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The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) announced this week a donation and partnership with Dogfish Head Craft Breweryâs Beer & Benevolence program that will benefit future generations of Delawareans and visitors.
On Saturday, May 15, Dogfish Head released Pontoon Lagoon, a limited-edition gose-style ale brewed in collaboration with the CIB, and presented the nonprofit organization with a $15,000 donation toward its Lessons in Nature capital campaign. The campaign supports a grand re-envisioning of the James Farm Ecological Preserve near Ocean View that is designed to make the recreational and educational opportunities offered at the 150-acre oasis more easily accessible to diverse audiences for generations to come.
What do medical labs, fishermen, migratory birds and local rockfish have in common? They absolutely depend on horseshoe crabs to lay billions of springtime eggs along the Delaware bays.
Locally, the crab population around Delawareâs inland bays is remaining steady. But itâs not increasing. Overharvesting already caused a 90-percent decline in population since about 1990. At the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, keeping an accurate count is the first step to ensuring we can continue using this resource. The CIB recently reported on the past six seasons of data collection, which relies heavily on volunteer, or citizen scientists.
Congress moves to invest in the Nation’s estuaries
Portsmouth Herald
DURHAM Congress reaffirmed its support and strong commitment to the National Estuary Program; a time tested, non-regulatory program that enables communities to protect and restore the bays and estuaries they call home. Here in coastal New Hampshire and southern Maine, The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) is one of 28 programs designated under the National Estuary Program as having “estuaries of national significance” that will benefit directly from legislation approved by Congress.
The Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, with strong bipartisan support and unanimous approval from the US Senate, was signed into law on January 13, 2021 and supported by New Hampshire Senators Shaheen and Hassan, and Representative Pappas, and Maine Senators Collins and King, and Representative Pingree. The Act reaffirms support for the work of the National Estuary Program, and nearly doubles the an
Recent grant awards will transform James Farm Ecological Preserve
Delaware News Desk
The recent award of three major grants totaling $220,000 is setting in motion the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays’ reimagining of the James Farm Ecological Preserve.
Plans to transform the 150-acre nature preserve near Ocean View are years in the making. Grant awards of $100,000 from the Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Trails Program; $100,000 from Crystal Trust; and $20,000 from The Starrett Foundation will deliver upgrades to the preserve’s trail system and expand environmental education opportunities for people of all ages and abilities.
Sussex County has committed nearly $300,000 toward this project in addition to these grants, which is being realized through a cooperative partnership with the county and the Center for the Inland Bays. The preserve is owned by Sussex County and managed by the center.