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The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary leads collaborative and creative efforts to protect and enhance the Delaware Estuary

and its tributaries for current and future generations.

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.One Riverwalk Plaza110 S. Poplar Street, Suite 202Wilmington, DE 198011-800-445-4935www.DelawareEstuary.org

2006 Audited Statement of Activities

$ 1,645,290

$ 188,691

$ 23,001

$ 10,837

$ 1,867,819

$ 1,402,025

$ 214,945

$ 78,412

$1,695,383 $ 172,436

$ 645,998

$ 818,434

Year Ended December 31, 2006 Support and Revenue:Government Contracts

Contributions and Grants

Interest and Investment Income

Other Revenue

Total Support and Revenue Expenses:Program

Management and General

Fundraising

Total Expenses

Change in New Assets

Net Assets at Beginning of Year

Net Assets at End of Year

2007 was a year of new beginnings for the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. It marked the beginning of the organization’s second decade of leading collaborative efforts to protect and enhance the Delaware Estuary for current and future generations. After more than a year of planning, the Partnership completed its first formal Strategic Plan in 2007, charting the course for the better part of this new decade. This year also marked the end of an era of extraordinary leadership by Kathy Klein, our former executive director, and the beginning of a thrilling new era for both me and the organization as I take the helm as the new executive director.

But I think the true hallmark of the Partnership’s success in 2007 has been the sheer number of people whose lives we touched this year with messages about protecting and enhancing the Estuary. Across all of our programs, from January to December, we engaged partners old and new to spread awareness, appreciation, and scientific understanding of the Delaware Estuary, its vast resources, and how we can each play a role in their protection. Because of these efforts by the Partnership, tens of thousands of people are newly armed with information and inspiration for joining us in the protection and celebration of the incredible natural, cultural, and economic resources that make up the Delaware Estuary.

Here in our 2007 Activity Report you will find a brief sampling of those activities and a summary of the many partners — public, corporate, and individual — who we have to thank for making them possible. This activity report is dedicated to those partners and especially to Kathy Klein, whom we now count among them, for nurturing this organization into what it is today.

WINTERThe second Delaware Estuary Science Conference and first ever Environmental Summit brought over 275 scientists and conservationists to Cape May, New Jersey in late January for a diverse array of general and special sessions on Estuary issues and hot topics, highlighted by a keynote address from esteemed estuarine scientist, Dr. Scott Nixon.

A display at the Philadelphia Flower Show, entitled “Soften the Urban Landscape to Improve Water Resources” (photo A) was coordinated by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the Philadelphia Water Department to feature solutions for stormwater runoff pollution like rain barrels, rain gardens, porous-pavement, and infiltration trenches.

The Partnership also worked with the Philadelphia Water Department to developa new Campus Stormwater Guide(photo B) as a way to engage teachers and schools in the Schuylkill Watershed (and beyond) in stormwater management at school sites.

SPRINGThe Clean Water Begins and Ends with You Drawing Contests in Philadelphia and Delaware attracted over 2,400 entrees and featured the works of winning artists (photo C) on SEPTA and DART rail cars and buses, bringing their clean water messages to millions of travelers.

At Wilmington Earth Day, the Partnership and the City of Wilmington treated hundreds of residents, school children, and workers on their lunch break to free environmental consumer education and giveaways in a festival-like atmosphere to promote earth-friendly products, services, everyday actions and purchasing decisions (photo D).

In April, the Partnership worked with the Philadelphia Water Department to give a Source Water Protection Workshop that provided businesses and community members in the Poquessing Watershed with opportunities to join in the efforts to protect source water quality.

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Also in April, over 20 tons of debris was removed from the banks of the Christina Riverfront by nearly 800 volunteers at a Partnership-coordinated clean-up site on the Christina Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware as part of the Christina River Watershed Cleanup (photo E).

The Mispillion Nature Center opened in May, showcasing an interactive exhibit about the Delaware Estuary that provides an overview of the environmental and economic importance of the Delaware Estuary to the region. The display gives visitors the opportunity to “fly the Estuary” using an interactive touch screen and joy stick to experience the Estuary from a bird’s eye view (photo F).

Workshops and presentations were provided by the Partnership to promote the use of the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) in the Delaware Estuary as a tool for better, more sustainable restoration.

