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Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Preserving Natural Resources While Strengthening Our Economy

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Date Posted: Friday, November 6, 2015



The Delaware Bayshore is a unique and beautiful landscape. It’s a place where we enjoy fishing, hunting, bird watching, boating, kayaking and cycling; where our farmers plow bountiful fields and where watermen bring their harvest onto shore. Preserving and using these natural resources provides tremendous opportunities to enhance the quality of life in our state and strengthen our economy. We can be proud of four new milestones we recently reached, all of which encourage Delawareans and visitors to enjoy the Bayshore by connecting with nature, exploring our history, and discovering waterfront towns. First, we have preserved a key wetland, part of the Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn.

The property provides habitat for thousands of waterfowl, protects our state’s water and air and increases our resiliency to coastal flooding. Second, a new walking trail and ADA-accessible viewing platform on the property provides a place to watch birds and other wildlife. Third, we announced a plan for enhancing the Delaware Bayshore Byway, Route 9, which meanders through picturesque agricultural lands, over rivers, and along coastal marshes with short detours to the sandy shoreline of the Delaware Bay. And finally, I unveiled the Bayshore’s new branding, creating an identity for the entire Bayshore.

The brand sets the area apart as a distinctive and memorable travel destination and a beautiful natural asset that makes our state a wonderful place to live. I invite you to explore the Delaware Bayshore and its wild and scenic landscape. With your help, we’ll create an appreciation of our precious natural resources, while continuing to grow our economy, and that will keep Delaware moving forward.

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Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Preserving Natural Resources While Strengthening Our Economy

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Date Posted: Friday, November 6, 2015



The Delaware Bayshore is a unique and beautiful landscape. It’s a place where we enjoy fishing, hunting, bird watching, boating, kayaking and cycling; where our farmers plow bountiful fields and where watermen bring their harvest onto shore. Preserving and using these natural resources provides tremendous opportunities to enhance the quality of life in our state and strengthen our economy. We can be proud of four new milestones we recently reached, all of which encourage Delawareans and visitors to enjoy the Bayshore by connecting with nature, exploring our history, and discovering waterfront towns. First, we have preserved a key wetland, part of the Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn.

The property provides habitat for thousands of waterfowl, protects our state’s water and air and increases our resiliency to coastal flooding. Second, a new walking trail and ADA-accessible viewing platform on the property provides a place to watch birds and other wildlife. Third, we announced a plan for enhancing the Delaware Bayshore Byway, Route 9, which meanders through picturesque agricultural lands, over rivers, and along coastal marshes with short detours to the sandy shoreline of the Delaware Bay. And finally, I unveiled the Bayshore’s new branding, creating an identity for the entire Bayshore.

The brand sets the area apart as a distinctive and memorable travel destination and a beautiful natural asset that makes our state a wonderful place to live. I invite you to explore the Delaware Bayshore and its wild and scenic landscape. With your help, we’ll create an appreciation of our precious natural resources, while continuing to grow our economy, and that will keep Delaware moving forward.

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