Ecological Systems in the Mispillion River Watershed
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Frederica This project was funded, in part, through a grant from the Delaware Coastal Programs with funding from the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under award number DECZM2005.
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Funding for this project was also provided by the Delaware Estuary Program (EPA 320 Funding).
Thompsonville
This work was made possible through funding from the Delaware Estuary Program (EPA 320 Funding) and the Delaware Coastal Zone Management Program. Krista Laudenbach, Danielle Kreeger, Martha-Maxwell Doyle and Jennifer Jones from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary provided support and guidance for this project. Established in 1996, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is a non-profit organization based in Wilmington, Delaware. The Partnership manages the Delaware Estuary Program (DELEP), one of 28 estuaries recognized by the U.S. Congress for its national significance under the Clean Water Act. DELEP is the only tri-state, multi-agency National Estuary Program in the country. In collaboration with a broad spectrum of governmental agencies, non-profit corporations, businesses, and citizens, the Partnership works to implement the Delaware Estuary's Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan to restore and protect the natural and economic resources of the Delaware Estuary and its tributaries.
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NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of Natural Heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories-known as natural heritage programs or Conservation Data Centers-operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean."
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The Nature Conservancy is a non-profit organization committed to the conservation of the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth. It is active in all 50 states and in 30 countries worldwide. The Conservancy credits the Delaware Natural Heritage Program for much of the data used in this analysis.
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Delaware River Estuary boundary 5 kilometer buffer of the Estuary boundary
Ecological Systems
Staytonville
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest NACP Dune and Maritime Grassland/NACP Sandy Beach Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Peat Swamp Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Brackish Tidal Marsh Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pondshore Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Stream and River Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Salt Marsh Semi Natural / Altered Vegetation Modified/Successional Agriculture Developed
USGS hydrography and roads (1:24,000) Rivers/lakes/ponds/reservoirs Stream, Shoreline, Canal Man-made Shoreline Intermittent Stream/River Unsurveyed Stream/River
Primary Highway
Ellendale
Secondary Highway Improved Road Unimproved Road C:\Data\DelRivEstuary\DelRivEst1207mispillion.mxd
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Slaughter Beach
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Ecological Systems in the Mispillion River Watershed
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Frederica This project was funded, in part, through a grant from the Delaware Coastal Programs with funding from the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under award number DECZM2005.
Scale 1:30,000
¯
Funding for this project was also provided by the Delaware Estuary Program (EPA 320 Funding).
Thompsonville
This work was made possible through funding from the Delaware Estuary Program (EPA 320 Funding) and the Delaware Coastal Zone Management Program. Krista Laudenbach, Danielle Kreeger, Martha-Maxwell Doyle and Jennifer Jones from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary provided support and guidance for this project. Established in 1996, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is a non-profit organization based in Wilmington, Delaware. The Partnership manages the Delaware Estuary Program (DELEP), one of 28 estuaries recognized by the U.S. Congress for its national significance under the Clean Water Act. DELEP is the only tri-state, multi-agency National Estuary Program in the country. In collaboration with a broad spectrum of governmental agencies, non-profit corporations, businesses, and citizens, the Partnership works to implement the Delaware Estuary's Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan to restore and protect the natural and economic resources of the Delaware Estuary and its tributaries.
M i s p il l io
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of Natural Heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories-known as natural heritage programs or Conservation Data Centers-operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean."
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The Nature Conservancy is a non-profit organization committed to the conservation of the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth. It is active in all 50 states and in 30 countries worldwide. The Conservancy credits the Delaware Natural Heritage Program for much of the data used in this analysis.
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Milford
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Lincoln
Delaware River Estuary boundary 5 kilometer buffer of the Estuary boundary
Ecological Systems
Staytonville
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest NACP Dune and Maritime Grassland/NACP Sandy Beach Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Peat Swamp Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Brackish Tidal Marsh Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pondshore Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Stream and River Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Salt Marsh Semi Natural / Altered Vegetation Modified/Successional Agriculture Developed
USGS hydrography and roads (1:24,000) Rivers/lakes/ponds/reservoirs Stream, Shoreline, Canal Man-made Shoreline Intermittent Stream/River Unsurveyed Stream/River
Primary Highway
Ellendale
Secondary Highway Improved Road Unimproved Road C:\Data\DelRivEstuary\DelRivEst1207mispillion.mxd
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Slaughter Beach
