Annual Report 2017

THE DELAWARE CENTER
FOR THE INLAND BAYS

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

To PRESERVE, PROTECT and RESTORE

Delaware’s Inland Bays,

the water that flows into them, and
the watershed around them.

RESEARCH. EDUCATE. RESTORE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Susan Ball, Chair
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Citizens Advisory Committee
Ms. Vickie York, Secretary
As blissful retirees, young families, and excited Board-Elected Director
vacationers arrive to the Inland Bays watershed, so Mr. David Baird, Treasurer
do new pressures on the Inland Bays ecosystem. Sussex Conservation District
Population growth puts pressure on natural resources, Dr. Scott Andres
but it also expands the number of opportunities we Scientific and Technical
have to engage the next wave of Bay champions.
The Center is reaching out to both long-time residents Advisory Committee
and to those newly entranced with the powerful web Secretary Michael Scuse
of life that is the Inland Bays watershed. In 2017, we Delaware Department of
entered the third year of the Clean Water: Delaware’s
Clear Choice education campaign—dedicated to Agriculture
cleaning up Delaware’s polluted waters by developing financing for water quality Mr. Todd Lawson
improvement projects. We also engaged 1,622 individuals at 31 presentations Sussex County Administrator
about the Bays and continued to assist communities by helping them clean Secretary Shawn Garvin
up pollution from stormwater that flows from their streets into the Bays. Our Delaware Department of
message to these residents is that controlling stormwater runoff is not just about
clean Bays; it is also about beautifying communities while protecting homes and Natural Resources and
businesses from flooding. Environmental Control
This past year, we provided opportunities for everyone to learn about the Bays Mr. Robert Robinson Esq.
by becoming involved with our programs. We led teams of volunteers to monitor Appointee of the President Pro
one of the world’s most significant population of horseshoe crabs - a 450 million- Tem of the Delaware Senate
year-old creature whose eggs feed entire populations of shorebirds. We created Ms. Michelle Price Fay
passages over dams to help baby American eels return to their native streams U.S. Environmental Protection
after their epic migrations from the Sargasso sea. We even guided the hands of Agency (Ex-officio)
volunteers to plant forests that will provide wildlife habitat and clean water. Mr. Jonathan Forte
The Center’s research, education, and restoration programs are all supported Board-Elected Member
by the minds, hearts, and hands of the growing community we serve. Thank you Ms. Pat Coluzzi
for your interest and support of the Center in 2017 and into the future, as we work Appointee of the Speaker of
together to restore one of Delaware’s most magnificent natural resources. the Delaware House of
Representatives
Chris Bason Mr. Mike Dunmyer
Executive Director Board Elected Director

2 CIB STAFF
Mr. Chris Bason
Executive Director
Ms. Brittany Burslem
Office Manager
Mr. Robert Collins
Program Manager
Ms. Pat Drizd
Volunteer Coordinator (Volunteer)
Ms. Kim Butler
Administrative Specialist
Mr. Steve Maternick
Development Coordinator
Mr. Andrew McGowan
Environmental Scientist
Ms. Michelle Schmidt
Watershed Coordinator
Dr. Marianne Walch
Science and Restoration