SUMMERThe Partnership hosted the 11th Annual Delaware Estuary Watershed Workshop for Teachers in conjunction with the Bucks County Conservation District and the Pennsylvania DCNR. Eighteen new teachers (photo G) were welcomed into the ranks of this program’s alumni after they completed a week’s worth of hands-on activities in the Estuary’s creeks, wetlands, and bay.

The Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Project continued in 2007 with expanded shell planting (photo H) by the States of Delaware and New Jersey and increased efforts by the Partnership to raise awareness about the Delaware Bay oyster by “marketing” the oyster within the restaurant community and at public events such as Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania Coast Days.

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The Partnership engaged the services of Talisman Interactive to develop an Ecotourism Website targeted at visitors to the State of Delaware and featuring information about local nature-based events, destinations, and offerings posted by the Partnership and cooperating organizations.

Estuary News went green this summer, transitioning from a quarterly print publication to a newsletter distributed twice annually by e-mail and at least once annually in print, conserving almost 10,000 pounds of recycled paper per year and curbing the carbon emissions associated with delivery.

The Partnership worked in coordination with the Rutgers University Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory to lay the groundwork for the Delaware Estuary Living Shorelines Initiative, which will demonstrate a new approach to stabilizing eroding shorelines of tidal marshes using natural intertidal shellfish reefs.

The Delaware Estuary Information Gateway was established by the Partnership as a web-based one-stop- shop or first point of contact for environmental information in the Estuary for the public, educators, scientists, and environmental managers.

FALLSoutheastern Pennsylvania Coast Day, (photo I) held by the Partnership in mid- September, drew thousands of people to Penn’s Landing to participate in over a dozen activities provided by our partner organizations, as well as oyster-tasting, boat rides aboard the A.J. Meerwald, and guided bus tours to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

Later in September, the Partnership worked with the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia to host a Regional Restoration Workshop that attracted national experts and regional stakeholders to discuss the latest science and management approaches to regional restoration and why a strategy for the Delaware Estuary could be warranted.

On September 27th, the Partnership celebrated “The Delaware – A Living River, a Working River” with almost 400 of our closest friends and supporters gathered together for the annual Partnership dinner and silent auction fundraiser at Turbine Hall on the Chester Riverfront.

The Partnership worked with its Schuylkill Action Network partners to organize the third Schuylkill Action Network Annual Workshop at the Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown

in October, convening approximately 80 of its members from throughout the Schuylkill Watershed to share information, ideas, challenges and solutions for water quality protection.

The Partnership’s Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program, which works to involve corporations in local environmental stewardship projects, celebrated the addition of four new companies to its membership in 2007.

An initial round of fieldwork for the Brandywine River Freshwater Mussel Restoration Project (photo J) was completed this fall, laying the groundwork for re-introducing native species of freshwater mussels back into the lower Brandywine River as a way to help improve water quality and habitat conditions.

Grants and ContractsBP America, Inc.ConocoPhillipsCity of WilmingtonDelaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)DNREC, Coastal Program Office Delaware Department of TransportationDelaware Tourism OfficeDuPont Clear Into the FutureNational Fish & Wildlife FoundationNational Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationNew Jersey Coastal Management ProgramPennsylvania Coastal Zone Management ProgramPennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionPhiladelphia Water DepartmentPSEGRutgers UniversityU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceUSGSThe Welfare FoundationThe William Penn Foundation

Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program Members (CESP)Golden Eagle Level: Agilent TechnologiesAtlantic City Electric, a PHI CompanyCentocorConocoPhillipsLogan Generating CompanyMcNeil CHCNoramcoWheelabrator Gloucester

Red Tail Hawk Level:Mannington MillsWaste ManagementWawaWeston Solutions

2007 Experience the EstuaryCelebration SponsorsAcademy of Natural SciencesAKRFAQUA PennsylvaniaARCADISArtesian Water CompanyBP America, Inc.CHPlanningClement Pappas and Co., Inc.CogentrixConectiv EnergyConocoPhillips Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental ControlDelaware River Basin CommissionDelaware Valley Regional Planning CommissionDuffield AssociatesDuPontEDiS CompanyEnvironmental Consulting Services, Inc. ExelonFrank McShane Illustration & DesignGross Graphics ServicesGreeley and Hansen LLCLogan GeneratingManko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP

Marvin & Palmer Associates, Inc.McNeil CHCNew Castle Conservation DistrictNew Jersey DEP – Coastal Zone Management ProgramO’Brien and GerePHI/ Delmarva Power & Atlantic City ElectricPhiladelphia Regional Port AuthorityPhiladelphia Water DepartmentPSEG Estuary Enhancement ProgramRohm and HaasRT Environmental Services, Inc.Sunoco, Inc.Urban Engineers, Inc.WAWA, Inc.

