Technical Report Updates for Delaware Estuary 2022
The Technical Report for the Delaware Estuary and River Basin 2022 outlines significant updates and revisions across various indicators, chapters, and ecosystems. The report covers topics such as water quality, aquatic habitats, living resources, climate change, restoration efforts, and more. The timeline for the report's development is also detailed, including data gathering, drafting, and review stages. Contributors and contacts for additional information are provided, emphasizing collaboration in assessing and improving the health of the Delaware River and Bay.
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Technical Report for the Delaware Estuary and River Basin 2022
TREB 2022 ~70% of 2017 TREB indictors will be updated Still working on the logistics, could be more! All chapters will be getting updates (some bigger than others) Major revisions to certain chapters (E.g., restoration) Watersheds & Landscapes Population, Land Use Water Quantity & Hydrology Withdrawals, Groundwater Water Quality DO, Nitrogen, PCBs Sediments Loads, Dredging Aquatic Habitats Tidal Wetlands, Fish Passage Living Resources Crabs, Oysters, Macroinverts Climate Change Temperature, Precipitation, SLR Restoration Acres Restored, Types, Investment
TREB 2022 Timeline Nov-Dec 2020 - Plan contributors and budget Jan-Feb 2021 Contracting and format April-Sep 2021 Data gathering & analysis *Steering meeting scheduled for 10 June 2021 *Next Steering meeting 8 December 2021 December 2021 First drafts March 2022 Draft 1 review begins! July 2022 Draft 2 review begins! October 2022 Goal for release Jun-Nov 2022 SOE translation of TREB
TREB 2022 ~70% of 2017 TREB indictors will be updated Most recent updates: Aquatic Habitats Looking for leads on who might help with non-tidal wetlands work fish passage, corridors, etc Living Resources 5 drafts already in! 7 more to go DEIJ Audit coming soon! Restoration New format this year keeping previous metrics, but adding more social science context to assess status and trends
Photograph request - reminder If you have any photographs you feel might be a great addition to the 2022 TREB (and/or SOE), we d love to receive them! Send them to LeeAnn (lhaaf@delawareestuary.org) **Sending us photos gives us your permission to use them for TREB, please only send photos for which you can give permission. Also, please make sure the photo file name has how you d like it credited!**
Thank You! LeeAnn Haaf Wetlands Coordinator lhaaf@delawareestuary.org Leah Morgan Science Fellow lmorgan@delawareestuary.org Danielle Kreeger, PhD Science Director dkreeger@delawareestuary.org Connecting people, science, and nature for a healthy Delaware River and Bay 6
Current leads/volunteers as of 3 June 2021 (thank you!): Watersheds and landscapes (Ch 1) UDEL: Andrew Homsey & Jerry Kauffman General help: Kelly Somers Water quantity and quality (Chs 2 and 3) DRBC (Namsoo Suk team lead) Feature on microplastics (Bransky and Cohen) Sediments (Ch 4) Beth Watson Habitats (Ch 5) Intertidal habitats: LeeAnn Haaf, Alison Rogerson, Metthea Yepsen, Andrew Homsey Feature on marsh migration Rachel Sacatelli Feature on blue carbon Julie Blum Subtidal habitats: Feature on SAV Kelly Somers Living resources (Ch 6) Lead organizer: Jenny Shinn Oysters: Daphne Munroe, Jason Morson Feature on aquaculture FW Mussels: Kurt Cheng, Danielle Kreeger General help: Gregory Lech, Sheila Eyler, Ron Heun Climate change (Ch 7) Ray Najjar & Andrew Ross Restoration (Ch 8) Bart Wilson, Doug Janiec, Josh Moody DEIJ audit Beth Watson + Lin Perez + Akilah Chatman
PDE points of contacts for chapters, proofing, and review processes Introduction Danielle Kreeger Watersheds and landscapes (Ch 1) LeeAnn Haaf Water quantity and quality (Chs 2 and 3) Leah Morgan Sediments (Ch 4) LeeAnn Haaf Habitats (Ch 5) LeeAnn Haaf Living resources (Ch 6) Leah Morgan Climate change (Ch 7) LeeAnn Haaf Restoration (Ch 8) Leah Morgan DEIJ audit LeeAnn Haaf Peer review Danielle Kreeger & LeeAnn Haaf Proofing and report construction LeeAnn Haaf & Leah Morgan