Coordinator
Ms. Katie Young, Editor
Communications Specialist

GENEROUS
GRANT
ENERGIZES
OYSTER
RESTORATION
PROGRAMS

This past summer, Tidewater Utilities, Inc. and their consumption, these “work-horse” oysters are used to
banking partner, CoBank, gave the Don’t Chuck Your improve water quality in dead-end lagoons and other
Shucks and Oyster Gardening programs some very degraded parts of the Bays while creating a source of
generous support! As the beneficiaries of the 20th Annual shellfish for other enhancement projects. Tidewater funds
Tidewater Utilities Charity Golf Tournament, the Center will help purchase new gear for the program and defray
was awarded $24,000, earmarked specifically for these costs of hatchery and storage operations. Created in 2003,
programs which aim to restore the once-abundant oyster Oyster Gardening has been a staple of public outreach for
population to the Inland Bays. Able to filter pollution, the Center and currently engages 88 participants, with the
improve water clarity, and provide a rich and diverse goal of 150 by the fall of 2019.
habitat for dozens of other species of aquatic life, the
oysters from these programs have the power to give back. The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays would like to
sincerely thank those that attended, and supported the
“Don’t Chuck Your Shucks”, a partnership 20th Annual Tidewater Utilities Charity Golf Tournament—
between the Center, local restaurants and the and offer a very special “thank you” to Tidewater Utilities,
Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, Inc., a Middlesex Water Company Affiliate, and Co-Bank, for
removes shell from the waste stream and selecting the Center as their 2017 charity and match recipient!
uses it in restoration projects that directly
benefit the Inland Bays. Bob Collins and Chris Bason explain oyster floats to Tidewater Utilities,
Inc visitors Carol Murphy, Jerry Esposito (President), Bernadette Sohler,
Spent shell is particularly attractive to oysters and mussels and Joe Cuccinello.
which require a hard substrate on which their larvae can
set and grow. Projects that use these shells include Living
Shorelines, which use shell bags as a building material,
and the Oyster Gardening program, which uses the shell
for cultch, a substrate used to set oyster larvae on. The
funds donated will be used to purchase materials for the
curing and bagging of the recycled shell, and to promote
and distribute promotional materials.

The Center’s Oyster Gardening program works with
waterfront property owners to raise oysters in the waters
off their docks and shorelines. Not intended for human

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AMERICAN
EELS GET A
“LEG UP”!

Burton Pond spillway downstream Board Chair, Susie Ball, and Environmental Scientist,
Andrew McGowan, affix the eelway to a piling of the dam
Each year, tiny American Eel larvae drift with the ocean
currents thousands of miles from east of the Bahamas To combat this problem within the Inland Bays watershed,
to estuaries along the Atlantic coast—including our own the Center installed three “eel passages”in 2017, located
Inland Bays! After almost a full year at sea, these larvae on the Millsboro, Betts, and Burton Pond dams.
develop into juveniles and swim up the Bays in search of
freshwater creeks and ponds. Unfortunately, dams often The passages are long tubes, lined inside
cut the migration short. with netting that allow juvenile eels to “climb
over” the dam, and enter the freshwater
In the Inland Bays watershed, one such impediment to eel habitats on the other side.
migration is the dam located at Millsboro Pond. But this
is not just a local issue: barriers like these have hindered If the three eelways function as designed, they will open
American Eel populations coast-wide by preventing young an estimated 85 miles of freshwater streams that were
eels from reaching their freshwater nurseries. The effects of previously unavailable to migrating eels the Inland Bays
this disruption ripple out; healthy populations of American watershed. Scientists hope that by providing access to
Eels are needed to serve as prey for bigger fish and birds, more habitat like this along the Atlantic coast, American
support commercial fisheries, and act as a host in the Eel populations will begin to recover.
reproductive cycle of freshwater mussels.

NEW
MONITORING
PLAN TRACKS
PROTECTION AND
RESTORATION
EFFORTS

CIB Environmental Scientist, Andrew McGowan, monitors marsh elevation. A secchi disk is used to determine the
transparency—or turbidity—of water.

Throughout 2017, staff worked with the Center’s Scientific predict the outcomes of possible management measures
and Technical Advisory Committee to develop an updated and strategies, improved monitoring of dissolved oxygen
Environmental Monitoring Plan for the Inland Bays. and algal blooms, and upgrades to the management of
data from the University of Delaware’s Citizen Monitoring
Environmental monitoring provides Program. To implement the new plan, the Center will
important scientific data that are used to coordinate with partners including universities, and
evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken government agencies.
to protect and restore the Inland Bays.
The data acquired through the Environmental Monitoring
These actions themselves are determined by the Plan will allow the Center to track the status and trends
Center’s long-term goals, defined in the Inland Bays’ in key indicators of water quality, natural habitat and
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. watershed condition in the Inland Bays. These assessments
are used in decision-making and are presented to the public
A critical part of this updated plan is the addition of through our State of the Bays reports. With this information
recommendations for new and enhanced monitoring we can continue to preserve, protect, and restore the Inland
programs. Among the high-priority recommendations are Bays in a more data-driven and effective way.
development of a new mathematical model of the Bays to
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DEWEY BEACH
TURNS TO
NATURE-BASED
STORMWATER
SOLUTIONS

