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Delaware

In Delaware, the Fund and its partners are dedicated to preserving key forestland that gives the state its unique character and defines a way of life. Already the Fund has protected more than 15,000 acres of the state’s working landscapes and recreation areas.

Glatfelter Forest

In 2004, with support from Governor Minner’s Livable Delaware Initiative, The Conservation Fund joined with the state of Delaware, Forestland Group, and USDA Forest Service to secure 2,000 acres of the most environmentally sensitive areas within the forest - preserving a portion of the property as a working landscape and creating new opportunities for hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing.  Read more>

Kent County Green Infrastructure Assessment

Using the green infrastructure approach to strategic conservation, the Fund delineated the Delaware Ecological Network, a series of GIS layers that identify and prioritize the areas of greatest ecological importance within the State’s natural ecosystems.  Read more>

Mispillion Harbor

The Conservation Fund protected approximately one mile of shoreline at Mispillion Harbor - an area that is critical to the imperiled red knot bird species.  Read more>

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Thanks to financial support from the Allerton Foundation and a unique partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, the Fund purchased a total of 16 acres here, securing three miles of coastline as an addition to the refuge.  Read more>

Redden State Forest

The Conservation Fund joined with the state of Delaware to conserve 755 acres of working forestland in the heart of the Delaware Estuary.   Read more>
Scorecard: Mid-Atlantic
Acres Protected: 325,372
Fair Market Value: $648,328,513
Acquisition Cost: $485,588,555