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April 26, 2024

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  • Center Environmental Monitoring Plan
  • Modeling and Monitoring Issues in the San Francisco Bay-Delta

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  • Early Restoration Attempts in Inland Bays (Zostera marina) and Freshwater SAV in Sussex County
  • History of SAV in Delaware’s Inland Bays
  • State of the Bays Tech Report
  • Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Delaware’s Inland Bays

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  • Developing Oyster Nutrient Trading in Maryland: Will it ever payoff?, Dr. Matt Parker, University of
    Maryland Extension
  • Water Quality Trends on the Eastern Shore, Alex Soroka, USGS
  • Results and Discussion of the Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Network in the Delaware
    Inland Bays, Andrew McGowan, CIB, and Scott Andres, UD Project WiCCED
  • Water Quality Modeling: Lessons, Success, and New Development – Dr. Yun Li, UD

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  • Center for the Inland Bays’ Strategic Plan – Anna Fagan, CIB
  • Community structure and biogeochemical role of planktic archaea in the tidal Broadkill River – Justin Guider, Univ. of Delaware
  • DNREC’s Inland Bays Restoration Strategy – Alison Rogerson, DNREC Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Program

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  • Estimating tidal prism of Delaware Inland Bays using a numerical model – Fengyan Shi, Univ. of Delaware
  • Water quality and nutrient load status and trend analyses – Andrew McGowan and Marianne Walch, CIB
  • Summary of watershed condition, living resources, human health risks, and climate indicator analyses – Marianne Walch and Andrew McGowan, CIB
  • Nutrient load/management status and trend analyses – Andrew McGowan and Marianne Walch, CIB

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  • Wastewater Subcommittee Update – Aviah Stillman, CIB 
  • New Member Presentation – Kristen Coveleski, Inter-Fluve
  • DTAP Data Sources and Model Development Status – Olivia Devereux, Devereux Consulting
  • Update on CIB Strategic Planning Efforts, STAC Input on Proposed CIB Workplan, STAC Goals for FY23 – Marianne Walch, CIB

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  • Environmental Monitoring Plan for Delaware’s Inland Bays
  • Environmental Monitoring Plan Appendix
  • Resilience of coastal ecosystems, a tale of organisms and sediment – Dr. Christian Schwarz, University of Delaware
  • Population Dynamics of Common Forage Fish Species in the Delaware Inland Bays – Andrew McGowan, Center for the Inland Bays
  • State of the Bays 2021 Indicators – Dr. Marianne Walch, Center for the Inland Bays

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• The Delaware Resilience Awareness Project (DelRAP): Local Perspectives on Big Storms and Rising Water — Tina Callahan, University of Delaware
• BioMonitoring 2.0 – The power and promise of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling for fish conservation — Louis Plough, UMCES

December 1, 2017

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• Hydroacoustic Monitoring of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Delaware Estuary – Kristin Regan & Kelly Somers, EPA Region 3
• Developing Evidence-Based Educational Programs to Improve Homeowner Behavior to Protect the Inland Bays – Kent D. Messer, UD

September 8, 2017

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• The Effects of Irrigation on Nitrate Transport to Groundwater – USGS
• Long-Term Salt Marsh Monitoring in the Inland Bays – Andrew McGowan
• Application of Biochar to Soils and Bioretention Media to Reduce Stormwater Volume and Nutrient Concentrations – Paul T. Imhoff

July 28, 2017

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• Inland Bays Environmental Monitoring Plan (Draft) 
• Wetland Restoration in the Great Cypress Swamp – Presentation by Delaware Wild Lands
• Emerged: Contaminants of Environmental Concern – Presentation 
• IB Environmental Monitoring Plan – Presentation by Dr. Marianne Walch
• Horseshoe Crab movements in the Delaware Inland Bays – Presentation by Andrew McGowan 
• Eastern Oyster Populations in the Delaware Inland Bays – Presentation by Scott Borsum, Melanie Fuoco, Gulnihal Ozbay
• Seaweed (Macroalgae) Monitoring in Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay Delaware: Status Update – Presentation by Robin M. Tyler
• Harmful Algal Blooms: Informing the Public – Presentation by Robin M. Tyler
• Remembering Molly Murray

