Burr Monroe joins Delaware Nature Society as backyard wildlife habitat coordinator

The Delaware Nature Society has named Burr Monroe as its new backyard wildlife habitat coordinator for Kent and Sussex counties.

Monroe will be based at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford.  He has nine years' experience managing natural resources for residences, municipalities and nonprofits. He has worked on ecological restoration, environmental assessments, stormwater management projects, landscape design, native plant propagation, educational outreach and more.

In addition to his new position at the Delaware Nature Society, Monroe is a restoration ecologist with Tributaries, an ecological consulting firm in Georgetown. He also has worked for firms in Harbeson, Rehoboth Beach and Santa Barbara, Calif.

He is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where he majored in wildlife conservation and received a minor in landscape horticulture.

“I am pleased to strengthen our successful Backyard Wildlife Habitat program in Sussex and Kent counties,” says Brian Winslow, executive director of the Delaware Nature Society. “Habitat stewards previously had to travel from New Castle County to serve the needs of downstate residents who wished to certify their properties as backyard habitats.”

A resident of Georgetown, Monroe is an active community volunteer for such organizations as Delaware Adopt-A-Wetland, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware Seashore State Park and Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Founded in 1964, Delaware Nature Society is the state’s preeminent nonprofit environmental organization.  For more information, go to www.delawarenaturesociety.org, @DENatureSociety on Twitter or Delaware Nature Society on Facebook.

For more information about the Backyard Wildlife Habitat program, downstate residents should contact Monroe at 302-422-0847 or burr@delawarenaturesociety.org.