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                   Integrated Information Processing: A Methodology for
                     Comparative Analysis of Three Basins to Enable the
                   Development of Controls of Nonpoint Pollution Sources
                                and Habitat Restoration Strategies




                        A Response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                        Administration, Centerfor Coastal Ecosystem Health
                                         Requestfor Proposals









                 WOF                    Prepared by the Delaware Coastal Management and
                    IJE%T OF NA              National Estuarine Research Reserve Program

                                                               Delaware Program Contact:
                                                                        Sarah W. Cooksey
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                                                          Department of Natural Resources
                                                               and Environmental Control
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               Integrated Information Processing: A Methodology for Comparative Analysis of
                  Three Basins to Enable the Development of Controls of Nonpoint Pollution
                                      Sources and Habitat Restoration Strategies


                                                             Overview


                  Our goal is to implement a structured process that will result in a database and desktop mapping system to enable
               resource managers to view the relationships between selected nonpoint pollution sources, land use activities, habitat
               trends, and the species associated with the habitats in the Delaware Estuary Region. Two of the watersheds, the St.
               Jones and Blackbird Creek, contain National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites. The remaining watershed,
               the Appoquinimink, has been experiencing problems due to eutrophication caused by nutrient enrichment from point
               and nonpoint sources.

                  This project will demonstrate the application of "knowledge engineering" using four integrated project tasks.
               There is significant overlap in data collection, acquisition and formatting between each of the tasks. This team effort
               will result in significant cost savings for data that could not be realized otherwise.

                  The major tasks are:

               1 .  Development of the Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and Assessment System (COMPAS) in ArcView 2
                    to evaluate impacts of BMPs.

               2.   Development of data sets for use in hydrodynamic modeling on Delaware NERR Basins.

               3.   Comparative analysis of the effects of currents and wetlands on eutrophication in Delaware Bay tidal creeks.

               4.   Habitat modeling for the analysis of the effects of land use activities on terrestrial wildlife habitats.

                  Project oversight will be conducted by the recently merged Delaware Coastal Management /National Estuarine
               Research Reserve Program (DCMP/DNERR), NOAA's Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health, NOAA's Office of
               Ocean Resources Conservation & Assessment, Strategic Envirorunental Assessment Division (SEA), and the US
               Fish and Wildlife Service's Delaware Bay Estuary Project (DBEP). Section IV includes a description of all local,
               state, and regional project participants.



               L Backizround


                  Tle primary constraint to adequately evaluating environmental impacts, and to making sound management
               decisions on environmental improvement actions, is the lack of information that is readily accessible for utilization.
               In addition, the lack of electronic communication between local, regional, and national centralized data repositories
               is directly responsible for frequent unnecessary expenditures on repetitive data collection.

                  In Delaware, several notable efforts involving the joint Delaware Coastal Management/National Estuarine
               Research Reserve Program (DCMP/DNERR) are underway that involve extensive data collection and/or data
               reformatting for habitat evaluation and restoration projects, mitigation of habitat impacts caused by major projects,
               and non-point source pollution reductions efforts. Projects include:

               1.   The Dover/Silver Lake/St. Jones River Watershed Protection Project
               2.   The Northern Delaware Wetlands Restoration Project
               3.   Characterization of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve Sites
               4.   Development of the Section 6217 Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
               S.   A SoutheastlMid-Atlantic Regional Demonstration of the Impact of Agricultural Best Management Practices on the
                    Nonpoint Source Pollution of Coastal Waters
               6.   Appoquinimink National Monitoring Project












































































































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               7.  Christina River Basin Watershed Restoration Project
               8.  Development of a DCMF)DNERR Geospatially Referenced Database in ARCIINFO
               9.  The Delaware Estuary Program Action Plan Demonstration Projectfor the Restoration of the Thousand Acre Marsh
               10. USFWS National Gap Analysis Project
               11. Delaware Component of National Marine Mammal Stranding and Sea Turtle Program
               12. Wading Bird Biomonitoringfor the Assessment of Regional Habitat Conditions on a Tertiary Consumer
               13. Central Data Management Office (CDMO) Project in Support of the NERRS System- Wide Environmental Monitoring
                   Program
               14. Selecting and Managing Wetland Restoration Sites with a GIS Database and Remote Sensed Data Including Biomass

                  Data management problems are ubiquitous throughout these projects as well as numerous other data intensive
               projects underway in the region. Recognizing this problem, a cooperative project between the DCMP/DNERR and
               SEA was recently initiated with assistance from NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, to
               assist the state with its data management problems. SEA is developing the first phase of a data management system
               incorporating Geographic Information System (GIS) components. This Arc/Info based (ArcView2) desktop
               mapping and analysis system (COMPAS) is currently being developed to evaluate the impacts of BMP's on
               nonpoint source pollution for the St. Jones Watershed. The St. Jones Watershed includes the largest component of
               the Delaware NERR and the Dover/Silver Lake Watershed that is being evaluated with an extensive hydrologic
               model under CZMA Section 309.



