Whether your property is in a suburban, urban, or rural landscape you can adopt several watershed and wetland friendly behaviors that will reduce your impact on the waters and land downstream of you.

Here are some of the simple changes, and the more dedicated changes, you can make each day to do your part in keeping Delaware’s waterways healthy.

Just make a few simple changes and you can be on your way to protecting your watershed:

• Reducing or eliminating use of fertilizers and pesticides
• Never overwatering your lawn
• Picking up pet waste
• Using a mulching mower
• Landscaping with native plants
• Participating in local cleanup activities
• Removing invasive plants
• Installing a rain barrel
• Adding a rain garden to your landscape
• Reducing impervious surfaces (solid surfaces that water can not drain through) on your property

Or if you want to be more active try some of these activities:

• Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program
• Join your local Tributary Action Team
• Volunteer with DNREC
• Volunteer with our Conservation Partners
• Enroll in voluntary land restoration and protection programs

Learn More:

Helping the Environment Starts in Your Backyard

Wetlands Public Participation Guidebook

Wetland Restoration in Delaware: A Landowner’s Guide Part 1 (Restoration Stories)

Wetland Restoration in Delaware: A Landowner’s Guide Part 2 (Resources for Restoration)

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