Delaware Inland[ [Says " Conservation l, / A COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENTPLAN for DELAWARE’S INLAND BAYS June 1995 i" Dedication To the lateBarbara Porter, whoseactive presenceover manyyears of effort to restore the Inland Baysserves as a modeland inspiratioato us all. CCMP CONTENTS Former and OLr~nt Committees and Members ....................................... i CHAPTER1. Introduction to the Inland Bays Estuary Program Historical Background ....................................................... 1 The Inland Bays Estuary Program ............................................... 1 Public Participation in the Management Conference ................................... 3 Early Accomplishments of the Estuary Program ...................................... 4 CHAPTER2. The State of the Inland Bays Physical Description of the Inland Bays ........................................... 7 Impact of Inland Bays Demographics ............................................. 8 Priority Problems of the Inland Bays ............................................. 9 CHAPTER3. Action Plans Education and Outreach Plan: Implement the Comprehensive Public Participation and Education Plan ........................................ 14 Agricultural Source Action Plan: Develop and Implement Conservation PLans for All Farms in the Inland Bays Watershed .......................................... 19 A. Continue conservation planning through the Sussex Conservation District ................ 24 B. Develop nutrient utilization and distribution alternatives ............................ 27 C. Manage and plant forested/vegetative buffers ................................... 29 D. Continue and enhance a tracking system for the implementation of conservation plans and best management practices ............................................. 31 E. Continue research to determine relationship between nutrient movementand poultry houses ... 33 Industrial, Municipal, and Septic System Action Plan: Implementthe Pollution Control Strategy . 35 A. Meet the nutrient reduction goals of the Pollution Control Strategy .................... 38 B. Tie new and certain existing developmentto appropriate sewage treatment infrastructure ..... 40 Land-Use Action Plan: Ensure That Land Use and Development Are Consistent with the Goals of the CCMP .................................................... 43 A. Review and meet land-use goals in the Coastal Sussex Land-Use Plan .................. 48 B. Require environmentally sensitive development .................................. 50 Habitat Protection Action Plan: Develop a Comprehensive Habitat Protection Plan .......... 54 A. Create a Resource Protection Area management plan .............................. 59 B. Develop Sussex County habitat protection ordinances ............................. 62 C. Establish an Inland Bays Water-Use Plan ... ~ .................................. 65 D. Establish a shoreline building-setback line ..................................... 68 E. Expand public land acquisition, protection, and access ............................. 70 F. Promote natural alternatives to bnlldaeading ..................................... 72 G. Review, update, and codify the Inland Bays Dredge Plan ........................... 74 CHAPTER4. CCMPImplementation: Governance ................................ 76 CHAPTER5. Future Needs ................................................ 87 FIGURES a. Ttmeline of Inland Bays Programs and Management Efforts .......................... la 1. Management Conference Committees ........................................... lb 2. Map of Inland Bays Watershed .............................................. 7a 3. Center for the Inland Bays ................................................. 83a TABLES 1. Public Outreach Activities Summary .......................................... 16a 2. Authorities Governing Tactical Action Plans (Management Conference) .................. 77a 3. Implementation Timeline .................................................. 83b 4. Goals and Objectives/Tactics Matrix (CAC) ...................................... 87a APPENDICES Under Separate Cover, CCMPAppendices Include: A. Organization Guide A Guide to Agencies and Organizations with Responsibilities Affecting the Inland Bays L B. ComprehensivePublic Participation and Education Plan A Plan to Support CCMPImplementation C. Public Input and Response Summary A Summaryof Public Input That Guided CCMPDevelopment D. Project Summaries Brief Summariesof Key Estuary Studies and Projects E. RecoveryInitiatives - Final Report A Report on Activities That Paved the Wayfor the CCMP F. Characterization Report A Study of the Status and Trends in the Inland Bays G. Monitoring Plan A Plan for Inland Bays Environmental Monitoring H. Funding Cost Projections and Funding Sources I. Federal Consistency