Photo credit: Ron MacGillivray, Fortescue, NJ

2019 Revised Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan (CCMP) Update

Photo Credit: Mark Houlday, Lewes, DEPhoto Credit: Amy Baldwin, White Clay Creek Photo credit: Sandi Bisgood, Broadkill Beach

Revised CCMP completed in January 2019

CCMP Summary Piece

• Completed in March 2019

• To be printed/distributed to partners

beginning in April 2019

CCMP summary piece contains:

• Introduction (study area, partners, CCMP

background information)

• High-level summary of thematic goals

(Waters, Communities, Habitats)

• Links to view full report/online resources

CCMP for the Delaware Estuary - 2019 Revision

FEB 19th EVENT AT BARTRAM’S GARDEN

1. CCMP Press Event

2. Mussels for Clean Water (MuCWI)

Information Session

3. Freshwater Mussel Advisory Workgroup

Kick-off Meeting

• Instructions for reporting

• 2018 Approved Habitat & Leveraging Projects

• Tracking Template

• List of CCMP Strategies, Performance Measures, and Strategy Leads

Reference Documents

• Project Name

• Associated CCMP Strategies

• Project Contact InformationGeneral Project Information

• Lat, Long

• Location Type & Description

• Project Type & Description

• Measure/Scale (e.g., acres, linear feet, participants, event)

Spatial Data & Project Notes

• Project Benefits (e.g., improve/protect water quality, protect/preserve open space, research, education/outreach)

• Restoration Technique (if applicable) (e.g., erosion control, land acquisition, rain garden creation)

Project Benefits & Restoration

• Total Project Cost

• Primary Funding Source

• Lead Partner/Implementer, other partners involved in project

• Site Ownership

Funding & Partners

• Federal Cash & In-Kind

• State Cash & In-Kind

• Local cash & In-Kind

• Private Cash & In-Kind

Additional Information (for Leveraging Projects only)

WHAT’S IN THE CCMP TRACKING TOOL?

2019 CCMP TRACKING TIMELINE

Photo credit: Thomas Davis, Brandywine Creek

• April 30: Send out CCMP tracking tool to EIC and other confirmed

partners assisting with CCMP strategy tracking process

• May –early August: Pilot tracking tool (via excel workbook) and assist

partners as needed/requested (via conference calls, in-person meetings)

• August 9: Deadline for partners to provide tracking data

• Mid- to Late August: PDE coordinates with EPA to upload associated

habitat & leveraging data to NEPORT and reviews other CCMP strategy

data reported

• September: PDE reports NEPORT and CCMP strategy results during

joint STAC-EIC meeting, review feedback on CCMP tracking process

Want to contribute to the 2019 CCMP strategy reporting process?

Please email Emily at Ebaumbach@DelawareEstuary.org

View the Revised CCMP, TREB, Monitoring Inventory and related reports and resources at DelawareEstuary.org/our-plan

Photo Credit: Martha Gery, Prime Hook NWR

Credit: Ron MacGillivray, Fortescue, NJ

Monitoring Inventory & Needs Assessment for the Delaware EstuaryEmily Baumbach, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Credit: PDE, Longwood Credit: PDE, Milford, DE Credit: Andrea Rose Photography

WHY CREATE A MONITORING INVENTORY?

• Section of Revised CCMP for the Delaware

Estuary (as per CCMP Monitoring Approach)

• Help track CCMP implementation (indicator

reporting)

• Helps link assessment programs (e.g. DRBC,

DRWI)

• Provide a baseline for 5 year reassessment (to sustain, enhance, and adapt overtime)

• Provides opportunity to explore new

linkages among ecosystem features

Credit (from top left): PDE, Stacy Small-Lorenz, Roger Thomas

HOW DID WE GET HERE?3 Listening Sessions

36 attendees

9 Expert and

3 Climate Workshops

232 attendees

8 Open Houses

95 attendees

Monitoring Inventory Process

36 workshop attendees

55 survey respondents

80 individuals provided inventory input via email

CCMP Open House at Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol, PA

CCMP Healthy Habitats Workshop at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, DE

CCMP Listening Session in Norristown, PA

Monitoring Workshop at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum in Philadelphia, PA

MONITORING TIMELINE AT A GLANCE

November December January FebruaryOctoberSeptemberAugustJuly

• 620 monitoring parameters total

• Monitoring programs submitted by 36 organizations or partnerships

American RiversBerks Nature and volunteersBucks County Conservation DistrictDelaware Nature SocietyDelaware State UniversityDelaware StreamWatchDNHP & DNRECDNRECDNREC & DNERRDNREC & PDE

DRBCDRBC & DNRECDRBC & NJDEPDRBC & NPSDVRPCIndependence Seaport MuseumLower Merion ConservancyNJDEPPADEP & CRMPennypack Ecological Restoration TrustPWD

PWD & USGSRutgers Haskin Shellfish Research LaboratoryTemple UniversityTNC DE VolunteersTNC NJ & Rutgers UniversityTookany Tacony-Frankford PartnerhsipUSGSVillanova UniversityWhite Clay Wild and Scenic River ProgramWissahickon Valley Watershed Association

WHAT’S IN THE MONITORING INVENTORY?