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary thanks all of our partners who have supported our work through contributions, grants, event sponsorship, cooperative agreements, anddonations to our annual appeal and throughout the year.

2007 Experience the Estuary Contributors, Volunteers, and Turtle ArtistsGretchen AppsThe Atlantic Cape Fisheries Oyster Farm Bivalve Packing CompanyDave BushekLisa CalvoAndy CloudMarietta Dantonio-FryerDebbi DentonHelena DomenicLarry DoyleBecky FenstermacherHelen FentonSondra FliteErin FirmaniFlying Fish Brewing Company Kyle ForstBeth Haas Amie HowellJudi JeffersJenn JonesJohn KennelKathy KleinKaren KreegerKrista LaudenbachEric Leinhard Max Hansen CatererPinelands Nursery TJ PaquetteNancy ParkerRoberta RiccioJanice RollwagenDeanne RossScott RossRutgers Haskin Shellfish Research LaboratoryRutgers Cape Shore LaboratoryRachel Sclan VaheyNy SeniukAl TaylorHarriet TaylorTerri SlackVictory Brewing CompanyLisa Wool

2007 Silent and Live Auction ContributorsThanks to the more than 110 businesses and individuals who contributed items to the 2007 Experience the Estuary’s silent auction. Their contributions helped to raise close to $17,000 for the Partnership.

2007 Experience the Estuary Contributors, Volunteers, and Turtle ArtistsGretchen AppsThe Atlantic Cape Fisheries Oyster Farm Bivalve Packing CompanyDave BushekLisa CalvoAndy CloudMarietta Dantonio-FryerDebbi DentonHelena DomenicLarry DoyleBecky FenstermacherHelen FentonSondra FliteErin FirmaniFlying Fish Brewing Company Kyle ForstBeth Haas Amie HowellJudi JeffersJenn JonesJohn KennelKathy KleinKaren KreegerKrista LaudenbachEric Leinhard Max Hansen CatererPinelands Nursery TJ PaquetteNancy ParkerRoberta RiccioJanice RollwagenDeanne RossScott RossRutgers Haskin Shellfish Research LaboratoryRutgers Cape Shore LaboratoryRachel Sclan VaheyNy SeniukAl TaylorHarriet TaylorTerri SlackVictory Brewing CompanyLisa Wool

2007 Silent and Live Auction ContributorsThanks to the more than 110 businesses and individuals who contributed items to the 2007 Experience the Estuary’s silent auction. Their contributions helped to raise close to $17,000 for the Partnership.

2007 Delaware Estuary Science Conference SponsorsThe Academy of Natural SciencesConocoPhillipsDelaware Coastal Management Program Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC)Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)DuPontMcCabe & AssociatesNew Jersey Coastal Management ProgramNOAAPennsylvania Coastal Zone Management ProgramPennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Pennsylvania Sea GrantPhiladelphia Water Department

PSEG, Estuary Enhancement ProgramRutgers Haskin Shellfish Research

LaboratoryUniversity of Delaware Sea Grant

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceUSGS

2007 Annual Fund Donors$1000 and above

Curtis W. McGraw FoundationRobert D. Goldman, P.G.

$500 to $999Jennifer Adkins and Andy Cloud

Aquaterra Technologies, Inc.Frances B. Carter

Environmental Consulting Services, Inc.Senator Edwin B. Erickson IIIFairmount Park CommissionMarilyn HeffleyKathy Klein and David PaulDr. Susan KilhamNoramco, Inc.Peter Pappas

$250 to $499AnonymousLaura BishopEnvironmental Connection, LLCGross GraphicsJoe GruberEd GrusheskiCharnelle HicksCharles J. and Diane B. LawrenceEric LienhardRobert G. and Sarah Thorne-Locke

Ann K. MasseJoseph and Jeanne McAteeHoward NeukrugJeffrey J. PantazesEllen and Stephen PearlmanJonathan and Carla RindeRalph and Cynthia StahlDean K. SteinTrustees of Ardentown Wilmington Tug, Inc.