Report A Report on the Consistency Between CCMPActions and Other Federally-Funded Programs J. Base Program Analysis A Review of Programs Affecting the Inland Bays EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Edwin Clark, H Carmen R. Nazario Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Environmental Control Robert Stickels Thomas Eichler Sussex County Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Christophe A.C. Tulou John R. Pomponio Delaware Department of Natural Resources and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Control Region11+I IMPLEMENTATIONCOMMITTEE ] Eric Buehl AI Duramo Sussex Conservation District Delaware Division of Air and Waste Management John Cairns Lee Emmons DelawareDepartment of Public Instruction Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Pat Campbell-White Rob Davis Gerard Esposito Lee Frankel Delaware Division of Water Resources Bill McGowan Grace Pierce-Beck Terry Gorlich Lawrence Wonderlln Delaware Development Office Chairs, Citizens Advisory Committee William Hill V. George Carey Delaware Division of Air and Wasle Management DelawareState Legislature Elizabeth Horsey Richard Cordrey Sussex Conservation District DelawareState Legislature John Hughes Elesa Cottrell Delaware Division of Soil and Water Conservation United Status Departmentof Agriculture Charles Konigsberg, Jr. Roland Derrickson Delaware Division of Public Health Delaware Department of Agriculture Lawrence Lank Dale Dukes Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission Sussex County Council Susan Laporte John Schroeder Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation Delaware State Legislature Kevin Maloney Leanne Stahl Delaware Deputy Attorney General United States Environmental Protection Agency Andy Marius David Stout Delaware Department of Natural Resources and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Control John Tarburton David McKinnie Delaware Department of Agriculture National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration William Wagner, II DelawareDivision of F’tsh and Wildlife Ruth Ann Minner DelawareState Legislature Robert Wood Sussex CountyEngineering Department Richard Pepino United States Environmental Protection Agency, Joseph Wutka Region III Delaware Department of Transportation Kent Price Chair, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Ed Ralph Delaware Department of Agriculture SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ] Bennett Anderson Inland Bays Estuary Program James Falk University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program A. Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey Alan Fading Delaware Division of Water Resources John Davis Delaware Division of Water Resources John Gallaglier University of Delaware College of Marine Studies Judith Denver United States Geological Survey Rob Gano Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife Sam Eaton Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Jeff Gebert Environmental Control U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers ii Richard Geider Jack Pingree University of Delaware College of Marine Studies Delaware Division of Water Resources Timothy Goodger Tony Pratt National Oceanographic and Alanosphefic Division of Soil and Water Conservation Administration Kent Price Lyle Jones University of Delaware College of Marine Studies Delaware Division of Water Resources Til Purnell Robert Jubie Liaison, Citizens Advisory Committee Delmarva Power AI Restaino Glenn Kinser Creative Assets and Consulting Corporation United States Fish and Wildlife Service Jim Sadowski Chris Kraft Delmarva Power University of Delaware Department of Geology and Marine Studies Paul Sandrldge Delaware State College Department of Biology David Krantz University of Delaware College of Marine Studies David Saveikis Delaware Division of Water Resources Charles Lesser Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife Joseph Seudlark University of Delaware College of Marine Studies Susan Lussier United States Environmental Protection Agency, Syhil Seitzinger Region III The Academyof Natural Sciences Evelyn Maurmeyer Denise Seliskar Coastal and Estuarine Research, Incorporated University of DelawareCollege of Marine Studies John Maxted Traey Skrabal Delaware Division of Water Resources Delaware Division of Water Resources Rick McCorkle James Smullen United States Fish and Wildlife Service Roy F. Weston, Incorporated Douglas Miller David Stout University of Delaware College of Marine Studies United States Fish and Wildlife Service William Moyer Timothy Targett Delaware Division of Water Resources University of DelawareCollege of Marine Studies Paul Petrichenko Jeff Tinsman United States Departmentof Agriculture DelawareDivision of Fish and Wildlife iii Rick Truitt Inland Bays Estuary Program Thomas Williams