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Delaware Reserve

St. Jones River Component

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The St. Jones River component is located on the North Shore of St. Jones River, off Kitts Hummock Road, south of Dover in Kent County. The site also includes a portion of Delaware Bay.

The St. Jones River component features tidal brackish-water and salt marshes dominated by saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), salt hay (Spartina patens) and open water of creek, river and bay areas, buffered by freshwater wooded fringe, farmlands and meadows.

The St. Jones River watershed drains a portion of the coastal plain in central Kent County, Delaware, including the city of Dover, the surrounding suburbs, industrial areas, agricultural areas and Dover Air Force Base. The upper St. Jones is impounded by a dam 10.5 miles upstream from the bay to form Silver Lake, a municipal recreation area. Some other headwater streams are also impounded. Much of the eastern portion (bayward) of the watershed consists of wetlands and forests, including lands and waters managed for waterfowl, wild turkey, deer and other wildlife.

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