$150 to $249Shaun and Jamie BaileyLeon K. ChainRussell J.Furnari Mike and Pat GaborDave and Bonnie KittsDanielle and Karen KreegerFrederick and Carrie LewisJune MacArtorManko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLPStephen P. MullinDavid P. PollisonJanice Rollwagen

$75 to $149Anonymous AnonymousAnonymousAnonymous Charles and Paulette AppMr. and Mrs. Robert G. ArnoldArtesian Water Company David AtheyJudith AutenCarol BanfordIn Memory of Martin Stuart BartashRichard P. Brown, Jr.John and Jenifer BurghardtDavid CarterDr. Edward W. ChristoffersGail CowieDelaware Association of Conservation DistrictsAmanda DeSantisCharles Day DilksJeanne and Burt DoremusLawrence and Martha DoyleKatie EberhartPatricia L. ElkisBob and Linda EmmettChristopher EvansDiane C. FairclothJames FalkJeff and Karen FlemingThomas and Helen FrommTom Garton

Marc and Suzie GoldHabitat by DesignSimeon HahnArthur W. HarperGrace HarveyBruce M. Hashinger, IIIRobert Hoke and Kathryn Kendall Helen HowesWilliam and Martha G. HudsonKaren L. Johnson

Randall C. Kelly Barbara KleinSanford M. Klein, M.D.Paul KozlakGeorge KrupanskiStanley LaBrunaDavid and Jennifer LeoneJoseph Matassino Debra McCarty and Richard StasiorowskiRobin and Andrew MillerDorothy P. MillerHiram H. MungerPaul NemethOctoraro Native Plant Nurseries, Inc.Dr. Ruth PatrickGeorge F. PhelpsThe Philadelphia ZooJohn P. Piper and Deborah J. TuttleJuhan and Jeanne RunneJeffrey and Rosemary RussellElaine Schmerling and Warren Butt Barry SeymourJane SilvermanMike and Mary SpearStanker and Galetto, Inc.Virginia ThompsonJoan TracyDavid and Susan VelinskyKirstin and Jeff WakefieldWhite Clay Wild & Scenic ProgramMatt and Julie Winters

Up to $75Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous AnonymousRichard C. Ailes, Jr.Stephen H. BalzerBoyd BenjaminMark A. BiddleAnthony BolinMary Ann BoyerDavid and Kathleen BrownleeAnne Carney and Noel Barrett

David G. MandelbaumMarie E. ManspeakerSuzanne Marinell

John MarxAlbert S. Matlack

John McGinleyMarie Meshanic

Barbara MoneganWalter MugdanD.R. NolanMike Noone

Frank J. O’DonnellBrenda and Leif Olson

David OthmerHarry W. OttoPalmyra Cove Nature ParkPerkiomen Watershed ConservancyLouis PiccianiJoyce E. PillsburyJohn and Angela PonteJames B. Porter, Jr.Maynard S. RaaschRalph H. RatcliffeAlfred J. ReadingerBrian J. ReidyRoger J. RiderJohn and Joan RindeBarbara RossDeanne and Scott RossDr. Karl F. Rugart, Jr.Deborah N. RushRobert Ryan – FX Browne, Inc.Marcia Hanson and William SaleyCharles W. SappSarah R. SaundersRobert SchneiderEric and Linda SchradingRoger Schrading and Rebecca BaehrBob and Mary Ellen ScottGeoffrey and Cecily SellingJoan B. SoodJanet W. StarwoodJohn L. and Mariane StefanoCarie and Shandor SzalayAshley SzczesiakJule K. ThiessenSabina M. ThornWilliam E. ToffeyDr. Rosalind TroupinJoseph TroxellKaren and Bob ValihuraPam and Howard VenzieMarianne WalchJack and Floda WilliamsMaria WoodLisa Wool

Congressman Mike CastleSteven M. CastoraniRobert M. Cohen, M.D.Dorothy ColburnPaula ConollyMr. and Mrs. Leonard J. CornwallDan DaleyDarby Creek Valley AssociationDelaware Valley Forensic Psychology, P.C.Michael P. and Catherine M. De LucaGiuseppe P. de LucaCarl Desko Beverly DevereauxNicholas A. DiPasqualePatricia EamesWilliam J. Eissing, Jr.Anita and Lamar EkbladhPeter and Ginger EvansHelen F. FaustElizabeth Feinberg HaynosRobert J. Fitzmyer, Jr.Lorraine and Richard FlemingCathy FortenbaughFX Browne, Inc.Glenn Gauvry Robert GoldenVincent J. GormanDominick Granato, Jr.Suzanne GrantWilliam G. HamiltonElaine W. HargravesKaren E. HarrisDavid HarrisonJean HaskellJeff HoeltzelJ. Lee HollowellDebora & Kurt HollsteinEric C. HolmstromJames E. HookAmie HowellAlan K. IlesDavid J. InmanJanet E. JonesValerie M. JonesJennifer JonesDorothy JonesJohn and Marie KennelDonald Knezick Sue Kofoet Anthony KopkoStanley and Patricia LaskowskiWendy LathropKrista Laudenbach-NelsonMary LeckSarah LodgeDonald MacBride

