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The Delaware River Festival is back for another year along the Delaware River! Connecting both the Camden and Philadelphia waterfronts, join us for an annual event that features family-friendly fun, educational activities, and water-centered learning opportunities. Whether you want to enjoy free ferry rides, museum visits, pedal boat opportunities, face painting, or scavenger hunts, there is something for everyone.
Help restore shorelines! Join PDE in bagging recycled oyster shell to create habitat for marine life and protect coasts from erosion.Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) has been collecting oyster shell from Philadelphia restaurants since 2022. Generally, spent oyster shells go to landfills, but with our recycling program shells are going back to the Delaware Bay.Oyster shells are important for baby oysters and the entire aquatic ecosystem. Oysters are ecosystem engineers and a keystone species in the Delaware Bay. These awesome shellfish not only filter our water but oyster reefs are important habitat for lots of local wildlife. By returning
Join the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary at the 2025 Experience the Estuary CelebrationSorry! Ticket sales have ended for this event. Please contact us if you have any questions at hburns@delawareestuary.org. We hope to see you at another one of our fundraising events!This year's celebration will take place at Vie by Cescaphe in Philadelphia, PA on Thursday, October 9 from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.Join PDE for an incredible evening featuring cocktail hour, open bar, dinner, silent auction, and raw oysters from the Delaware Bay.Tentative Schedule:5:00 Reception - Cocktails & Hors d'Oeuvres5:00 Bidding Opens - Silent Auction and Wine Pull5:00 PDE
Help us protect our waterways by volunteering to mark storm drains in Germantown - let's keep our environment clean together!Storm Drain Marking Volunteer Event- The Water ShedDate: Saturday, November 1stTime: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMLocation: 5300 Wayne AveCome join us at The Water Shed for a fun and rewarding storm drain marking volunteer event! Help protect our local waterways by labeling storm drains to prevent pollution. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to make a difference. See you there!Can't Make it?: Unable to make this volunteer event but still interested in participating? You can mark storm
Nature walk exploring native plants in shaping the American landscape environmentally, culturally, and historically.Meets at Banning Regional Park Playground. This guided nature walk honors the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by exploring the enduring role of native plants in shaping the American landscape environmentally, culturally, and historically. Highlights include the area’s native plant species; how Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenape, used and continue to use these plants for food and medicine; and how early colonists relied on these same native species for survival and independence. Participants will receive a seed packet of native species. Walk led by
Celebrating PDE’s Pearl Anniversary — 30 Years of Protecting the Delaware EstuaryCelebrate 30 years of protecting the Delaware Estuary at the 2026 Experience the Estuary Celebration, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s signature annual gathering of regional environmental leaders, partners, and supporters.This year’s Pearl Anniversary celebration honors three decades of science, collaboration, and community impact across the Delaware River and Bay. Guests will enjoy an unforgettable evening of great food, meaningful connections, and opportunities to support the estuary we all depend on.Join us on Thursday, October 8, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Vie by Cescaphe in Philadelphia, PA.The