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Winter 2000 Newsletter of the Delaware Estuary Program Volume 10 / Issue 2 estuary news Winter 2000 Newsletter of the Delaware Estuary Program Clean Water Begins and Ends With You! ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ By Kathy Klein, Executive Director, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary In order to make significant improvements to water quality in the your backyard at work, we can all make positive contributions to Delaware Estuary, each one of us has to take some responsibil- the habitats around us, which will in turn, help to improve water ity. While this task may seem Herculean, there are ways we can quality in the Delaware Estuary. all help prevent stormwater runoff pollution and other sources of non-point source (NPS) pollution. The display at the Flower Show will focus on the importance of selecting native plants — those plants that would have been The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary has made a major present prior to European settlement. Native plants require commitment to developing and implementing educational and less water, fertilizers and pesticides to grow, helping to reduce hands-on initiatives designed to address non-point source the risk of pollutants entering local waterways. If you go to the pollution. Many of these programs will be getting off the ground Flower Show, we encourage you to stop by our display and to during the next several months and we need your help in more pick up our “Habitat Can Be Anywhere…” educational materials. ways than one. You can also receive copies of these publications by calling our office at 1-800-445-4935. With urban and suburban stormwater runoff pollution the greatest source of NPS pollution in the estuary, we decided to To help celebrate the 30th Anniversary of focus this year’s efforts in the region’s largest city Earth Day, which will take place on April 22, — Philadelphia. Stormwater runoff 2000, the Partnership has been planning a pollution occurs when rainwater major stormwater education program for washes over the land on its way to the City of Philadelphia. Thanks to streams and rivers. The rainwater funding that we have received from the washes pollutants, including motor Philadelphia Water Department and the oil, fertilizers, pesticides, and litter, off Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Manage- of the land and carries them to either ment Program, during the months of storm drains or directly to January through April, every Philadel- Philadelphia’s streams and rivers. phian will be touched in some way with the message that Clean Water The Partnership, working in cooperation Begins and Ends With You. with the Philadelphia Water Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is All the schools in Philadelphia, sponsoring an exhibit at the Philadelphia grades K-8 and the youth serving k Flower Show, which is being held at the organizations in the City, have been Pennsylvania Convention Center from invited to participate in a drawing March 5th — March 12th. The theme of our rankford High School in Philadelphiacontest. helped mar The winning drawings will be used to ing. display is “Habitat Can Be Anywhere.” The Students from F produce calendars that will be distributed to all the contest example that will be portrayed is a habitat storm drains last spr participants. The winning artwork will also be used in an restoration project at the Philadelphia Water Department’s advertising campaign on SEPTA (the Philadelphia region’s Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant. This site is participating in public transportation authority) buses and subway cars during the Delaware Estuary Program’s Corporate Environmental the month of April. The winning artists will be invited to attend Stewardship Program (CESP) that the Partnership is coordinat- an awards ceremony in early April where they will be recog- ing with partners from across the region. nized for both their creativity and environmental awareness. By conserving, enhancing, and by even creating habitats, we To reach even more Philadelphians, we are coordinating a can also help to improve water quality in our local waterways. major storm drain stenciling program from April 15-29, 2000. As land use patterns in our region have changed over time, We are currently looking to identify teams of people who wildlife habitats have been fragmented and lost. This has also would like to help us reach our goal of stenciling more resulted in increased soil erosion and runoff into local streams than 5,000 storm drains across the City with the “YO! NO and rivers during storms. By better planning and managing the DUMPING! Drains to River” message. We will be providing landscapes that remain, whether its your backyard at home or all of the stenciling supplies, which include educational tip cards Winter 2000 Page 1 that the volunteers will distribute to the houses and businesses you would like included in the region’s Earth Day Calendar, in the neighborhoods where they are stenciling. If you would please fill out and return the form that is provided on page 7 like to organize a