Read Ave Living Shoreline in Dewey—photo courtesy of TJRedefer SkyJack Pics

Intense development and the use of impervious In 2017 we obtained grants from the Water
(hardened) surfaces in the Town of Dewey Beach has led Infrastructure Advisory Council to implement two of
to more frequent flooding and an increase in stormwater the recommended projects: a living shoreline and
runoff that delivers nutrients and other pollutants directly stormwater tidegate project at Monigle Park on Read
into Rehoboth Bay. Ave., and an innovative bioretention facility along Route
1 next to the Little Store grocery.
The Center recently partnered with the
Town to develop a Stormwater Master Plan Together these projects will prevent 32 pounds of
that provides specific recommendations for nitrogen and 10 pounds of phosphorus from entering
over 40 green infrastructure stormwater and the Bay via runoff each year. They will also serve as
shoreline projects. important demonstration sites for innovative, nature-
based solutions that improve water quality and provide
Each project will decrease runoff, reduce flooding, and climate resiliency for our coastal communities.
improve water quality in Rehoboth Bay.

STOCKLEY
CENTER HELPS
PREVENT
STORMWATER
POLLUTION

Construction began in late 2016 and wrapped in 2017 with a planting day.

In areas with large amounts of impervious surfaces (such This new installation allows stormwater to soak into the
as roads, rooftops, and parking lots), rainwater washes ground, where native plants, soil, and mulch can filter out
sediments and pollutants into nearby waterways, causing pollutants, remove excess nutrients, and capture sediment.
poor water quality. Biochar, a type of charcoal, was also added to increase the
soil’s ability to capture excess nitrogen and phosphorus.
Until 2017, one such area was the parking lot of the
Stockley Center in Georgetown. Located near the 315- The project wrapped up in May 2017 when the
acre Doe Bridge Nature Preserve, this parking lot was bioretention area was planted with native species.
once a site where stormwater washed pollutants into the
ecologically-sensitive Cow Bridge Branch which feeds into This project will result in a reduction of 2.3 lbs
the Indian River and Bay. per year of phosphorus, 17 lbs per year of
nitrogen, and 515 lbs per year of sediment to
Starting in 2016, the Center partnered with the site’s Cow Bridge Branch and the Inland Bays. As
owners, the Delaware Department of Health and Social an added benefit, the bioretention area will
Services, to prevent further pollution by upgrading provide new habitat for birds and wildlife.
their failing stormwater pond to a bioretention facility.

