{"id":36196,"date":"2026-03-13T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/earth-day-cleanup-seeks-volunteers-for-christina-river-watershed-sites\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:51:40","slug":"earth-day-cleanup-seeks-volunteers-for-christina-river-watershed-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/earth-day-cleanup-seeks-volunteers-for-christina-river-watershed-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Cleanup Seeks Volunteers for Christina River Watershed Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773417099835.jpg?resize=1024%2C758&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773417099835.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773417099835.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773417099835.jpg?resize=768%2C569&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Community members can sign up now to take part in a watershed cleanup effort organized by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The environmental initiative will span 13 different locations across northern New Castle County.<\/p><p>The volunteer cleanup activity is scheduled to run for three hours on Saturday morning, April 11th, beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding at noon. Officials are positioning the event as an opportunity for residents to celebrate Earth Day early while making a positive environmental impact.<\/p><p>Those interested in participating can register through DNREC to join the annual watershed restoration effort along the Christina River system.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware&#8217;s environmental agency is calling for community volunteers to help clean up 13 locations along the Christina River Watershed. The three-hour cleanup event is scheduled for Saturday morning, April 11th, as an early Earth Day celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,838],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773417099835.jpg?fit=1024%2C758&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9pO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4552,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/inland-bays-clean-up-set-for-september-17th\/","url_meta":{"origin":36196,"position":0},"title":"Inland Bays Clean Up set for September 17th","author":"Admin","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo: Nivette Perez-Perez and Johnny Moore joined dozens of volunteers at the 2021 Inland Bays Clean-Up. 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