ANEP: About Estuaries - Delaware Inland Bays

About Estuaries:
Insights on the NEPs - Delaware Inland Bays

Rapid development and intensive agriculture in a burgeoning coastal resort area threaten Delaware's Inland Bays (Rehoboth Bay. Indian River Bay, and Little Assawoman Bay). To help address eutrophication and habitat degradation issues, the Center for the Inland Bays has established the James Farm Ecological Preserve, a 150-acre Sussex County owned property, which is leased as an outdoor learning, recreation, and demonstration project area.
The program is also investigating harmful algal blooms, causes of finfish mortality, and agricultural "best management practices." Recently, the program initiated a Tributary Strategy Program involving groups of stakeholders who have recommended pollution control strategies in response to Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements for the Inland Bays. In addition, the Center is restoring local shellfish populations and bay grasses; planting trees and shrubs to buffer stream banks from nutrient pollution; and, examining the amount of nutrients contributed to the watershed from atmospheric deposition.

For more information regarding the Delaware Inland Bays Program:

Call the Center for the Inland Bays at (302) 645-7325

Write us at 39375 Inlet Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

E-mail staff via our website at http://www.inlandbays.org