The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) engages locals in the communities they call home. Click the links below to learn more about the group in your area.
There are many other nonprofit and governmental organizations dedicated to the management, restoration, conservation, protection and stewardship of the Delaware Estuary Watershed. Click on the organization names below to learn more about their programs, 48 projects and volunteer opportunities.
There are many additional nonprofit and governmental organizations dedicated to the management, restoration, conservation, protection and stewardship of the natural resources of the Delaware Estuary Watershed. Please click on the organizations’ names below to learn more about their programs, projects, and volunteer opportunities.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – (PA / NJ/ DE)
American Littorial Society – (PA / NJ)
Aqua America – (PA / NJ)
AquaTrails Kayak Tours – (NJ)
Artesian Water Company – (DE)
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions – (NJ)
Awbury Arboretum – (PA)
Bartram’s Garden – (PA)
BaySave Foundation – (DE / NJ / PA)
Bayshore Center at Bivalve – (NJ)
Bucks County Audubon Society/ Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center – (PA)
Berks County Conservation District – (PA)
Berks Nature – (PA)
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge – (DE)
Bowmen’s Hill Wildflower Preserve – (PA)
Brandywine Conservancy – (DE / PA)
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance – (DE)
Brandywine Zoo – (DE)
Briar Bush Nature Center – (PA)
Bucks County Conservation District – (PA)
Burlington County Soil Conservation District – (NJ)
Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority – (NJ)
Camden County Soil Conservation District – (NJ)
Cape Atlantic Conservation District – (NJ)
Cape May-Lewes Ferry – (DE / NJ)
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge – (NJ)
Cape May Watershed Management Area 16 – (NJ)
Celebrate Delaware Bay – (DE / NJ)
Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium – (NJ)
Center in the Park Senior Environmental Corps – (PA)
Chester County Conservation District – (PA)
Chester County Parks Department – (PA)
Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association – (PA)
Christina Conservancy – (DE)
Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries – (NJ)
City of Wilmington – (DE)
City Parks Association – (PA)
Clean Water Campaign – (DE)
Clear Into the Future: A DuPont Delaware Estuary Initiative – (DE / NJ / PA)
Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed – (DE / NJ / PA)
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey – (NJ)
Cumberland-Salem Conservation District – (NJ)
D&R Greenway Land Trust – (NJ)
Delaware Audubon Society – (DE)
Darby Creek Valley Association – (PA)
Delaware Association for Environmental Education – (DE)
Delaware Center for Horticulture – (DE)
Delaware Children in Nature – (DE)
Delaware Coastal Management Program (DNREC) – (DE)
Delaware County Conservation District – (PA)
Delaware County Environmental Network – (PA)
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) – (DE)
Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) – (DE)
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation – (PA)
Delaware Forest Service – (DE)
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor – (PA)
Delaware Museum of Natural History – (DE)
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve – (DE)
Delaware Nature Society – (DE)
Delaware River and Bay Authority – (DE / NJ / PA)
Delaware River Basin Commission – (DE / NJ / PA)
Delaware River City Corporation – (PA)
Delaware River Greenway Partnership – (DE / NJ / PA)
Delaware River Steamboat Floating Classroom – (DE)
Delaware Riverkeeper Network – (DE / NJ / PA)
Delaware Sea Grant – (DE)
Delaware State Parks – (DE)
Delaware State University’s College of Agriculture and Related Sciences – (DE)
Ducks Unlimited – (DE / PA / NJ)
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission – (DE)
Delaware Wild Lands – (DE)
Discover Delaware Bay – (NJ)
Earth Force – (PA)
East Falls Tree Tenders – (PA)
ecoDelaware.com – (DE)
EcoExpress.org – (PA)
Ecological Research & Development Group – (DE)
Fairmount Water Works – (PA)
Federal Emergency Management Agency – (DE / NJ / PA)
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust – (PA)
Friends of Pennypack Park – (PA)
Friends of Poquessing Watershed – (PA)
Friends of Schuylkill River Park – (PA)
Friends of the Manayunk Canal – (PA)
Friends of the Wissahickon – (PA)
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation – (NJ)
Gloucester County Soil Conservation District – (NJ)
Green Valleys Watershed Association – (PA)
Hale-Byrnes House – (DE)
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory of Rutgers University – (NJ)
Hay Creek Watershed Association – (PA)
Heritage Conservancy – (PA / NJ)
