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LEAF intern Alejandra Bautista helps remove invasive vegetation. © Erika Nortemann/TNC

New National Monument for the First Statepage 2

Celebrating Three Years of Ponderspage 5

LEAF Program Comes to Delawarepage 4

IN THIS ISSUE:

March 25, 2013 was an historic day for conservation in Delaware!

When President Obama affixed his signature to the Proclamation establishing the First State National Monument as the 400th unit of the National Park Service, it marked the culmination of more than 100 years of conservation on 1,100 acres of open, pastoral land in northern New Castle County known as “Woodlawn.”

The Woodlawn journey began with William Poole Bancroft, who stood on a hilltop in the Brandywine Valley more than a century ago with the miraculous foresight to comprehend the importance of conserving open space as the City of Wilmington expanded up the Brandywine. Steadfast stewardship by Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. allowed the property to remain open and available to the public all these years. And heavy lifting by The Conservation Fund and Senator Carper (and a host of others), fueled by generous financial support from Mt. Cuba Center, has allowed Mr. Bancroft’s vision to be realized. We are eternally grateful to all who helped bring this tremendous gift to the people of Delaware!

It is amazing how closely Mr. Bancroft’s vision aligns with the Conservancy’s goals of helping people connect with and appreciate nature. While less than three miles outside of Wilmington, Woodlawn’s mature woodlands, brimming springs, gurgling brooks, functioning floodplains and productive agricultural fields make it a natural jewel set atop a broad swath of public green spaces – Brandywine, Alapocas Run, Rockford and Brandywine Creek parks – which extend from the city into Pennsylvania. Visitors to the new Park can witness first-hand how natural ecosystems provide vital services to the surrounding populace – everything from clean drinking water to agricultural food production to flood mitigation to recreation and physical and mental health.

We’re so excited about the potential for Woodlawn that we’re developing a pilot project in neighboring Brandywine Creek State Park with funding from the Stempel Foundation. We’ve also begun to assemble a broad coalition of non-profits to work in tandem with the National Park Service and Delaware State Parks. Together – and hopefully with your help – we intend to maximize the tremendous gift we have been given. In the process, I’m confident we’ll build a stronger public appreciation of nature’s many bounties. See You Outside,

Richie JonesState Director

Richie Jones

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TRUSTEESRichard H. Bayard, Esq.Pamela BiddleRoberta S. Brown, P.E.Mariah Calagione (Vice Chair)John V. Flynn, Jr., Ph.D.F. Michael Parkowski, Esq. Chris PattersonRobert D. RosenbergPreston A. Schell (Treasurer)Patricia SchrammSteve ThompsonBrock J. Vinton (Chair)

TRUSTEE EMERITUSWayne Holden

STAFFRichard I.G. Jones, Jr.State Director

Brian BoutinDirector of Conservation

Maria DziembowskaCommunity Engagement Specialist

John GrahamLand Steward

Felicity LairdUrban Strategies Intern

C.J. WalshAssociate Director of Philanthropy

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Direct Response, Inc.DesignWaterfall at Woodlawn © Rockford Woodlawn Fund, Inc

The Conservancy’s work in Delaware has always reflected the commitment of its dedicated staff. In 2013, the chapter recognizes two outgoing conservation role models and welcomes two new staff members committed to advancing our important work in the years to come.

After more than three decades holding leadership positions in organizations such as the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Atlantic Flyway Council and the North American Wetlands Conservation Council, Andrew Manus spent the final decade of his career advancing the Conservancy’s mission as Delaware’s Director of Conservation Programs. While he leaves a legacy in many areas including fisheries management, offshore energy and coastal

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Delaware Chapter Staff & Trustees

Coming and Goingpolicy reform, he counts on a strong network of conservation colleagues as one of his greatest career accomplishments. In retirement, Manus plans to work at his farm and spend lots of time outdoors.

The Delaware chapter bids a fond farewell to its long-time Trustee, Mike Parkowski. As a Trustee for more than a decade, including as Board Chair from 2008-2010, Mike applied his professional experience as an attorney in the public sector and in private practice towards working with government agencies, private landowners and others to protect Delaware’s natural landscapes. According to State Director Richie Jones, “Over the years, Mike has provided the Delaware chapter with sage advice, solid ambassadorship and generous financial support, most recently confirming his

FACES OF CONSERVATION Meet the Conservancy’s staff, trustees, volunteers and others at the “Faces”

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life-long commitment to our cause by becoming a Legacy Club member. We are deeply grateful for his many contributions and tireless service for conservation.”