               11. Proiect Summary


                  Specific objectives for each of the tasks are as follows:

               1. Develop COMPAS in ArcView 2 to evaluate impacts of BMPs.

                  The problem of effectively managing conflicting resource uses within the U.S. coastal zone continues to frustrate
               environmental managers and decision-makers. One of the reasons often cited for these problems is the poor
               application of our existing information base to specific management needs. All too often information suited to
               assisting in a particular management question is not accessible to those charged with the management responsibility.
               The COMPAS program was designed to specifically address this information delivery dilemma. COMPAS is a
               desktop information system designed to bring information to state resource managers responsible for oversight and
               guidance of coastal resource use.

                  Desktop information systems have several characteristics. First, they are developed to be theme specific so that
               the logic of how the information is to be used is clear to the user. Second, they are designed to answer a limited
               number of questions well, and do not attempt to provide the type of open-ended capabilities of standard geographic
               information systems. Consequently, a desktop system typically contains a subset of synthesized information derived
               from a larger data base. Third, they typically are more user-friendly than most mainframe systems. This means
               complex operations can be performed with minimal training. The user does not need to understand programming or
               specialized syntax. This can lead to broader and innovative uses that encourage a new look at more orthodox
               information management systems and extended use of information in the decision-making process.

                  SEA, in coordination with the DCMP/DNERR, Delaware Division of Water Resources, and Delaware Nonpoint
               Source Pollution Control Program is currently developing COMPAS to evaluate the impacts of BMPs on nonpoint
               source pollution for the St. Jones Watershed. Additional funding will support the development of additional data for
               assessing nonpoint source pollution in two more watersheds in Delaware, the Appoquinimink and Blackbird Creek.

                  This task will result in the ability to compare the impacts of BMP's in three watersheds. Some of the proposed
               data sets include livestock inventories, the distfibution of BMPs, financial assistance to farmers for BMPs, soils
               information, point source discharge facilities, sediment data, surface water quality monitoring and vegetative cover.
               The data management system will be developed on a stand alone version of ORACLE for two platforms, UNIX and
               PC Windows NT. This will then be integrated with ArcView 2 software.





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                 The design of the COMPAS system is a structured process that identifies issues, resource management questions,
                and data sets that can help to answer those questions. Participants will characterize information requirements and
                identify the system capabilities required to access and manage the information. The result of this process is a
                desktop system containing the most important information needed to make management decisions related to a
                particular theme or module. The data will be collected by various agencies and will be delivered in different
                formats. SEA has considerable experience in extracting and synthesizing "raw" data into a form best suited for
                management needs. 'Ibis requires work sessions designed to define the system and information requirements for
                each of the modules. Disparate data sets are then structured into a relational framework using SQL compliant
                database management systems like ORACLE.

                    The BMP module will support ongoing nonpoint efforts in Delaware required by Federal legislation. It will
                initially address nonpoint source pollution issues relating to nutrient over enrichment of water resources. Questions
                for investigation include effectiveness of best management practices in reducing nonpoint pollutants such as
                sediments and nutrients, and an analysis of water quality trends. Questions that will be addressed include the density
                of poultry houses by watershed; the distribution of different types of BMPs by watershed; and the distribution and
                location of confined animal feeding lots by watershed.

                    The project will be conducted in four stages.

                1st Stage.         A planning and design session to develop the detailed framework to guide the project will be
                developed within the first quarter. The session will be held in Silver Spring, Maryland, with all the project
                participants. The purpose of these meetings will be to define the final product. To be successful this process must
                be applied in a comprehensive and continuous manner. It will involve periodic updates and reviews by the
                participants. The preliminary system design will be developed, task elements defined, and an implementation plan
                developed. During this period the necessary hardware and software required for the project will be purchased.

                2nd Stage.         During the 2nd and 3rd quarters information for the BMP module will be collected and evaluated.
                Data will be collected on livestock operations; best management practices such as conservation tillage, filter strips
                and settling ponds; water quality; and point source permitting data.

