Welcome to the Inland Bays Foundation

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About us

The mission of the Inland Bays Foundation is to advocate and promote the restoration of the Inland Bays watershed Learn more...

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Membership

Help to protect the Inland Bays. Read about our membership program and why it's important to join. Learn more...

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What is Nature Worth?

Video: University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment: 3 minute look at what biodiversity loss is really costing us -- and what we can do about it. Watch the video...

Inland Bays Foundation Public Information and Education Team

Tired of hearing confusing stories about how "fragile" our Inland Bays are? Then contact the Foundation and schedule one of our free, professionally trained speakers to come visit your group and give you the real story about the challenges facing our Inland Bays and how those challenges are degrading the "Fragile Beauty" of our watershed and impacting our every day lives. You will also find out what you can do to help. We live here just like you do and urge you to call and let us help you understand what can be done to restore our waters to their once "Pristine" condition you enjoyed as a kid growing up or vacationing here.

If you would like to schedule The Inland Bays Foundation to visit your organization and explain our " Advocacy " role or provide you with further information on the water quality of Delaware's Inland Bays, please contact the Inland Bays Foundation Public Information and Education Team, Team Leader - Doug Parham, at 302-296-7801 or dugster.parham@gmail.com.


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Correspondence

View our correspondence to the Governor, DNREC and more. Learn more...

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News

Stay informed. Get our latest news & updates. Learn more...

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Contact us

Get our contact details. Learn more...

Welcome Comments from the President

The following are my introductory comments from the “Inland Bays Issue’ of The Delaware Conservationist published by DNREC in 1983:

As many of our readers are aware, Delaware has a unique natural resource In eastern Sussex County that has long been a significant attraction to both permanent and part-time residents and visitors to that area – its Inland Bays. These expansive bodies of Water – Rehoboth, Indian River and Little Assawoman Bays – with their adjacent tributaries, coves and marshes have provided a unique setting for commercial and recreational activity that is truly the envy of those who are not as fortunate in having such a resource in their “backyard.”

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Welcome

The Inland Bays serve as a valuable recreational asset for residents and visitors, and as a diverse habitat for both terrestrial and aquatic life. We hope to use this website to educate the public on the importance of maintaining a healthy watershed in Sussex County Delaware.


Perdue has Plan for Chicken Waste

Planners get request for new fertilizer mode.

Engineers working with Perdue Farms on a new method of composting chicken waste told the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission that their proposal was more environmentally friendly than the current method of spreading waste on fields as fertilizer. Learn more...


ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

INLAND BAYS FOUNDATION, INC. Fostering Environmental Awareness and Action... read the report...


IBF Forum Presentation

John Schneider, head of Watershed Assesment Section at DNREC. View the PDF...

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