Delaware Sea Grant College Program
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Phone: 302-831-8083
Email: marinecom@udel.edu
SeaTalk Video - Great Blue Heron

Spotting Great Blue Herons hunting in a winter marsh can be shiver inducing. How do the stately wading birds deal with the frigid water temperatures?... More

Project: Assessing the equilibrium sediment flux of Delaware tidal wetland rivers (R/ETE-11)

Sea Grant researcher Chris Sommerfield is studying how sediments are carried by rivers, tides, and storm surges and get trapped in coastal marshes — low-lying ecosystems that help to reduce upland flooding during storms, absorb pollutants, and serve as important habitat for wildlife. More

Highlighted Research
MAS Bulletin - Phragmites

Highlights the biology and ecology of this wetland plant. Also includes a discussion on controlling its spread throughout wetland areas. More

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EPSCoR Environmental Biotechnology Weekend

  • Friday, Mar. 12
  • 5:15 pm - 12:00 pm

Location: UD Virden Center and Delaware Biotechnology Institute ... full text

Delmarva Charter Boat Operators Workshop

  • Thursday, Apr. 8
  • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm

“Charter Boat Business Management for Your Future” Harrison’s Chesapeake House 21551 Chesapeake House Drive, Tilghman Island, Maryland Organized jointly by the Sea Grant programs at the University of ... full text

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“A Child in the Wild” focus of conference held by new environmental education group

More than 100 formal and informal educators, representatives from local and state agencies, and master gardeners recently gathered in Wilmington, D... more

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April 9: Undergraduate coastal community fellowship applications due

The University of Delaware’s Sustainable Coastal Communities Program is accepting applications from undergraduate students interested in an opportu... more

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Web site allows users to follow progress of UD’s Lewes wind turbine construction

Construction is about to begin on a 2-megawatt land-based wind turbine at the University of Delaware’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, part of UD’s ... more

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