team of volunteers or to be a member of a of this newsletter stenciling team, please call Lisa Wool, the Partnership’s program specialist, at 1-800-445-4935. For more information about the 2000 Philadelphia Flower Show, call the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at (215) 988-8800. During the coming years the Partnership will be taking both the drawing contest and stenciling program to other cities in the estuary. We are very excited about these programs and encourage you to give us a call if you want to get involved. We also encourage you to help make a difference by doing some- thing special for Earth Day. To find out what opportunities exist, check out the Delaware Valley Earth Day 2000 Calendar of Events at www.greenspacefun.org. If you have an event that Species Specific ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Colonial Wading Birds The Delaware Estuary and other similar estuarine ecosystems Delaware Estuary. There are ten species of colonial wading supply the primary and sometimes only feeding habitat for birds in the estuary including, the little blue heron, tri-colored wading birds. Pea Patch Island is the most northern nesting site heron, black-crowned night heron, yellow-crowned night heron, within the Delaware Estuary for most colonial wading birds, snowy egret, great egret, glossy ibis, cattle egret, and the however, the great blue heron can be found throughout the green-backed heron. Delaware River's lower drainage area. Wading birds require specific but different habitats for feeding, While probably the most visible and grand of the heron species, nesting, and roosting. Suitable nesting and roosting habitats the great blue heron is not the only wading bird found in the must be located close enough to a good feeding habitat to ensure the distance to be flown is energy efficient for the bird. The primary shallow water feeding habitat includes tidal and non-tidal rivers and creeks, saltmarsh panes, ponds, impound- ments, and brackish and freshwater marshes. All but the great blue heron appear to prefer brackish habitat. Most wading birds within the Delaware Estuary are migratory. They are present in the spring, summer, and early fall and migrate south in the winter, except for the great blue heron and black-crowned night heron, which have a much broader range. The presence of wading birds is an important indicator of environmental quality. Toxic water contaminants, such as PCB’s disrupt normal patterns of growth, reproduction, and behavior. Predation and loss of wetlands are other problems facing these birds. Heron species on Pea Patch Island have suffered egg loss during the egg-laying and incubation period do to local predators, such as the crow, owl, raccoon, and fox. Human disturbance through ecotourism, development, and the loss of wetlands have contributed to a decline in acceptable feeding and nesting habitat for the wading birds. Disturbance-free zones become an important habitat consideration as shoreline development and commercial and recreational boating activities become more popular. This article was adapted from a chapter by Dave Jenkins and Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer in the book “Living Resources of the Delaware Estuary” which is available from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. by calling 1-800-445-4935. Artist: Leslee Ganss. Published by Down the Shore Publishing. Page 2 Volume 10 / Issue 2 TIDINGS: News from around the region ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 10-Year Report on the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route Available The NJ Coastal Heritage Trail is a partnership between the National Park Service and the State of New Jersey. It was established in 1988 to foster public understanding and appre- ciation of the natural and cultural resources associated with the State’s coast. The Trail, designed for vehicular touring, stretches nearly 300 miles along the coast from Perth Amboy to Cape May and northwest to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The report highlights the achievements of the Trail, the partner- ships that have made it happen, and the challenges for the future. To request a copy of the report, contact the NJ Coastal Heritage Trail, P.O. Box 568, Newport, New Jersey 08345 or call (856) 447-0103. Stormwater Runoff Control in Delaware As a requirement of the Clean Water Action Plan, all states are expected to establish long-term and short-term plans to address pollution caused by stormwater runoff. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Delaware’s plan which outlines how the State will prevent stormwater runoff from it’s farms, roads, construction sites and other nonpoint sources from flowing into the waterways. Approval of the plan now means that Delaware is eligible for an additional $708,900 this fiscal year from the federal government. Water Snapshot 2000 President Clinton has appointed a new The Water Snapshot 2000 is an annual educational, basin-wide, EPA Region III Administrator water-quality sampling event organized by the Delaware River Bradley Campbell has succeeded W.
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