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS James C. Mankin Emily Seldomridge
James Dodd F. Gregory Gause, Jr.
Names listed reflect those who donated during the 2017 Fiscal Year 10/2016–9/2017 James J. Eberhardt Frances Milio
James Pitts Francis Tober
$1,000 and up Glenn Garner–Friends of Prime Hook Jan and Greg Thompson Frank and Jane Diller
Austin Okie National Wildlife Refuge Janet Ackerson G. Fenton Ray
Bayside Sports Club LLC Gregory and Mary Kordal Jean Morrison and Greg Knott Gail Doell
Becky Brewer and Greg Pfister Jim Stuart Jeanette and Mohammad Akhter Gail McDermott
Carl M. Freeman Foundation John and Vicki Rymer Jeffrey Loser Glenn Christman
Charity Golf International LLC Loretta Smith Jim and Haydee Toedtman Holly and Leo Niederriter
Christopher Bason and Archer Larned Maryland Coastal Bays Program Joan King Ian Kaufman
Delaware Department of Natural Patty Yergey John and Joan Clifton Jack N. McDonald
Resources and Environmental Control Pete Keenan John and Peggy Nawn James and Gwenn Wells
Delmarva Power Richard and Wanda Drnec Kenneth Currier James and Susanne Gross
Dewey Beach Lions Club Richard E. Fisher Kent and Bobbe Stephan Janet Strickler
Donald and Cyn Shope Robert and Sara Edwards Kit and Bill Zak Jean Fleishman
Frank and Mary McNeice Sandra Lea Derr Lisa and Brad Ginder John and Louise Hildenbrand
Gary’s Dewey Beach Grill Sara Corbishley Lisa Cosgrove-Davies John and Susan Gelb
George and Barbara Junkin Suzanne Schwartz Lois McClain John Harrington
George C. Murphy Teresa Brant Lord Baltimore Women’s Club John McDermott
Giant Food The Flanigan Family Lynn Masiello Joyce Bader and Thomas Endres
Joanne Cabry Walt Trela Marcia Maldeis and Stan Mills Karen Dudley
Kathy Jankowski and Robert Youngs William Janson and Lori Shmukler Margaret Jones Kathleen and Leonard Martin
Marti Marino Katie Huegel
Luke Wallace $150–$249 Mary E. McDonnell Katy and Jamie Mann
Raymond F. Book & Associates Bert T. Edwards Mary Perkins Kent Messer and Katherine F. Hackett
RK&K Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerce Maureen Davis Kevin and Lorraine Mayhew
Sovereign Consulting Bill and Ginny Hitz Maureen Hartman Kristy Chmelewski
Sussex County Chapter Women’s Carol and Richard Reed Mickee and Sara Engl Lawrence A. Brown
Council of Realtors Chad James Midway Lions Club Liane M. Sorenson
Sussex County Council Charles Skinner Mohrman Family Lori Holtzinger
Town of Dewey Beach Christine and Michael Moore Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O. King Lorraine Logan
Town of South Bethany Dave and Shirley Ritondo Nautical Academics Captains School Lowell and Terry Markey
Waste Industries, Inc. David Jayne Neal and Jane Mayer Luke and Wanda Lalande
Neil Sands Lynn and Barry Lambertson
$500–$999 Diana Strohecker Pamela McRainey Lynn and David Andrews
Ann G. Riley and Thomas M. Bouchelle Dr. Marianne Walch Pat Voveris Mark Oakey and Denise Pelletier
Aqua Tech Water Specialties, LLC George and June Robertson Paul and Jeanne Boswell Mary Lou Bishop
Baird, Mandalas & Brockstedt Glenn Cox Robert and Carol Blye Matt and Katie Young
Bill and Pam Oetgen Jay and Mary Headman Robert and Cynthia Hibbert Michael and Cynthia Headman
Burr Monroe, Tributaries LLC John Schneider and Susan Moerschel Robert Cubbison Michael and Donna Thomas
Carl M. Freeman Companies M. Q. Riding Ron and Lorraine Smith Michael Kelrick
Carl P. Leubsdorf and Susan L. Page Madolyn and Glenn Dallas Roy and Diane Miller Michael Pitcavage
Clean Delaware, Inc. Marie Noster Ruth and Nelson Denlinger Michelle Kock
Cynthia Flynn and Deirdre Boyle Mary and Michael McGrady Sally and Larry Persa Mike Marrone
Dan Costello Marybeth Sorady Scott and Mila Becker Mimi Roth
Delaware Nature Society Michael Bellaty Scott Andres MOMS Club of Coastal Delaware
