Sea Level Rise Awareness Week Sept. 14 – 22 encourages citizens to take actions to reduce impacts of sea level rise and climate change
At the DuPont Environmental Education Center on the Wilmington Riverfront, Governor Jack Markell, DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara, EPA Region 3 Administrator Shawn M. Garvin, Delaware Nature Society Exec. Dir. Brian Winslow and Delaware Wild Lands Exec. Dir. Kate Hackett joined with environmental organizations to announce the kick-off of Delaware’s first Sea Level Rise Awareness Week, Sept. 14 – 22. The week of activities, being sponsored by 14 Delaware environmental advocacy groups, was organized to raise awareness and encourage citizens to take actions to help reduce the potential impacts of sea level rise and climate change.
William Penn, John Dickinson, and shipwrecks to be featured at the museums of the state of Delaware in October 2013
Eleven special programs to be offered during the month.
Exhibits on Charles Parks and the USS Delaware to close Sept. 22, 2013
Last chance to see “Dealing in Symbols: Profundity and the Human Figure,” an exhibit of works by noted Wilmington sculptor Charles Parks; and “USS Delaware: An American Battleship,” an exhibit on the USS Delaware (1909-1924).
Tickets still available for lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship
Explore the history of the DeBraak which was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798. Program includes a trip to the hull facility in nearby Cape Henlopen State Park for a curator-led tour of the surviving section of the ship’s hull.
Four Native-American-themed programs at the museums of the state of Delaware during September 2013
Programs explore the First State’s rich Native-American heritage, shining a spotlight on the history and culture of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes.