                3rd Stage.         During the third and fourth quarters we will incorporate existing information into the COMPAS
                software. The goal of COMPAS is to suit the information needs of individual coastal programs. A certain level of
                standardization is maintained to achieve one of the basic objectives: information transfer. This will include data
                synthesis, database design, digitizing or scanning, and encoding. Quality control procedures will be used where
                required. Potential problems will be identified and cleaned up.

                4th Stage.         System integration, documentation and training will be conducted during the fourth and fifth
                quarters. SEA will work with the project team to finalize the software functions desired for the final product. Once
                the product has been assembled training will be provided to the resource managers who will be using the system.

                    Work sessions will be held throughout the duration of the project to review progress and refine the
                implementation plan if necessary.

                    Project personnel will be trained to use the COMPAS methods for managing data and providing properly
                formatted digital information for each of the remaining three tasks. It is expected that after working directly with
                SEA, Delaware will have acquired the necessary expertise to modify and/or expand their system with minimal
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                2. Development of Data Sets for Use in Hydrodynamic Modeling on DNERR Basins

                  The recently merged DCMP/DNERR Program will demonstrate the indirect utility of COMPAS by utilizing the
                COMPAS process to build data layers for use in hydrodynamic modeling. The DCMP recently completed the
                development of an Arc/Info interface to the EPA Stormwater Management Model model (SWMM). The initial runs
                of this model are underway in the Dover/Silver Lake Watershed at the headwaters of the St. Jones River Basin.
                Delaware's Coastal Programs would like to extend this modeling effort to include the full hydrologic reach of both
                of the Delaware NERRS Sites. The primary constraint is the availability of properly formatted data. Once
                formatted, data developed for this modeling will also be made available to resource managers.

                  The DCMP/DNERR Environmental Engineer and Systems Network Specialist, with guidance from SEA, will
                assist with the overall project by building the GIS data layers required for project tasks I and 2. These will include
                soils coverages, digital elevation models, major conduits and water control structures, drainage systems, land use,
                and surface coverage. A digitizer compatible with the existing IBM 4 IT workstation will be purchased to enable the
                creation of these data layers. Additional DCMP/DNERR staff will collect detailed stormwater runoff data as part
                of the SoutheastlMid-Atlantic Regional Demonstration of the Impact of Agricultural Best Management Practices on
                the Nonpoint Source Pollution of Coastal Waters, The Dover/Silver Lake Watershed Protection Project, and
                monitorino in accordance with Delaware's Coastal Non-point Pollution Control Program (Section 6217). ne
                DCMP/DNERR will utilize existinc, automated stormwater sampling equipment for collecting water quality data.

                  This task will be completed in four stages:

                .1st Stage.  At the Planning and Design Session, priorities for data to be included in COMPAS will be set. Ile
                availability and adequacy of these data sets will then be evaluated for inclusion in the COMPAS database. Based on
                this evaluation, the priorities of data sets determined at the planning and design session, and a detailed understanding
                of the data requirements both for hydrologic modeling and COMPAS, a work-order priority will be set for the
                uploading/creation of data layers useful to both project components. Where coverages are not available in digital
                form they will be created by the DCMP/DNERR Environmental Engineer, Systems Network Specialist, or other
                DNREC GIS staff.


                2nd Stage.    During the 2nd and 3rd quarters existing data sets will be collected and reformatted or standardized to
                fit into the data scheme. Proposed data sets include: soils, digital elevation models, drainage systems, and water
                control structures. At this point, coordination between the National NERR Project Selecting and Managing
                Wetland Restoration Sites with a GIS Database and Remote Sensed Data Including Biomass (Klemas, Univ. of DE)
                and COMPAS will begin to ensure that the landuse/land cover data collected in this effort is compatible and
                complimentary.

                3rd Staae.    The 3rd, 4th, and 5th quarters will see the most activity in data creation and inclusion. Data sets that
                are incomplete or non-existent will be created in this phase. Activities in this stage would include the creation of
                DEMs from mylar separates of elevation. This is accomplished by first scanning the separate, then using a process
                called heads- up- digitizing, digitizing over the image on-screen to convert the image into a vector file. The next step
                will be to attach attribute data (i.e. elevation data) to each of the lines. After each line is associated with an
                elevation, ARCANFO routines are then used to create the DEM. (This is the least desirable option for the creation of
                a DEM but may be necessary if digital information cannot be obtained.)

