Earth Day Planting

Earth Day PlantingSaturday April 20 9 a.m. at Swift Park in Hockessin, DE. Please come to the parking lot located off of Old Lancaster Pike

Come out and celebrate Earth Day by planting vegetated swales at Swift Park, Hockessin, DE (meet by playground parking lot). 30 volunteers needed to plant small perennials and grasses along two swales leading from the parking lot to a tributary of the White Clay Creek. Help the environment and learn how native plants can help clean the water that enters the creek. Dress to get dirty and bring a small garden trowel and gloves. Please click here to register. 

White Clay Wild and Scenic Symposium

September 25, 2012Stroud Water Research Center 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

View Final Agenda

PRESENTATIONS:

• Particle Transport in the White Clay, Pizzuto et al.
• Sediment Sources, Diana Karwan
• Canopy-derived nutritent fluxes, Carl Rosier
• The Founding Fish, Jerry Kauffman
• Fish Dispersal and Growth, Willy Eldridge
• Freshwater Mussels, Danielle Kreeger
• Christina Basin TMDL Implementation Plan, Kathy Bergmann

Recent research in the White Clay watershed has focused on issues that are at the heart of our Management Plan goals and more.  The morning was spent with the Critical Zone Observatory.  The Critical Zone ”lies between rock and sky… where water, atmosphere, ecosystems, soils, and rock interact. It is essential to life on Earth, including food production and water quality.”   The White Clay is part of the Christina Basin Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) with Stroud Water Research Center and the University of Delaware as partners in reserch within the White Clay watershed.

The afternoon was reserved for projects and initiaives in the watershed that benefit the water quality, flora and fauna of the watershed.  A tour of the new Moorehead Environmental Complex and sensor network was part of this eventful day.

4th Annual Creek Fest!

May 5th 2012, 12-4pm

Creek Fest was the event to attend again this year the first weekend of May at Carpenter Recreation Area in the White Clay Creek State Park and was an afternoon of fun for everyone!  Approximately 600 attendees enjoyed the live classic American Roots music by the Whirled Peas, and were engaged by professional storyteller Bill Wood who’s stories have educated more than a half-million children.  Phung Luu amazed the audience with the soaring power yet precision and control displayed during the Free-Flight Bird Encounter.  Delicious delights were savored from Peace A Pizza and ice cream by UDairy Creamery (cow to cone!)

We thank our exhibitors and sponsors for promoting the goals of the Wild and Scenic Program:

• United Water Delaware:  Tom Hubbard, Alex Ridyard (Exhibitor and Sponsor)
• City of Newark:  Roy Simonson, Jen Pyle, Kelley Dinsmore
• Friends of White Clay State Park:  Elaine Burg, Dorcia McCann & Jeannette Schuler
• Friends of White Clay Preserve:  Gary Schroder
• Friends of New Garden Trails:  Chris Robinson and Rich Chadwick
• White Clay Fly Fishers:  Doug Janiec, Joe Allison
• Trail Spinners:  Bill Bachelor
• Wilmington Trail Club:  Terri Hamlon
• Giving Garden:  Shane Morgan
• Hale Byrnes House:  Nancy Parker and Michael McDowell
• National Park Service:  Julie Bell (Exhibitor and Sponsor)
• Kranz Hill Farm/ White Clay State Park:  Melanie Hiner / Autumn Philpot
• Lyme Disease Association:  Ron Hamlen
• New Castle Conservation District:  Rick Mickowski
• Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Priscilla Cole, Gus Wolfe
• Stroud Water Research Center:   Libby Gregg
• UDAIRY: Melinda Litvinas, Jacob Hunt
• White Clay Watershed Association:  Tom Zawislak
• Newark Co-op