Inland Bays

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Inland Bays Tributary Action Team
2004 Update
Tributary Action Team ConferenceSt. Andrews
SchoolMiddletown, DE
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So whats next???
Slide from last years presentation

• Implement the PCSs
• Concentrate efforts- Little Assawoman Bay
• Coordinate with Poultry Integrators Nutrient
  Effort (PINE) hiring a Watershed Coordinator
• Identify storm water retrofit opportunities
• Dirickson Creek shoreline enhancement project
• Maintain team identity and visibility!
• Develop volunteer leadership!

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Status of Inland Bays PCS

• Draft completed by DNREC and under Divisional
  review completed by mid-September 04
• DNREC is reviewing performance standards for
  on-site wastewater systems (a Tributary Action
  Team recommendation)
• Compliance/Inspection program for septic tanks
  holding tanks was initiated staff hired (another
  Tributary Action Team recommendation)

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Little Assawoman Bay Efforts

• PINE (Poultry Integrators Nutrient Effort)
  development of a model watershed
• Watershed Coordinator hired in June (1st in
  Delaware!)- Josh Thompson
• 1) Nutrient management survey 2) Comprehensive
  ecological assessment3) Strategic watershed
  plan
• Stop over and speak with Josh about some of his
  work!

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Little Assawoman Bay (contd)

• on-the-ground projects
• Storm water/stream bank restoration on Dirickson
  Creek (erosion/sedimentation occurring)

Photos by IBTAT member Bob Collins
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Little Assawoman Bay (contd)

• Consulted with Bruce Jones (drainage engineer)
  and Tom Barthelmeh (drainage program manager)
• Site selection wasnt compatible with efforts
  (drainage area was very large) advised to
  consider areas upstream
• Team member David Rickards proposed a restoration
  project on his property

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Team identity visibility

• Interest was waning
• Reenergize Tributary Action Team membership and
  attract new participants
• Relocate meetings to Little Assawoman Bay
  watershed?
• Advertised and promoted meetings (fliers, press
  releases, calendar announcements, etc.)
• Result Even poorer attendance

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Team Identity Visibility (contd)

• Meetings returned to tried and true locations
• Started as three separate teams Return to three
  separate teams?
• Only 6-10 people per meeting divided we fall
• DNREC advised staying the course and
  maintaining single team identity

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Volunteer Leadership

• Bottom-up, team directed effort
• Center for the Inland Bays has controlled the
  structure, direction, focus, scheduling, etc.
• Can we get members to assume leadership?
• What about an Executive Committee format (Chair
  and Vice-chair)?
• And the Membership says Maintain the status quo

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So whats next???

• Little Assawoman Bay TMDL process assistance
  with public workshop/public hearing and
  promulgation
• Members serve as advisors and contacts (Bill
  Haughey-shoreline enhancement David Rickards-
  UEK Corp. Bob Collins- golf course nutrient
  management)
• Is this an infinite program?