Delaware Sea Grant Miriam Kane Sherry and Daniel Billig Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. McDaniel III
Diane and Bill Hanson Norine and George Watson Stephanie and Mike Norton Nancy Steckel and Mark Caraccia
Economy Printing Pat Nitzsche Stephanie Briggs Parks & Ridley II, LLC
First Shore Federal Savings and Paula Schneider Steve and Nancy Brinch Paul and Diane Barrett
Loan Association Rehoboth Bay Foundation Susan Jarden Phyllis Kane
Gary and Barbara Jayne Rosemary Hendrix Susan Sigvardson Preceptor Omega Chapter Beta Sigma
L & W Insurance Agency The Robinson Family Terence and Joyce McDowell Rebecca Rogers
Lillian & Montford Smith Family Fund Warren and Terri Rumble Terrance and Martha Higgins Rich Baccino
Nancy and Thomas Sager Wilson Family Theodore W. Becker Richard and Kimberly Fischer
Thomas Laddbush and Mary Susan Wanich Richard C. Oliver
NRG Indian River Power Plant $75–$149 Wilbert and Rose Laird Richard Jensen and Lori Grimes
Peter and Catherine Gordon Ab Ream William A. Yemec Richard Watson
Piper Moffatt Agnes Reilly William and Anne Lowe Robert and Kelly Collins
Rich Weissmann and Patricia Drago Alan O. Perantoni and Tracie E. Bunton Zita Dresner Robert and Winifred Mitchell
Sarah Underwood Alexander Levi up to $75 Robert Schumm
Schell Family Foundation Ann and Steve Piron Albert and Janice Osterholm Sally Boswell
Second String LLC t/a Hammerheads Anna M. Legates Alicia B. Howard Sandy Spence and Richard Faull
Dockside Anthony E. Pegg Allan Cairncross Sarah Dill
Steve and Darlene Maternick Barbara and Clem Bason Andrea Arntsen and Kristina Weimer Sharyn Fagone
Steve and Judy Britz Beth Ann Shank Andrew McGowan Sherri and Charly Curcio
Susan Ball and Susan Delaney Bette Wade Ann and Chris Whaley Shuli Tor
Sussex Conservation District Bill Ullman and Kim Ayvazian Anna M. Marsch Strano Family
The Pegasus Foundation Bruce and Myra Patner Anne Carol Finley Sue Claire Harper
Tidewater Utilities, Inc. Buzz and Kathy Adkins Anne T. Swick Susan Moerschel
Vickie York C. Edward Duvall Art and Audrey Borden Susan Stringfield
Audrey Young Suzanne Culin
$250–$499 Carol and Steve Yanek Aufdemberge Family Terry Noon and Ann Hobbs
Almeda (Dee) Cole Cheryl Rehrig Barbara Sorgeler Thomas and Felicetta Ryan
Angela and Paul Swarm Cindy Popovich Barbara Svenson Thomas Roth
Anonymous Clarissa Johnson Barbie Loper Tom and Cathy Greco
Barbara Sears Clifton and Mary Mitchell Beverly Castner Tom and Joanna Lyckberg
Beverly Corelle Dave Jaeger Brady Stonesifer Tom and Lisa Kiracofe
Brittany and Ryan Burslem David Spitzer Charles Schonder and Frances Hart Virginia Boyce
Buzz and Betsy Henifin Diana and Dan Cowell Colin and Elizabeth Anolick Virginia Stafford
Camilla Los Dick and Sharon Fox Dave Hillegas Waldemar Jacob Pflepsen III
Carl Balis Donald and Carol Hasson David Blockstein and Debra Prybyla Walter J. Brady
Carol and Tom Bason Doug VanRees Dayna Feher Real Estate Team Watson Family
Clare Herington and Laurence Platt Erica Huck Delmarva Environmental, Inc. Wayne and Cheryl Fisher
David and Linda Davidson Erin and William Collins Denise Hoeksema William Cooper
Dennis and Anne Bartow Gail and Bob Russell Donna and John Buono William S. Lee
Diane M. Calloway Gawthrop Greenwood Dorothy Jones and Patricia Jones Donors of goods and/or services:
Dr. Ram K. Mohan Glenda Risch Dr. Lucille Candeloro 99 Sea Level Restaurant & Raw Bar
Emily McCauley Hans and Norma Banziger Drew and Bonnie Burslem Allan and Sue Allenspach
Fork & Flask at Nage Hong Shiung and Chiu Huei Lin Drew Jayne Back Porch Cafe, Rehoboth Beach
Frank and Lauryn Piorko Hurricane Martial-Arts, Inc. Edward Whereat Baltimore Orioles
Gale Poudrier Ian and Linda McDermott
Gary and Linda Taylor Inland Bays Garden Center
6 George, Miles & Buhr, LLC James and Edie Herron

