The Nature Conservancy in Delaware

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“For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.”

— Baba Dioum, Senegalese poet

The Conservancy works at a variety of scales to achieve its mission. The Delaware chapter is no exception.

Ecoregions

The Conservancy works within ecoregions – large geographic units reaching as much as a million acres – to establish a “blueprint” of places that if collectively conserved, would ensure the long-term survival of native life and natural communities representing that portion of the Earth’s geography. The Delaware chapter’s work is guided by the following ecoregional planning processes:

     Northwest Atlantic Marine
     Chesapeake Bay Lowlands
     North Atlantic Coast

On-the-Ground Conservation

With priorities determined by a broad, science-based, ecoregional-scale perspective, the Delaware chapter can focus on individual conservation projects, knowing that limited human, financial and political resources are being directed in the right places.

Delaware Bayshores
     The Great Marsh
          Burton Farm
     Edward H. McCabe Preserve
     Port Mahon Preserve
     Milford Neck Preserve
     Pemberton Forest Preserve
     Blackbird Millington Corridor

Nanticoke River Watershed
Middleford North Preserve

Other Areas
     Bullseye-Ferry Landing Preserve
     Oversee Farm
     Marian R. Okie Memorial Wildlife Preserve at Poplar Thicket

Landscapes

Sometimes the Delaware chapter’s work transcends state boundaries. That’s when we coordinate with colleagues in other state chapters to ensure that where required, entire landscapes and/or ecological processes can retain their integrity in the long-term.

Oceans & Coasts
Forestlands