                4th Stage.    The combining of data from other projects into COMPAS will be conducted during the 5th and 6th
                quarters. DCMP/DNERR staff are involved in several projects that overlap with the modeling and data that this
                project utilizes. Specifically, the SoutheastIMid-Atlantic Regional Demonstration of the Impact of Agricultural Best
                Management Practices on the Nonpoint Source Pollution of Coastal Waters, The Dover/Silver Lake Watershed
                Protection Project, and monitoring in relation to Delaware's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (Section
                6217) will have generated data relating to BMP implementation, storm event driven water quality data, and the
                effects of varying landuse on water quality, that can be included in COMPAS.





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                   This project component will demonstrate that the methodology used by the COMPAS system, by crossing
                computer platforms, will provide dual functionality. The synthesized data will be accessed through the desktop
                system by managers and resource planners working in ArcView2 for administrative decision making, and the raw
                data will still provide the detail required by Engineers and Scientists for detailed computational hydraulics work on
                the Unix platform.


                3. Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Currents and Wetlands on Eutrophication in Delaware Bay Tidal
                   Creeks


                   This project component will advance the level of knowledge pertaining to natural versus human caused
                eutrophication problems in Delaware tidal creeks through a comparative study of three basins. One of these basins,
                the Blackbird Creek NERR, is probably the least impacted by human activity of any tidal creek in Delaware. Data
                collected over the past 15 years by the DNREC indicates that it also has recurring low summer dissolved oxygen
                levels, in addition to high total phosphorus and total suspended solids concentrations throughout the year which are
                similar to those of other tidal creeks which are shown to be more heavily impacted by human activity. Levels of total
                phosphorus which are sufficient to fuel explosive algae growth, which can lead to DO deficits, exist consistently in
                all three creeks. This finding led to the development of our hypothesis that: low dissolved oxygen levels, high total
                phosphorus concentrations and high total suspended solids concentrations in tidal creeks are highly, although by no
                means solely, attributable to natural factors. The two impacted basins in the study include the Appoquinimink River
                and the St. Jones River.

                   Two natural factors which appear to exert a major influence upon eutrophication dynamics in Delaware tidal creeks
                include strong tidal currents and wetlands (marshes). The velocity of these currents is sufficient to keep fine grained
                material (suspended solids) in a constant state of suspension. We have observed that these creeks are turbid and muddy
                in appearance even during extended dry periods. It is known that phosphorus adsorbs to particle surfaces and may be
                expected to increase as suspended solids levels increase. Also, it is generally true that a relationship exists between high
                suspended solids levels and biological oxygen demand, possibly leading to depressed DO levels.

                   It is notable that each of these tidal creeks are similar in the sense that they are bordered by expansive marshes which
                flood twice per day to some extent. We have not directly measured nutrient levels in this flood water before it drains off
                the marsh and back into the creek. A better understanding of the importance of nutrient transport from the marsh into
                Delaware tidal creek mainstems as a function of tidal action is needed.


                   In addition, we also wish to investigate temperature and dissolved oxygen responses in water that floods over the
                creek banks and into the marshes on high tide. It is possible that substantial reductions in DO occur in this water due to
                solar heating and biological oxygen demand exerted by the marshes. Transport of DO-reduced water back into the
                mainstern of the creek on ebb tide may result in a lowering of the DO concentration within the creek. Such a demand on
                oxygen may be expected to continue during night tidal cycles when there is no photosynthetic activity to bolster levels
                upward.
                   This project task is a multi-year study which includes a four-pronged approach to advancing our knowledge of
                eutrophication dynamics in Delaware tidal creeks.
                   This project component will be conducted in the following stages.
                Ist Stage.    During the first month of the first quarter, a detailed site review will be conducted in order to identify
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                the optimal locations for all water quality and sediment sampling. In addition, the QA/QC for field sampling and
                laboratory procedures will completed.
                2nd Stage.     Monthly sampling of water quality parameters that are indicative of eutrophication will be conducted
                over an annual cycle at six (6) stations including two (2) stations per river for two (2) consecutive years to account
                for annual variability. The parameters to be tested will include nutrients, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a, total
                suspended solids, biological oxygen demand and several others .





