New at Penn State
Penn State Intercom......September 6, 2001

Collaboration aimed
at improving estuary

Penn State Cooperative Extension and Pennsylvania Sea Grant have collaborated to develop a partnership in the Delaware River estuary that will focus on improving the environmental and economic health of Pennsylvania's eastern coast.

The partnership will cover 57 miles of coastline along the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers in Bucks, Philadelphia and Delaware counties. Leading the partnership is urban coastal environmental agent Ann Faulds, a biologist with more than 14 years of experience in aquatic resource instruction. Faulds will use workshops, publications and applied research activities to improve public awareness and understanding of coastal issues.

"Pennsylvania Sea Grant was established at Penn State Erie in 1998, and its initial geographic focus has been the 63 miles of Lake Erie coastline and the Lake Erie watershed," said Faulds. "Now the program has expanded to provide similar attention to the state's eastern coast."

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce administers Sea Grant.

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