Dr. Brian Boutin begins in June as the chapter’s Director of Conservation. A native of Delaware, Boutin also spent much of his life in North Carolina where he earned a B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina before returning to the First State to pursue his Ph.D. in Marine Studies from the University of Delaware. Most recently, Boutin worked for the South Florida Water Management District to identify the impacts of managed freshwater inflows on estuaries. He also led the North Carolina chapter of the Conservancy’s Climate Change Adaptation Project which successfully increased the resiliency of coastal lands to sea level rise, and worked for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries to update the state’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan.

CJ Walsh joined the Conservancy in March as the chapter’s Associate Director of Philanthropy. A committed conservationist and outdoorsman, CJ comes to the Conservancy following seven years as a Client Relations Manager with Drinker Biddle & Reath, a nationally recognized law firm. Encouraged and inspired by his parents, CJ has raised funds for various causes, including partnering with his brother to develop a social media-driven, young friends organization to raise awareness and significant funds for LIVESTRONG’s cancer survivorship programs. Outside of his passion for philanthropy, CJ dedicates time to enjoying his stand-up paddleboard, riding his bike, hanging out in a duck blind and pursuing saltwater fish.

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Dr. Brian Boutin © Brian Boutin

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Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future Action for the FutureThis nationally acclaimed program brings summer interns to Delaware!

PEOPLE & N A T U R E

“Learning about nature is like learning a new language— you don’t fully ‘get

it’ until you are immersed in it.” – LEAF Intern

This year, the Conservancy’s Delaware chapter joins 25 states in hosting Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future, or LEAF, interns. This summer, LEAF interns will supplement classroom education with real-world conservation and job-skills training by working on maintaining trails, controlling invasive species and restoring critical habitat around the state.

“The main goal of the LEAF program is to engage urban youth in environmental learning at a young age in hopes of fostering a passion for our planet that will stick with them both personally and professionally for the rest of their lives,” says Brigitte Griswold, the Conservancy’s Director of Youth Programs.

In its 19th year, the LEAF program provides paid, residential career internships for students on nature preserves around the country.

The program also provides professional development opportunities to educators from partner high schools so that the learning can continue in the classroom.

Adds Griswold, “In today’s increasingly urban and digital world, many young people are growing up without meaningful experiences in nature – a trend which poses a serious threat to the future of our world. The more disconnected today’s youth are from natural landscapes, the less likely they are to care about nature later in life.”

In Delaware, LEAF interns will engage in conservation and restoration projects at the Conservancy’s Edward H. McCabe Nature Preserve and the Ponders Tract Trail System. They will also participate in similar efforts

LEAF interns conduct a dragonfly and damselfly survey as part of a summer internship. © Amy Deputy

at Brandywine Creek State Park, where the Conservancy is engaging youth and partner organizations in developing a community-based model of conservation.

“We are super excited to welcome the LEAF program to the state,” says Maria Dziembowska, the Conservancy’s Community Engagement Specialist in Delaware. “We’re also working to partner with high performing, environmentally-focused and diverse high schools to grow the LEAF program in ways that will provide Delaware students the

opportunity to experience a conservation-focused internship with a chapter in another state.”

Bringing LEAF to Delaware supports actions outlined in the Children In Nature/No Child Left Inside® Initiative Task Force Report.

Commissioned by Governor Markell and assembled by the Delaware Department of Education, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, and partners around the state, the report outlines an action plan to address the interrelated challenges of providing all children with meaningful outdoor experiences, improving children’s health, promoting environmental literacy and increasing student achievement.

about nature later in life.”

opportunity to experience a conservation-focused internship with a chapter in another state.”

Commissioned by Governor

First, we protect and restore important natural areas. Second,

we equip people, governments and businesses with the tools to make better, smarter, more cost-effective decisions about the way they treat and use nature. Finally, we will grow the constituency for conservation, demonstrating that nature is not a special interest, but matters to everyone with whom we share this planet.

—The Nature Conservancy’s CEO Mark Tercek, TNC Annual Report 2012

Children in Nature

Three years after opening to the public, the Ponders Tract Trail System, part of the Pemberton Forest Nature Preserve, has a lot to offer visitors. The 908-acre natural area boasts nine miles of public trails which accommodate those seeking a leisurely weekend walk, someone in search of a good lunchtime trail run, or a group of birdwatchers.

Visitors to Ponders may also opt for a personal tour by the Conservancy’s Land Steward, John Graham. It’s not as hard as you may think ever since his voice began appearing on a self-guided audio tour of this preserve last year.

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Ponders Tract Turns 3; Frogs Sing in CelebrationEastern Cricket Frog © Jim White

Take the Tour“If you come and visit in May you’re going to hear all kinds of frogs. You’ll hear cricket frogs and green frogs and bullfrogs and spring peepers, because there are big wooded wetlands all around us, further out in the woods than you can see.” – Stop #8 along the Ponders Tract Audio Tour

Learn more! For those wishing to go deeper on the lifestyle of frogs and toads, the Conservancy’s land steward John Graham recommends a copy of Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva, by James F. White, Jr. and Amy Wendt White. According to Graham, “This wonderful field guide is now in its second edition and like all good field guides, fits comfortably in one’s back pocket. After all, a field guide is best used in the field!”