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                 3rd Stage.    Composite samples of sediments will be collected at each river station and from the marshes adjacent
                 to these stations to compare differences in background substrate nutrient and organic content levels between the three
                 basins. Each station will be sampled twice, during late winter and late summer to account for periods of minimal and
                 peak vegetative biomass in the marshes.
                 4th Stage.    During the second summer an existing DCMP/DNERR ISCO automated sampler will be deployed at
                 each river station once per month during the summer (June, July and August). The sampler will be programmed to
                 collect samples at timed intervals through a full tidal cycle. These samples will be tested for total phosphorus, total
                 suspended solids and turbidity to ascertain whether levels of these constituents are elevated during the early part of
                 ebb tide as a result of transport from the marshes.
                 5th Stage. DCMP/DNERR YSI 6000 continuous monitoring instruments will be deployed with the ISCO
                 samplers and programmed to record dissolved oxygen, conductivity, salinity and pH levels at intervals coordinated
                 with the ISCO sampler.


                    All data will be digitally formatted and spatially referenced for use in 1) COMPAS and 2) the hydrodynamic
                 modeling in the St. Jones Watershed. This data will conform to the CDMO metadata standard that is likely to be
                 based on the National Geospatial Data Transfer Standard. The DCMP/DNERR staff, following training by SEA
                 staff, will incorporate this data as it becomes available.


                 4. Habitat Modelingfor Analysis of the Effects of Land Use Activities on Terrestrial Wildlife Habitats

                    This project component will integrate wildlife habitat restoration priorities with NPS pollution control strategies
                 by making spatial and temporal land cover/habitat data available to decision makers through COMPAS. Using a
                 combination of predictive habitat modeling, intensive field inventories, and land cover change analysis, a USFWS
                 staff biologist will provide information on the status and trends of terrestrial (including vegetated wetlands) wildlife
                 communities within the Blackbird Creek NERR Watershed, and as time allows, within the St. Jones and
                 Appoquinimink watersheds as well. At a minimum, the vegetation and wildlife species distributions will be mapped
                 for these other watersheds.


                    To accomplish this goal, this project component will be carried out four stages.
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                 Ist Staae.    A map and digital coverage of vegetation in the project area will be developed. Vegetation and land
                 use will be mapped in cooperation with the National Gap Analysis Project. The digital coverage will be developed
                 using a combination of satellite imagery, aerial photography and ground-truthing. Spring and fall Landsat Thematic
                 Mapper scenes will be used as a basis for classifying general land use/land cover categories. Relatively cloud-free
                 scenes from the 1992-1994 time period will be used. 1:40,000 scale color-infrared aerial photography and Digital
                 Orthophoto Quads, air videography, and ground-truthing will be used in refining the vegetation types. The initial
                 image processing will be carried out using a raster-based GIS. The processed image will then be vectorized into an
                 Arc/Info coverage consisting of classified vegetation and land use polygons. Some of the vegetation refinement may
                 involve on-screen digitizing using aerial photography and field data as a reference.

                    The vegetation will be classified according to The Nature Conservancy's Terrestrial Community Alliance
                 Classification System (Sneddon et al., 1994), which has been developed by the state Natural Heritage Programs.
                 These community alliances are a modification of the UNESCO land cover classification system (1973). This system
                 is beine, used in classifying vegetation types for the National Gap Analysis Project in Delaware. The vegetation map
                 will be used as a basis for mapping the habitats of all terrestrial vertebrates and butterflies known to breed in the
                 DNERR watersheds. Land use will be classified according to the Anderson system, while non-vegetated wetlands
                 will be classified according to the Cowardin system.

                    The final vegetation map will be refined to a level of detail that distinguishes the specific habitats of terrestrial
                 vertebrates in the DNERR watersheds, and will be in ArclInfo format.





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               2nd Stage.      A combination of range maps and habitat modeling will be utilized to map the distributions of all
               terrestrial vertebrates occurring in the project area, assigning species to vegetation polygons in Arc/Info coverages.
               This stage will also involve an intensive field inventory of vertebrate species (including small mammal trapping),
               followed by a statistical accuracy assessment of predicted vertebrate distributions.

                   In cooperation with Gap Analysis investigators, and through extensive literature review, a comprehensive species-
               habitat association matrix will be developed. This matrix will identify vegetation types that represent appropriate
               habitat for each of the common terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly species that are likely to breed in the NERR
               watersheds. The vegetation types identified in this matrix will correspond with Ile Nature Conservancy's
               community alliances that exist in the project area. Existing range maps, museum records and other data sources will
               be used in developing detailed range maps which will indicate whether or not a species is known to breed in the
               project area.

