K , and Pike Creek Valley Running Club .
Programs at DEEC are provided by the generous funding of numerous partners , foundations and corporations including : Riverfront Development Corporation , Chichester du Pont Foundation , DuPont , BlackRock , SL Gimbel Foundation , William Penn Foundation , Chemours , and individual donors .
Advocate for Nature
DelNature advocates on wildlife and habitats , land conservation , clean water , renewable energy sources , climate change , and protection of our region ’ s natural resources .
DelNature ’ s advocacy work in 2018 – 2019 remained as strong and impactful as ever . We worked extensively with state legislators , DNREC , New Castle County and the congressional delegation on a variety of environmental issues .
We successfully advocated for millions of dollars in State funding for Clean Water ,
10 open space , and farmland preservation . DelNature also became more active in county and local environmental and land use policy . We worked with 3,000 water warriors , added climate change as one of our priority issues , and fought for the passage of the successful state plastic bag ban .
At our Clean Water Rallies , more than 300 Water Warriors and Clean Water Alliance members flooded Legislative Hall in blue in support of Clean Water Funding
To learn more , email us at Advocacy @ DelNature . org .
Photography by Nicholas Tonelli