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Board of Directors:Executive Committee:Chairman – Robert D. Goldman, P.G. – Duffield Associates, Inc. Vice Chairman – Howard M. Neukrug – Philadelphia Water DepartmentTreasurer – Leon Chain – Aqua America, Inc. Secretary – Jeffrey J. Pantazes – PSEG Services Corporation

Charnelle Hicks – CHPlanning, Ltd.Charles J. Lawrence – Philadelphia Regional Port AuthorityAnn K. Masse – DuPont

Board Members:Laura Bishop – Thomas/Boyd Communications

Michael P. De Luca – Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

James M. Falk – University of Delaware Sea GrantThomas W. Fromm – Cogentrix Energy, Inc.Marilyn Heffley – Sunoco, Inc.Dave Kitts – Mannington MillsEric Lienhard, P.E. – Greeley & HansenFrederick Lewis – Center in the ParkJudi London – Winning StrategiesJuhan Runne, Esq. – Archer & Greiner, P.C.Matthew S. Winters – Wawa, Inc.

PDE Staff Members:Jennifer Adkins, Executive DirectorShaun Bailey, Communications SpecialistKaren Johnson, Development DirectorJenn Jones, Environmental Stewardship CoordinatorDanielle Kreeger, Science DirectorMartha Maxwell-Doyle, Deputy DirectorDee Ross, Program SpecialistLisa Wool, Program Director

Priscilla Cole, Graduate AssistantMatt Gray, Graduate Assistant

Estuary Implementation Committee (EIC):Gregory Breese – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Joe DiBello – National Park ServiceKevin Donnelly – DNRECJohn Hines – PADEPKerry Kirk-Pflugh – NJDEP Jennifer Adkins – Partnership for the Delaware EstuaryEvelyn MacKnight – US EPA, Region IIIHoward Neukrug – Philadelphia Water DepartmentJanice Rollwagen – US EPA Region IIDan Soeder – USGSRobert Tudor – DRBC Andy Zemba – PADEP

Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC):Daniel Soeder — United States Geological Survey (STAC Chair)

Standing Representatives:Kenneth Anderson II – Pennsylvania DEPGary Buchanan, Ph.D – NJDEP Division of Science, Research and TechnologyLance H. Butler – Office of Watersheds; Philadelphia Water Department Thomas Fikslin, Ph.D – Delaware River Basin CommissionAmy Jacobs – DNREC Division of Water Resources, Watershed AssessmentDanielle Kreeger, Ph.D – Partnership for the Delaware EstuaryLarry Miller – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Mid-Atlantic Fishery Resources Office David E. Russell, Ph.D – Environmental Science Center; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Elected Representatives:Allison Allen – U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceGregory Breese – NOAA, National Oceans ServiceDewayne Fox, Ph.D – Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Delaware State University Jack Gallagher, Ph.D – University of Delaware; College of Marine and Earth StudiesJawed Hameedi, Ph.D – National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationRobert Hoke, Ph.D. – DuPont, Haskell Laboratory for Health and Environmental SciencesDesmond Kahn, Ph.D. – DNREC; Division of Fish and Wildlife Susan Kilham, Ph.D – Drexel University; Department of Bioscience & BiotechnologyJohn Kraeuter, Ph.D – Rutgers University; Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory Jonathan Sharp, Ph.D – University of Delaware; College of Marine and Earth StudiesChris Sommerfield, Ph.D – University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth StudiesDavid Velinsky, Ph.D, – Academy of Natural Sciences

Printed on recycled paper.

Illustration and Design ©2007 Frank McShane

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary leads collaborative and creative efforts to protect and enhance the Delaware Estuary

and its tributaries for current and future generations.

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.One Riverwalk Plaza110 S. Poplar Street, Suite 202Wilmington, DE 198011-800-445-4935www.DelawareEstuary.org