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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.
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
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
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
Nature picture credits: Map © TNC
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