A Comprehensive Conservation And Management Plan For Delaware's Inland Bays
 Much work remains to be done to improve the environment in the Bays' watershed, although much has been done already. The Inland Bays Estuary Program carried on this work through the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) development and implementation process. The Center for the Inland Bays shall continue implementing the CCMP. Click here to read the plan in full.
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Rehoboth Beach Effluent Disposal Study: Evaluation of Wastewater Discharge Alternatives
 The report, produced by Stearns & Wheler, LLC, evaluates four alternatives to direct wastewater discharge to the Bays including Land Application, Rapid Infiltration Beds, Subsurface Injection, and an Ocean Outfall. Advantages, disadvantages, and costs of each alternative are presented. Click here for the full report in pdf(10+ MB) or click here to view the JAN 13 ’06 STAC powerpoint presentation of the report.
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Inland Bays Applied Shellfish Research and Field Demonstration Projects are Yielding Valuable Information
Most of us living in eastern Sussex County know that Delaware's Inland Bays have been experiencing the impacts of chronic eutrophication and sediment erosion resultant from several decades of sustained nutrient input and development from within the surrounding watershed.
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2004 Inland Bays Environmental Indicators Report
 This inaugural report on the status and trends of 11 key environmental indicators for Delaware's Inland Bays is available by calling the office of the CIB at (302) 645-7325.
Click here to read the full report in PDF. ( Please Note: This is a large file and may take several minutes to download.))
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STAC Reports
February 8, 2008 STAC Presentations
Delmarva Atlantic Watershed Network -- Dave Wilson, MCBP
Assessment and Monitoring of Harmful Algal Cysts in High Nutrient-Rich Areas of the Delaware Inland Bays -- Kevin Portune, UDCMES
July 27, 2007 STAC Presentations
Pasture Point Restoration Project -- Evelyn Maurmeyer, C & ER Inc.
Considerations for Pasture Point -- Joanne Haughey, DNREC
Nutrient Load Assessment Protocol -- Lyle Jones, DNREC
Estimating the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Seasonal Population Seasonal Population Using Wastewater Flows -- Brittany Kiessling, CIB
May 15th, 2007 STAC Presentations
Recreational Fishing Indicator -- John Clark, DNREC
Delaware’s Inland Bays Seagrass Reestablishment Project & SAV as an Environmental Indicator -- Ben Anderson, DNREC
Development of a Seagrass Goal in Maryland’s Coastal Bays -- Cathy Wazniak, MCBP
Development of a SAV Tissue Culture Protocol for Restoration of Marine Habitats Kayti Tigani -- UDCMES
March 9th, 2007 STAC Presentations
Watersheds and Population Growth Indicator -- Edythe Humphries, DNREC
Delaware’s hard clam resource: What we know and what we need to know -- Jeff Tinsman, DNREC
Habitat Restoration and Protection through GPRA – As an indicator?... Eric Buehl, CIB
Nutrient Management Indicator (presentation to be posted soon) Steve Hollenbeck, DNMC
Environmental Indicators for On-Site Wastewater in the Inland Bays and Little Assawoman Watersheds -- Dave Schepens, DNREC
January 19th STAC Presentations
Reflections on Constructing an Indicator Framework -- Denise Wardrop, Penn State
Development of a Juvenile Fish Index -- Tim Targett and Mike Rhode, UDCMES
Inland Bays Watershed Population Indicator Report -- Edythe Humphries, DNREC
Bringing the Benefits of Offshore Windpower to Delaware -- Rob Propes, Bluewater Wind
October 27th STAC Presentations
Uncertain Threats to Saltmarshes of the Delaware Inland Bays -- Chris Bason, CIB
A New, Potentially Harmful, Algal Bloom Species in the Inland Bays -- Elif Demir, UDCMES,
This presentation may be posted following Elif's publication of her work submitted to Journal of Phycology. For now please read Dr. Hutchin's final report to the CIB on the subject (click here)
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September 15, 2006 Presentations
IGCC Development In Delaware Coal Without Compromise
Air Emissions Permitting Considerations for an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Unit Potentially Located in the State of Delaware -- Robert Clausen, DNREC - AWMS
Inland Bays Pollution Control Strategy, Draft 3: Revisions Made and the Path Forward, 8/30/06 -- Kathy Bunting-Howarth, DNREC - DWR
Analysis of the Revisions to the Buffer System of the Inland Bays Pollution Control Strategy, Chris Bason -- CIB
June 2006
Water Quality Status and Trends for the Inland Bays – Dave Wolanski, DNREC
Description of the nature of Citizen Monitoring Program water quality data and preliminary trends 1996 – 2005 – Ed Whereat, IBCMP
Status and trend analysis in the Maryland water quality monitoring program – Matt Hall & Cathy Wazniak, MDDNR
Fiscal Year 2007 grant funded CCMP Implementation Projects – Chris Bason, CIB
April Presentations
Delaware Aerial Infrared Deer Population Survey (Preliminary Report) Ken Reynolds, DNREC
Brown Tide (Aureococcus anophagefferens) in Delaware’s Inland Bay’s 1998 – 2005 Edyth Humphries, DNREC
Presentations from January 13, 2006
a. “Growth responses of fish to hypoxia in estuarine nursery habitat: results from the lab and Pepper Creek”
Tim Targett & Kevin Stierhoff -- UDCMS
b. “A How To Guide: for Estuary-Dependent Fish Avoiding Hypoxia in Delaware’s Inland Bays”
Damian Brady & Tim Targett – UDCMS
c. “Rehoboth Beach Effluent Disposal Study: Evaluation of Wastewater Discharge Alternatives”
Rip Copithorn – Stearns & Wheler, LLC
December 2005 Presentations
Automated Analysis of Nutrients and Related Water Quality Parameters at Millsboro Pond
William Ullman, CMS & Jennifer Volk, DNREC
Nutrient Transport in Southern Delaware Streams - Lessons Learned from TMDL and CISNet
Scott Andres, DGS
Tidal Pump Flushing in South Bethany Canals
Mike Fichera, Entrix
Mitigating Environmental Impacts of the Indian River Inlet Bridge Project
Justin Reel, RK&K Engineers
Progress on Engineering Water Sampling Devices
Jim Glancey, UD
Research & Demonstration Project Priorities for the Inland Bays
Dr. Sergio Huerta- DNREC
Dr. Bill Ullman- University of Delaware
Dr. Dave Hutchins- University of Delaware
Dr. Tom Sims- University of Delaware
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The CIB strives to provide the most recent and accurate information regarding estuarine and watershed studies such as research concerning the efficiency of different agricultural cover crop systems to retain nitrogen, a major Bay pollutant.
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To improve tracking of Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan implementation, the CIB has provided guidance on preparing quarterly and final project reports. The CIB is also committed to ensuring that data generated through CIB funding are scientifically valid, defensible, of high quality, and designed to meet data user requirements. Guidance on preparing quality assurance documents is available through a link to the EPA Quality website.
Please contact chrisbason@inlandbays.org with any questions.
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