March 13, 2017 (Emerging Contaminants Symposium)

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November 15, 2016

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• State of the Bays Report
• McGowan Presentation 
• Seldomridge Presentation 

April 8, 2016 Presentations

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• Role of Watershed Coordinator at CIB — Dr. Emily Seldomridge, Watershed Coordinator with CIB
• Introduction of CIB Scientist  — Andrew McGown, Environmental Scientist with CIB
• Molecular Assessment of armful algal species and their associations with Vibrio in Delaware’s Inland Bays — Christopher R. Main, DNREC

December 11, 2015 

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• Nutrient Trends in Delaware Surface Waters 1998-2014   —  David Wolanski (DNREC)
• Nutrient Loss From Turf 
• Update on Your Creek Project. — Marianne Walch & Sally Boswell (CIB)
• Dinophysis acuminata in Delaware’s Inland Bays and coastal waters 2001-2015 —  Ed Whereat (Univ. of Delaware)
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• Inland Bays Monitoring Plan Update  –– Marianne Walch (CIB) &  Jim Eisenhardt (RK&K)
• Continuous water quality monitoring: what we can measure vs. what we want to know — Bill Ullman (University of Delaware)
• Prediction of N loads to Delmarva Coastal Bays: Discussion of a management-focused, user-friendly model — Joanna York (University of Delaware)

April 24, 2015 

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• Journey from citizen scientist to scientist citizen — Marianne Walch, CIB Estuary Science and Restoration Coordinator
  
• CIB’s ‘Your Creek’ Project — Sally Boswell, CIB Outreach Coordinator
• Love Creek Watershed Indicators — Andrew Homsey, University of Delaware Water Resources Agency
• Reusing dredge material to rebuild a tidal wetland: one year later — Alison Rogerson, DNREC Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program, DNREC

December 05, 2014

• Irrigating Agricultural Crops with Treated Municipal Wastewater:  Review of a Three Year Study and New Regulations in Delaware — Jim Glancey, UD
• Inland Bays migratory fish passage restoration project — Roy Miller, CIB
• Evaluating Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Groundwater Resources in the Delaware Coastal Plain Using a Numerical Model —  Tom McKenna & Changming He, University of Delaware

September 19, 2014

• Sussex County’s Wastewater Treatment Facilities — Heather Sheridan, Sussex County
• The Effects of Long-Term Water Level Management upon Accretion and Wetland Elevations in the Coastal Impoundments of Delaware — Bart Wilson, CIB
• Nutrient loadings to Rehoboth Bay, DE, from baseflow, stormflow, underflow, atmospheric, and point sources — Jenn Volk, UDEL

June 6, 2014 

• Glass eel abundance in DE’s Inland Bays: 2000-2014 — Jordy Zimmerman, DNREC
• An overview of aquifer resources and groundwater withdrawals, Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware — Pete McLaughlin, DGS
• Northern Diamondback Terrapin Nesting Beach Restoration Project — Bob Meadows, DNREC

March 8, 2014

• Evaluation and Enhancements of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model for Predicting the Impact of the Poultry Industry on Water Quality — James Glancey, UDEL
• Updates on Water Quality Condition of the Inland Bays — Hassan Mirsajadi, DNREC
• Water Quality Modeling in Delaware’s Inland Bays: Where Have We Been and Where Should We
  Go? — Damian Brady, U of Maine

December 6, 2013 Presentations

• Rehabilitating Historically Ditched Salt Marsh in Delaware’s Inland Bays: The Slough’s Gut
  Experience — Chris Pfeifer, CARDNO ENTRIX
• Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Eastern Sussex County, Delaware with Emphasis on Impacts of Spray Irrigation of Treated Wastewater — Changming He, DGS
• Project Update: Delaware Inland Bay Aquaculture Regulation Development — Zina Hence, DNREC F&W