Dr. Dennis Bartow Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Fund Balances—Accrual Basis
Tom Bason September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016
Bethany Blues BBQ, Bethany Beach & Lewes
Bethany Oyster House and Raw Bar ASSETS
Big Chill Beach Club
(LaVida Hospitality Group) Current Assets 2017 2016
Big Fish Grill (Big Fish Restaurant Group)
Bill’s Sport Shop Cash $ 403,419 $ 439,957
BIN 66, Rehoboth Beach
Bling Salon & Spa Grants receivable 206,465 204,621
Blue Coast Seafood Grill & Raw Bar,
Rehoboth Beach Prepaid expenses 4,500 26,881
BreakThru Beverage Group
Candy Kitchen Accounts receivable 14,569 4,370
Captain Jack Mini Golf, Bethany Beach
Coastal Kayak Total Current Assets 628,953 675,829
David Carroll
D.C. Resturant Group Property, Plant and Equipment (at Cost)
Delaware Department of Natural Resources Land 125,000 125,000
and Environmental Control Building 887,716 887,716
DelMarVa Board Sport Adventures, Furniture and Equipment 345,999 343,286
Rehoboth Beach & Dewey Beach
Delmarva Shorebirds 1,358,715 1,356,002
Dewey Beach Parasail
Dewey Beach Watersports Less Accumulated Depreciation (579,242) (554,021)
Dewey Beer Co.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Net Property, Plant and Equipment 779,473 801,981
Eastern Seaboards
Egg Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach Other Assets 127,105 115,480
Fins Hospitality Group DE Community Foundation Endowment Fund
Fisher’s Popcorn
Amir Fogel Total Assets 1,535,531 1,593,290
Funland, Rehoboth Beach
G.&E. - Hocker’s Supermarkets LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Gale Force Charters
Gary’s Dewey Beach Grill Current Liabilities
Giant Foods Landover
Grotto Pizza Accounts Payable $ 26,900 $ 16,653
Hammerheads Dockside 31,734 2,043
Henlopen City Oyster House Payroll Taxes
Heritage Shores Golf Club 1,358 24,717
Hocker’s Super Wash Accrued Salaries and Benefits
Indian River Seafood, Co. 43,413
(Off the Hook Restaurant Group) Total Current Liabilities 59,992
Inland Bays Garden Center
Jayne’s Reliable Net Assets 127,105 115,480
Jungle Jim’s, Rehoboth Beach Unrestricted 654,473 676,981
Made Ya Look! 300,419 227,792
Matthew J. Corrozi Board Designated*
McCabe’s Gourmet Market Invested in Property and Equipment
N.K.S. Distributors, Inc. Undesignated
Ocean Vayu Yoga, Ocean View
Panera Bread Total Unrestricted 1,081,997 1,020,253
Papa Grande’s, Fenwick Island Temporarily Restricted 268,542 404,624
Salted Vines Vineyard & Winery Permanently Restricted** 125,000 125,000
Smitty McGee’s, Fenwick Island
SODEL Concepts Total Net Assets 1,475,539 1,549,877
Starboard Raw, Dewey Beach
Striper Bites, Lewes Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 1,535,531 $ 1,593,290
The Sand Dollar
The Starboard, Dewey Beach * Endowment Fund ** Protected Land
Touch of Italy
Town of Fenwick Island 37% Science & 14% Administrative 57% Federal Grants 30% State Grants
Troon Golf, Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club Restoration $453,904 & Operating $165,312 $640,858 $338,651
Troon Golf, Bayside Golf Club
Twinings Lobster Shanty 11% Development 2% County
U. S. Senator Tom Carper $132,608 Grants $20,000
Dr. Marianne Walch
Washington Nationals Baseball Club 19% Watershed 19% Outreach & <1% Interest & Investment 10% Private Grants &
Waste Industries, Inc. Coordination $227,697 Education $225,469 Income $13,779 Contributions $117,364
Weis Markets
Wild About Birds Total Expenses $1,204,990 Total Revenue $1,130,652
Wilmington Blue Rocks
Tributes and Memorial Contributions 7
In Memory of Jack Cabry:
Joanne Cabry
In Memory of John Murphy:
Miriam Kane
In Honor of Rosemary M. Hendrix:
Kathy Jankowski and Robert Youngs
In Memory of Ike Weaver:
Terence and Joyce McDowell
In Memory of Juanita Rowe:
Dave Jaeger
In Memory of John C. Bennett:
Gawthrop Greenwood
In Memory of Claud “Capt. Butch” Bennett:
Mr. Richard S. Fischer
In Memory of Robert H. Robinson, Sr.:
Alicia B. Howard
In Honor of Gary Hilkert and Judy Smith:
Michael Kelrick

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VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT HAPPEN

During 2017, our volunteers logged an outstanding 3,755 hours of work that is valued at approximately
$90,645.70! With YOUR help we were able to hold our 13th Annual Native Plant Sale, maintain the
trails of the James Farm Ecological Preserve for thousands of visitors, clean up 1/2 ton of trash from the
Bays, collect data on thousands of fish and horseshoe crabs, plant 12,000 trees, and so much more!
Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication—we coudn’t do this without you!

SAVE GARDENING FOR THE BAYS NATIVE PLANT SALE
THE
DATE Saturday, May 5, 2018 (9 a.m.–1 p.m.)
James Farm Ecological Preserve, Ocean View, DE

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