Independence Seaport Museum – (PA)
Iron Hill Museum / Delaware Academy of Science – (DE)
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve – (NJ)
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation – (DE)
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful – (PA)
Kent Conservation District – (DE)
Living Lands & Waters – (PA)
Lower Merion Conservancy – (PA)
Manayunk Development Corporation – (PA)
Marine Mammal Stranding Center – (NJ)
Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay – (PA)
Montgomery County Conservation District – (PA)
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania – (PA)
Mt. Cuba Center – (DE)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – (DE / NJ / PA)
National Park Service – (DE / NJ / PA)
National Wildlife Federation – (DE / NJ / PA)
Natural Lands Trust – (NJ / PA)
Natural Resources Conservation Service – (DE / NJ / PA)
(The) Nature Conservancy – (DE / NJ / PA)
New Castle Conservation District – (DE)
New Castle County – (DE)
Newark, City of – (DE)
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences – (NJ)
New Jersey Audubon Society – (NJ)
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route – (NJ)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – (NJ)
New Jersey Future – (NJ)
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium – (NJ)
NJDEP Coastal Zone Mangement Prorgam – (NJ)
NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife – (NJ)
(NJDEP) Project Learning Tree – (NJ)
NJDEP Water Quality Management Planning Program – (NJ)
Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust – (NJ)
Palmyra Cove Nature Park – (NJ)
Peace Valley Nature Center – (PA)
Penn Future – (PA)
Pennsylvania Association for Environmental Educators – (PA)
Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of State Parks – (PA)
Pennsylvania DEP Bureau of Clean Water – (PA)
Pennsylvania DEP Coastal Resources Management Program – (PA)
Pennsylvania DEP Environmental Education Center – (PA)
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – (PA)
Pennsylvania Environmental Council – (PA)
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission – (PA)
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers – (PA)
Pennsylvania Resources Council – (PA)
Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation – (PA)
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust – (PA)
Pennypack Farm & Education Center – (PA)
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy – (PA)
Philadelphia Water Department – (PA)
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory – (PA)
Philadelphia Zoo – (PA)
Pinelands Preservation Alliance – (NJ)
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge – (DE)
PSEG Energy & Environmental Resource Center (NJ)
Radnor Middle School Watershed Program – (PA)
“Rain Gardens for the Bays” Campaign – (DE / NJ / PA)
Rancocas Creek Association – (NJ)
Riverbend Environmental Education Center – (PA)
Rutgers University Wetland Short Courses – (NJ)
Saddler’s Woods Conservation Association – (NJ)
Schuylkill Action Network – (PA)
Schuylkill Banks – (PA)
Schuylkill Canal Association – (PA)
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education – (PA)
Schuylkill Conservation District – (PA)
Schuylkill Headwaters Association – (PA)
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area – (PA)
Scotland Park Run Nature Center – (NJ)
ShopRite – (DE / NJ / PA)
Silver Lake Nature Center – (PA)
South Jersey Bayshore Coalition – (NJ)
South Jersey Land & Water Trust – (NJ)
Stroud Water Research Center – (PA)
Suez – (DE)
Swarthmore College’s Watershed Projects – (PA)
Thank You Delaware Bay – (DE / PA/ NJ)
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc. – (PA)
Trout Unlimted – (DE / PA/ NJ)
Tyler Arboretum – (PA)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District – (DE / PA/ NJ)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regions II and III – (DE / PA/ NJ)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – (DE / PA/ NJ)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Delaware Bay Estuary Project – (DE / PA/ NJ)
U.S. Geological Survey – (DE / PA/ NJ)
United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia – (PA)
United States Coast Guard Sea Partners Program – (DC)
University of Delaware Aquaculture Resource Center – (DE)
University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment – (DE)
University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration Water Resources Agency – (DE)
University of Delaware Environmental Public Education Office – (DE)
Urban Tree Connection – (PA)
The Wetland Institute – (NJ)
White Clay Creek Watershed Management Committee – (DE / PA)
White Clay Watershed Association – (DE / PA)
Wildlife Habitat Council – (MD)
William Penn Foundation – (DE / PA / NJ)
Wissahickon Environmental Center – (PA)
Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers – (PA)