The Delaware Naturalist Handbook

By:

Jenkins, McKay, 1963-

Contributor(s):

Barton, Susan

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cultural studies of Delaware and the Eastern ShorePublication details: Charlottesville : University of Delaware Press, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

164453200X
9781644532003

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Delaware Naturalist Handbook.DDC classification:

333.720924 23

LOC classification:

QH45.2

Online resources:

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Contents:

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Becoming a Delaware Master Naturalist -- Chapter one : Human Impact on the Land in Delaware: A History -- Chapter two : Geology -- Chapter three : Watershed Ecology -- Chapter four : Botany and Soil -- Chapter five : Field Sketching and Nature Photography -- Chapter six : Plant Identification and Taxonomy -- Chapter seven : Insects: The Little Things That Run the World -- Chapter eight : Amphibians and Reptiles -- Chapter nine : Birds -- Chapter ten : Citizen Science and the Scientific Method

Chapter eleven : Weather and Climate Change -- Chapter twelve : Invasive Species and Habitat Management -- Chapter thirteen : Environmental Justice -- Conclusion : Sustainable Landscapes -- Contributors

Summary: The Delaware Naturalist Handbook is the primary public face of a major university-led public educational outreach and community engagement initiative. This statewide master naturalist certification program is designed to train hundreds of citizen scientists, K-12 environmental educators, ecological restoration volunteers, and habitat managers each year. The initiative is conducted in collaboration with multiple disciplines at the University of Delaware, the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN), the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (DNREC), the state Division of Parks, the state Forest Service, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife, and local nonprofit educational institutions, including the Mount Cuba Center, the Delaware Nature Society and Ashland Nature Center, Delaware Wildlands, Northeast Climate Hub, Center for Inland Bays, and White Clay Creek State Park. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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The Delaware Naturalist Handbook is the primary public face of a major university-led public educational outreach and community engagement initiative. This statewide master naturalist certification program is designed to train hundreds of citizen scientists, K-12 environmental educators, ecological restoration volunteers, and habitat managers each year. The initiative is conducted in collaboration with multiple disciplines at the University of Delaware, the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN), the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (DNREC), the state Division of Parks, the state Forest Service, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife, and local nonprofit educational institutions, including the Mount Cuba Center, the Delaware Nature Society and Ashland Nature Center, Delaware Wildlands, Northeast Climate Hub, Center for Inland Bays, and White Clay Creek State Park. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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