By Shaun Bailey , Marketing and Communications Specialist, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Published on March 6, 2008
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This spring, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary will unveil EcoDelaware.com, a new website promoting ecotourism events and destinations in Delaware, particularly in the Delaware Estuary.

EcoDelaware.com is being created to provide an online resource full of ecotourism opportunities in the state. A similar website is currently under development in Southern New Jersey, and related sites promoting ecotourism in Southeastern Pennsylvania are already available to the public. Therefore, EcoDelaware.com will fill a critical niche for the region while providing a new tool that connects residents and travelers with places of ecological interest in the First State.

This new website will allow users to search a database of ecotourism events and destinations, and it will feature several ecotours developed by the Partnership to highlight key areas and activities in the Delaware Estuary. The site will also allow partners from throughout the state to submit their own events, destinations and ecotours. Through EcoDelaware.com, the Partnership seeks to increase awareness, appreciation and, ultimately, environmental stewardship among new audiences.

EcoDelaware.com has been made possible thanks to a $10,000 grant provided by the Delaware Office of Tourism in June of 2007. Since that time, the Partnership has worked with Talisman Interactive of Philadelphia to make this online resource a reality. Talisman Interactive has developed websites for the DuPont Nature Center and Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center in recent years, both of which are ecotourism destinations in the Delaware Estuary.

For more information and to ensure your destination is listed, please e-mail Shaun Bailey at SBailey@DelawareEstuary.org.