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Contest asks fifth-graders to reflect on how to positively impact coastal areas

David Christopher and Ed Hale, DESG’s fisheries, seafood and aquaculture specialist, led the students in building a floating upweller system (or FLUPSY), which is used to quickly grow out oyster seed while protecting them from predation.

Community Development Specialist Ed Lewandowski helped produce a Delaware Coastal Paddling Map to promote the activity in eastern Sussex County.

Jen Joseph and Sam Fielding finalists for fellowships in Washington, D.C.

Teachers gathered at the University of Delaware’s Lewes campus to learn about climate, environmental change and Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences (MWEEs) at the 2019 Climate Academy.

Commentary: Prepare now for coastal storms and natural hazards

Coastal Ecologist Kate Fleming and University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment professor Art Trembanis are working this season to alert the community to the problems associated with lost or abandoned crab pots in Delaware’s Inland Bays. Fleming and Trembanis conducted research while the recreational blue crab season was closed to evaluate the potential scale of a problem and were concerned by their initial results.

Commentary: Bypass the balloon when celebrating

Danielle Swallow from Delaware Sea Grant presented information at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Adaptation Planning training meeting held recently in Dover. The purpose of the class was to provide hands on training to community leaders and state agency outreach specialists on the steps involved in adaptation planning.

Hirt will spend the next year serving in the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management.