Center For The Inland Bays - Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee

The Public is Invited!

For watershed residents interested in learning about the latest research being done on the Inland Bays, the STAC Meetings are a rich opportunity to hear presentations and ask question. Held quarterly in Cannon 104 at the College of Marine Studies in Lewes, notice of the meetings is given on the home page of our website.

The CIB Environmental Indicators Project

In 2004 the Center published its first Environmental Indicators Report. Environmental indicators form the bridge between the science and monitoring in the watershed and the public audiences that rely on this information to make informed decisions. Indicators are intended to educate and engage audiences and, developed correctly, can together tell a complete and coherent story about the changing health of the Bays. Some of the current indicators include nutrient concentrations, recreational fishing, and the conversion of septics systems to sewer. The STAC of the CIB is now working to update and revise the indicators into a defensible group of measurements that describe Bay health over time and in a way that everyone can understand.

The Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) would like to announce its 2009 Request for Proposals. During the past decade, the CIB has awarded more than $1,080,000 for local scientific research, restoration, and education projects through competitive funding. This year another $100,000 is available, and research that revises or develops new environmental indicators is in demand!

Download the full RFP now! or...

STAC Directories Now Available

The 2007 STAC Directory is now available. The directory is a listing of scientists, managers, and others interested in the scientific and technical issues of the Inland Bays, and will be updated periodically as needed. If you would like to be added to future editions of the directory please send your name, complete contact information, and expertise to chrisbason@inlandbays.org .

Click here to download the Directory now!

Providing Sound Science For Better Management
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is a standing committee of the Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) created by Title 7, Chapter 76 of the Delaware State Code.

The primary responsibility of the STAC is to provide objective scientific and technical advice and guidance to the Board of Directors of the CIB and other cooperating agencies with interests in the Delaware Inland Bays and their watersheds on matters of developing public understanding, interest, and participation in the implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Delaware's Inland Bays (CCMP).

Dr. Sergio Huerta, Chair

The STAC works under the authority of the Board of Directors and is subject to the bylaws of CIB. The STAC serves as the primary advisor to the Board on scientific and technical matters and considers all relevant scientific and technical issues brought to its attention. In all roles, the STAC strives to receive the concerns from, and to build consensus among the user groups, local, state, and federal agencies, private industries, environmental groups, the scientific community, and general public, concerning the identification of strategies and projects to implement the CCMP and to increase public participation in the work of the CIB.

The STAC also serves to provide advice concerning the scientific and technical merit of proposals submitted to the CIB and by the CIB to other agencies.

Click here to view a copy of the STAC Operating Guidelines in PDF format.

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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

Many of our reports are provided in PDF format. If you do not already have Acrobat reader you may click here to download it for FREE.