September 6, 2013 Presentations

• Delaware Water Quality Portal — Kevin Brinson and Tina Callahan, UDEL (No Presentation)
• The Fall Delaware Bird Migrations: Raptors to Sea Birds — Anthony Gonzon, DNREC
• Harim Millsboro Proposal — Allen/Harim
• Assess the Potential for Accumulation of Toxic Trace Elements in Biota near Burton Island Ash Disposal Site — Bart Wilson, CIB

June 7, 2013 Presentations

• Preliminary Historical Overview of Marsh Changes in the Inland Bays, 1938-2007 — Andrew Homsey, UDEL
• Parks and Recreation planning for Delaware Seashore State Park in light of sea level rise — Matt Chesser, DNREC
• Marsh and Water Monitoring Science Guiding Wetland Management at Prime Hook NWR — Susan Guiteras, USFWS

March 15, 2013 Presentations

• Preparing Delaware to Adapt to Sea Level Rise — Susan Love, DNREC
• Nutrient Management and CAFO Programs in The Inland Bays — Lauren Torres, DDA
• Hard Clam (Mercenaria Mercenaria) Population Density and Distribution in Rehoboth Bay and
  Indian River Bay, Delaware — Michael Bott, DNREC

December 7, 2012 Presentations

• Research in Delaware State Parks — Chris Bennett, DNREC
• Addendum to the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Center for the Inland Bays — Roy Miller, Center for the Inland Bays
• Effects of Suburban Development on Shallow Groundwater Quality — Joshua Kasper, DNREC

September 7, 2012 Presentations

• Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture in the Inland Bays — E.J. Chalabala and Bart Wilson, Center for the Inland Bays
• Bivalve impacts on water quality: Positives, negatives and unknowns — M. Lisa Kellogg, Virginia Institute of Marine Studies
• Hydrologic, geologic, and geochemical effects on nutrient fluxes to Indian River Bay: Evidence from measurements at Holts Landing State Park — Holly Michael, University of Delaware

May 11, 2012 Presentations

• Construction of a Watershed-Scale Model to Assess Groundwater Flow into the Inland Bays, Delaware — Chris Russoniello, University of Delaware
• Seaweed (Macroalgae) Monitoring in Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay Delaware: Status Update — Robin M. Tyler, DNREC
• Discussion on the Development of a Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Portal and Expansion of the Delaware Coastal Flood Monitoring System for the Delaware Inland Bays — Dan Leathers, University of Delaware

February 10, 2012 Presentations

• The Use of Duckweed for Wastewater Bioremediation and Biofuels Production — Lisa Waidner, Elcriton
• Managing Development and Chesapeake Bay’s Estuarine Fish Habitat and Fisheries — Jim Uphoff, Maryland Fisheries Service
• Introduction of Delaware’s New State Geologist, David Wunsch — David Wunsch, Delaware Geological Survey

October 7, 2011 Presentations

• CIB Nutrient and Water Management Workshop Overview — Bill Ullman UDCEOE
• Microbial Source Tracking: Using Old and New Technologies to Find Out What is in Our Water — Barbara Campbell, UDCEOE
• A Review of Delaware’s Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Program: Listing, Development, Implementation, and Tracking — Hassan Mirsajadi, DNREC

May 5, 2011 Presentations

• Selected Proposed Amendments to On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Regulations for Delaware — Jack Hayes, DNREC
• Results of Field and Lab Experiments on High Rate Land Application of Wastewater: RIBS — Update on Current Research — Scott Andres, DGS

February 18, 2011 Presentations

• The Wandedndale Wastewater Treatment Facility — Tidewater Utilities Inc.
• The Relationship Between Tributary Shorelines and Fish Assemblages and Blue Crab Abundance — Richard Balouskus, UDCEOE
• PROJECT IDEAS FOR FY2012 AND BEYOND (with some notes) — CIB STAC