“Thanks to technology, the audio tour allows me to share information with visitors while still tackling the business of returning this natural area to how it might have looked before its conversion into a loblolly pine plantation,” says Graham, who manages the nature preserves owned by the Delaware Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

This time of year, visitors are likely to hear the rising crescendo of frogs inhabiting the tract’s wooded wetlands. In fact, at stop #8 in the audio tour, Graham’s voice brings attention to a specific area along the Frog Pond Trail where at least nine species of frog and one toad might be heard during Spring

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and Summer, depending on weather conditions. Hearing these amphibians is music to Graham’s ears since their presence serves as an indicator of good water quality and general environmental health.

“Ever since 2004 when the Conservancy purchased the Ponders Tract, we’ve been restoring habitat that will welcome native species like these frogs and other amphibians,” says the Conservancy’s Delaware State Director Richie Jones. “We hope the spring-time frog concert will inspire people to connect with and support our stewardship of this special landscape. So keep your ears to the ground when walking these trails!”

Pemberton Forest Nature Preserve

Spring Peeper © Jim White Gray Treefrog © Jim White Spring Peeper © Zach Welty/Creative Commons

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Spring is the time of year when prehistoric horseshoe crabs visit the Delaware Bayshores to deposit eggs in an ancient spawning ritual triggered by the moon. As nature would have it, this is also when thousands of red knots – the largest of the beach sandpipers – arrive to feed on horseshoe crab eggs during their 9,300-mile spring migration between South America and the Canadian Arctic.

Last February, the Conservancy’s Canada Program staffer and National Book Award winning author Phil Hoose shared a red knot story with Legacy Club members from the Conservancy’s

Delaware and Pennsylvania chapters. The story was just a snippet from his book, Moonbird: A Year on the Wind With B95, which chronicles the world’s oldest known rufa red knot.

First captured, tagged and released in Terra del Fuego back in 1995, B95 has since been re-captured three times and re-sighted dozens of others in Argentina, Canada and the Delaware Bay, including last summer by the same scientist who secured the B95 tag on his leg almost two decades ago. At nearly 20 years of age, B95 has lived about four times as long as the average red

knot, a remarkable feat considering his annual journey takes him from the top of the world to bottom and back.

“All totaled, B95 has over 350,000 frequent flyer miles—equal to flying from earth to the moon and halfway back—an accomplishment which earned him the nickname, ‘Moonbird,’” says Hoose.

Hoose is a consummate story teller, who harnesses this talent to generate discussion around significant conservation issues. The story of Moonbird brings attention to the issue of declining red knot populations and the possible role that similarly declining horseshoe crabs play in the survival of this bird species.

“We were honored to have Phil share his story about this important species that

visits our own back yard in the Delaware Bay each year,” says Richie Jones, the Conservancy’s State Director in Delaware. “Without a doubt, Moonbird puts a face on the threats facing migrating birds everywhere and especially the red knots we see during horseshoe crab spawning season.”

Delaware Bay &Basin Conservancy author descends upon Delaware with his story about a famous red knot.

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Unscramble these words to uncover a new term we’re using more and more in the face of weather events like last fall’s Superstorm Sandy.

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ALCAOST ERILCNESEIHint: Improving the health of natural landscapes helps to protect communities, human populations and fresh water from pollution, erosion and damage resulting from severe storms and rising seas.

Phillip Hoose © Jan van de Kam

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In 1993, The Nature Conservancy created the Legacy Club to recognize those who have chosen to translate their passion and caring for the natural world into a gift that provides a legacy for future generations. Since then, more than 20,000 individuals have chosen to make a legacy gift to support the Conservancy’s work in all 50 states and 34 countries around the world.

In a nutshell, Legacy Club members make a life-income gift or name the Conservancy as a beneficiary in their estate plans.

“In Delaware, we are proud to boast more than 70 Legacy Club members representing our staff, the chapter’s Board of Trustees and some valued members,” says the Conservancy’s Delaware State Director Richie Jones,

who joined the chapter’s Legacy Club soon after starting his job last year.

According to the Conservancy’s Associate Director of Gift Planning, Rick Wells, Legacy Club members gain satisfaction in knowing that deferred gifts like those given through Legacy Club membership provide the Conservancy with a significant base of future funding.

Delaware Trustee Bob Rosenberg, who became a member several years ago, would agree. “For me, joining the Conservancy’s Legacy Club represented an easy and meaningful way of giving. It doesn’t cost anything during my lifetime while allowing me to invest in a natural world that will inspire and benefit future generations.”

Learn more at nature.org/legacyclub.

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