1. Wayne C. Lehman Fish and Wildlife Regional Manager (Retired)
CREATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND RESTORATION OF FRESHWATER WETLANDS KENT COUNTY
Wayne C. Lehman
Fish and Wildlife Regional Manager (Retired)
We Bring You Delaware’s Outdoors Through Science and Service

2. Milford Neck Wildlife Area

3. PARTNERSHIPS Division of Fish and Wildlife
Division of Watershed Stewardship
Kent Conservation Districts
Ducks Unlimited
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State Wildlife Grant Program
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

4. FUNCTIONS OF WETLANDS Fish and Wildlife Habitat Water Quality
Flood Protection
Erosion Control
Water Supply and Groundwater Recharge
Recreation and Aesthetics

5. Improving Water Quality
Wetland Complex filters:
1) Sediment
2) Nutrients (fertilizers)
3) Pesticides

6. Wetlands Provide Valuable Waterfowl Habitat
Wetlands provide valuable habitat for waterfowl
Wetlands Provide Valuable Waterfowl Habitat

7. Wetlands Provide Wading Bird Habitat
Wetland also provide habitat for wading birds
Wetlands Provide Wading Bird Habitat

8. Wading Bird Habitat

9. Shorebird Habitat

10. Habitat for Amphibians

11. Reptile Habitat

12. Fish and wildlife surveys
Fish and wildlife surveys. Fish surveys are used to determine the balance of fish in a body of water.
Fish Habitat

13. Upland Buffer Surrounding Wetland Improves Water Quality

14. Increases Upland Wildlife Habitat and Nesting Habitat for Waterfowl

16. Flood Protection

17. TYPES OF RESTORATION PROJECTS
RESTORATION OF FORESTED WETLANDS
FARMLAND WETLAND CREATION

18. RESTORATON OF FORESTED WETLANDS
PREVIOUSLY DRAINED

19. Drained Wetland Along Tax Ditch

20. Drainage Pipes Along Tax Ditches

21. Fortney Tract
water structure

22. Milford Neck Water Structure (Minimum Design)

23. Forested Wetland Restoration
Fortney Tract
Forested Wetland Restoration

24. Fortney Tract

25. Blackiston Wildlife Area
Forested Wetland Restoration

26. Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area - Petersburg
Forested Wetland Restoration Funded by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

27. Blackiston Wildlife Area
Forested Wetland Restoration

28. FARMLAND WETLAND CREATION, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT
POORLY DRAINED, MARGINAL FARMLAND

29. Ted Harvey Wildlife Area, Poorly Drained, Marginal Farmland
Pre-Construction
Ted Harvey Wildlife Area, Poorly Drained, Marginal Farmland

30. Blackiston Wildlife Area
Irregular shaped edges, Micro-topography, Dead logs, Tree planting

31. Ted Harvey Wildlife Area
New Construction Showing Micro-topography

32. Micro-topography Enhances Vegetative Diversity

33. Large diameter Logs for Basking and Cover

34. Minimal Engineering

35. Blackiston Wildlife Area

36. Tree Planting Within Buffer adds Vegetative Diversity and Provides Shade

37. WETLAND PROJECTS SINCE 1992 State Wildlife Areas Kent County
Blackiston : (80 acres)
Woodland Beach (15 acres)
Fortney Urban Tract: (20 acres)
Little Creek North: ( 10 acres)
Ted Harvey (8 acres)
N G Wilder (35 acres)
Milford Neck (20 acres)
Approximate total: (158 acres)