November 5, 2010 Presentations

• Arsenic in the Inland Bays — Rick Greene, DNREC
• Burton Island Ash Disposal Area: DNREC SIRB Activities July 2005 to October 2010 – Greg Decowsky, DNREC

July 16, 2010 Presentations

• The Dissolved Oxygen Status of the Inland Bays 1998 – 2009 — Chris Bason, CIB
• Overexposure: Using laboratory, field, and modeling approaches to predict hypoxia exposure of estuarine fish — Damian Brady, UD (Directly below are the videos from Damian’s presentation.)
• Stream Restoration in the Delaware Inland Bays Watersheds Bill Stack – Center for Watershed Protection
• How Stream Corridor Watershed Restoration Can Help Larry Trout & Drew Altland, JMT Engineering

December 4, 2009 Presentations

• Data Processing and Analysis in Support ofDevelopment of Water Quality Indicators — Doug Miller, UDCEOE
• Development of a Dissolved Oxygen Indicator for the Delaware Inland Bays — Tyler, DNREC-EL
• Appropriate Use of Vegetated Filter Strips Within the Delaware Landscape — Jenn Gilbert-Jenkins, Villanova
• Annual Nutrient Loads for the Inland Bays Watershed — Xia Xie & Hassan Mirsajadi, DNREC

August 21, 2009 Presentations

• Nutrient Losses during Temporary Field Storage of Poultry Manure — Greg Binford, UDCANR
• Community Landuse Analysis and Planning Using Community Viz — Carol Bason & Bill McGowan, UD
• Sea Level Rise in Delaware — Tony Pratt, DNREC

April 3, 2009 Presentations

• The Importance of the Inland Bays Beaches As Horseshoe Crab Nesting Sites — Kat McCole and Doug Miller, UDCMES
• Inland Bays Horseshoe Crab Counts: 2007, 2008, 2009 — Doug Miller & Sally Boswell, UDCMES & CIB
• Ecological Effects of Marsh Erosion on Pasture Point at Indian River Bay — Gail Huckins & Doug Miller, UDCMES
• Enhancement of Historically Ditched Salt Marsh in Delaware’s Inland Bays (24 MB) — Cheryl Hess, Connectiv & Chris Pfeifer, Entrix

December 5, 2008 Presentations

• There’s Wastewater in the Geology: Introduction to Current RIBs [Rapid Infiltration Basin] Research — Scott Andres, DGS
• Ash 101: Coal Ash Production & Use — David Goss, American Coal Ash Association
• Investigating Groundwater Discharge Into Coastal Bays — Holly Michael, UDCMES

June 6, 2008 Presentations

• Recommendations for a water quality buffer system for the Inland Bays Watershed — Chris Bason, CIB
• Integrated watershed management as an effective tool for sustainable development: Using distributed hydrological models in policy making — Aditya Sood, UD Center For Energy and Environmental Policy
• Larval fish ingress through two coastal Delaware inlets: An assessment of local heterogeneity — Michael Rhode, UDCMES

November 16, 2007 Presentations

• Sediment Management Strategy for Rehoboth Bay — Moffatt & Nichol
• Assessing the Impact of Sudden Wetland Dieback On Tidal Wetland Condition — Andy Howard, DNREC
• Condition of Wetlands in the Inland Bays Watershed — Amy Jacobs, DNREC
• Dinos, Toxins, and Fears Oh My! Karenia Presentation — Ed Whereat, UDCMP

July 27, 2007 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 15, 2007 Presentations

• Recreational Fishing Indicator — John Clark, DNREC
• Delawares Inland Bays Seagrass Reestablishment Project & SAV as an Environmental Indicator — Ben Anderson, DNREC
• Development of a Seagrass Goal in Marylands Coastal Bays — Cathy Wazniak, MCBP
• Development of a SAV Tissue Culture Protocol for Restoration of Marine Habitats Kayti Tigani — UDCMES

March 9, 2007 Presentations

• Watersheds and Population Growth Indicator — Edythe Humphries, DNREC
• Delawares 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 19, 2007 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 27,2007 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.