Credit: PDE, DuPont Environmental Education Center in Wilmington, DE

Beaches

Brackishor marineresources/organis

ms

Citizenscience

Coastalecology/function

Community

engagement

Datamanagem

ent

Ecosystem

servicesFish Forests

Freshwater

resources/organis

ms

Invasivespecies

ModelingNon-

aquaticwildlife

Policyand/orfunding

Sedimentor soils

Shellfishand

benthicresources

Tidal/nontidal

wetlands

Urban/regional

planningor land

use

Waterquality

Waterquantity

Other

Responses 18.18% 25.45% 32.73% 40.00% 20.00% 20.00% 30.91% 18.18% 10.91% 30.91% 18.18% 14.55% 5.45% 16.36% 23.64% 18.18% 34.55% 12.73% 61.82% 18.18% 25.45%

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10.00%

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30.00%

40.00%

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60.00%

70.00%

Water Quality - 60%

Tidal and NontidalWetlands - 35%

Freshwater Resources and Organisms- 31%Citizen Science -

33%Ecosystem Services 31%

Coastal Ecology/ Function - 40%

WHAT’S IN THE MONITORING INVENTORY?

WaterNutrients (118)

Water Quality (111)

Inorganics (81)

Organics (79)

Chemical/Chemistry (25)

Toxicity (6)

PCBs/Pesticides (4) HabitatsPhysical (33)

Sediment (30)

Spatial (11)

Hydrology (10)

Habitat (7)

Geology (6)

Buffer (5)

Atmospheric (2)

Living Resources

Animals (29)

Vegetation (24)

Microbiological (15)

Biological (7)

Credit (from top left): PDE, Mark Houlday, PDE

WHAT’S IN MONITORING THE INVENTORY?• Characteristic Group (e.g., biological, chemical)

• Parameters (e.g., relative abundance, DO)

• Unit (e.g., mg/L)

• Project/Contact Name and Info/Collected by

General Project Information

• Status (e.g., ongoing)

• Frequency (e.g., annually, biennually)

• Period (e.g., May-Sep, all year)

• Start and end year

Temporal Data

• State(s) (DE, PA, NJ)

• HUC (if applicable)

• Waterbody (if applicable)

• River Mile From and To (if applicable)

Spatial Data

• Sample Matrix (e.g., water, air)

• Gear/Method

• Changes in sampling (if applicable)Project & Sampling Notes

• Data Access (e.g., National Water Quality Data Portal)

• Data Availability

• Time Frame (e.g, 1991-present)Data Availability & Access

• Project/Program objective

• QAPP (if applicable)

• Other project commentsAdditional Information

Freshwater bivalves Invasive species Marine mammalsand sea turtles

Population-levelmonitoring

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0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Non-Plant Living Resource Parameters

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l of

Imp

ort

ance

(cu

mu

lati

ve) Ranking of non-plant living

resource parameters

identified at the workshop as

not yet being robustly

monitored in the respected

study area.

Buffer data CumulativeImpacts

Dredgingdata

Foresthealth

Sedimentstratification

Submergedhabitat

Transitionzone

monitoring

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Plant and Habitat Parameters

Leve

l of

Imp

ort

ance

(cu

mu

lati

ve)

Ranking of plant and habitat

parameters identified at the

workshop as not yet being

robustly monitored in the

respected study area.

Endocrinedisruptors

Fish tissueanalysis for

bioaccumulatingcompounds

Microplastics Monitoringconducted on

the centerchannel

replicated forthe banks and at

additionaldepths

PCBs Pharmaceuticals Phytotoxins,cyanotoxins,Harmful AlgalBloom toxins

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1

2

3

4

5

6

Water Quality - Delaware River and Bay Parameters

Leve

l of

Imp

ort

ance

(cu

mu

lati

ve)

Ranking of Delaware

River and Bay water

quality parameters

identified at the

workshop as not yet

being robustly

monitored in the

respected study area.

Endocrinedisruptors

Fish tissueanalysis

Flowmeasurements

Groundwater Nuisance algalblooms

Pharmaceuticals Temperature atshort intervals

Wet weather(storm flow)monitoring

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Water Quality - Tributary Parameters

Leve

l of

Imp

ort

ance

(cu

mu

lati

ve)

Ranking of tributary

water quality

parameters

identified at the

workshop as not yet

being robustly

monitored in the

respected study

area.

CCMP MONITORING INVENTORY UPDATE

Delaware Estuary Monitoring Inventory final

products available on PDE CCMP webpage:

• Final Monitoring Report with process overview and

2 summary reports:

1. Results of 2018 monitoring workshop

2. Results of online survey prioritizing information

from workshop

• Links to download Monitoring Inventory as Microsoft

Excel Worksheet and view in Google Sheets

• Link to NOAA’s Environmental Response

Management Application (ERMA) with Delaware

Estuary Monitoring Inventory layer

Credit (from top left): PDE, Stacy Small-Lorenz, Roger Thomas

Photo Credit: PDE, Cape May New Jersey

TREB ACTIONS VS. CCMP STRATEGIES

WHAT’S IN THE MATRIX?

1. TREB indicators and corresponding CCMP strategies

2. TREB outliers (no direct corresponding CCMP strategy

performance measures & deliverables for TREB action)

3. TREB actions and CCMP strategy leads

4. Reference sheets of all TREB actions/needs and CCMP

strategies

5. TREB indicator-CCMP performance measures &

deliverables linkages