                   After the comprehensive species-vegetation matrix is completed, a simpler matrix will be developed. Where
               there are no significant differences in their animal communities, vegetation cover-types (i.e. community alliances)
               will be aggregated into more general habitat types within the UNESCO vegetation classification hierarchy. The
               result will be a matrix of habitats and their associated animal species. Plant communities that are aggregated into
               more general habitat types will still be retained in the GIS as polygon attributes, and will still exist in a separate
               vegetation coverage. The species-habitat association matrix will form one of the basic components of the species'
               habitat models as it will be used as a reference in assigning species to polygons on the habitat base map.

                   Habitat descriptions are rarely provided in detail comparable to the vegetation types defined on the GAP
               vegetation cover type map (Csuti, 1994). As a result, many errors of commission might be made in assigning species
               to vegetation cover types. Therefore, in addition to their use in identifying suitable habitat on the vegetation map,
               habitat models may be used to identify additional "filters" that might be used in the GIS to refine predicted species
               distributions. For example, a model might state that a reptile species occurs within a certain distance of freshwater
               streams. In this example, the model for this species would be used to identify appropriate vegetation on the base
               map, and then a hydrography layer could be overlaid and buffered to the specified distance (done in the GIS) to
               identify only those patches of appropriate vegetation that occur along streams.

                   Due to the potential for overestimating their distributions, habitat models will not be developed for rare species
               such as those listed as threatened or endangered, or species that are considered globally rare (e.g., G 1, G2) or rare
               within the project area (e.g., S 1, S2). For these species, field data, museum data, Natural Heritage Inventory data
               and other reliable site records will be used in mapping their breeding distributions.

                   In Arc/Info GIS, the polygons or grid cells that represent species' distributional limits (i.e. range maps) will be
               overlaid on the habitat map. Where suitable habitat for a particular species falls within the species' range limits, the
               species will be assigned to the appropriate habitat polygons as attributes in the database. Once this is done, other
               variables such as patch size and shape, or distance from water or roads may be used to further refine predicted
               species distributions. Where suitable habitat patches fall partly within a species range but extend beyond the known
               range limit, the species will be expected to occur throughout that habitat patch and the range will be extended only if
               other habitat requirements (e.g., patch size) are met.

                   The final data base associated with the habitat base map will contain records for all habitat polygons and will
               include all species expected to occur in each habitat polygon based on range maps and modeling. This data base will
               include full citations for all references used in assigning species to habitat polygons.

                   Usina field data that were withheld from the above steps, a statistical accuracy assessment of predicted
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               vertebrate and butterfly distributions will be conducted. This assessment will involve the comparison of predicted
               and observed lists of species, as suggested by Cassidy et al., 1994. Observed lists of species come from intensive
               field inventories and previously developed checklists that are considered accurate and complete.

                   Field inventories will be conducted for all taxa. For mammals, a combination of Havahart and Sherman live traps
               will be used, and an Azel Reptile Snare will be used to aid in capture and identification of snakes. Pit-fall traps may
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              species will be identified by sight as well as by song/call. All other taxa will be documented through visual
              observations. A GPS/GIS data collector will also be used to pin-point the locations of observed species, and to
              record habitat attributes associated with observations. As suggested by Cassidy et al. (1994), transects or point
              counts for diurnal birds will be done at the same time that trap lines for nocturnal small mammals are visited in the
              early morning, and searches for tracks and sign of larger mammals will be done simultaneously with searches for
              reptiles as mammal trap lines are established in the afternoon.

                 Comparison of predicted species lists with observed species lists will include the following:

                      I .     The number and identity of species predicted and number and identity of species observed.

                       2.     'Me number and identity of species predicted to occur but not observed (errors of commission).

                       3.     The number and identity of species observed but not predicted (errors of omission).

                 Based on the above tabulations, the total percent commission error and total percent omission error will be
              calculated. No attempt will be made to detect rare species during field inventories, although observations of these
              species will be recorded. Other species that are not considered rare but are nonetheless difficult to detect will also be
              excluded from validation, even though habitat modeling may include these species.

                 Using existing data sets such as the USFWS Mid-Winter Waterfowl Survey data and Christmas Bird Count data,
              and data that are collected during field inventories, important bird migration and overwintering habitats within the
              project area will also be mapped.

              3rd Stage.   The types of habitats that have been lost will be determined by analysis of historic data and
              photography, soils data, and other information.

                 Where various land uses have resulted in changes in wildlife habitats, approximate percent losses/gains in habitat
              types will be calculated. Historic aerial photography, dating back at least as far as the mid- 1930s, will be acquired.
              In addition, soil surveys and any other available information that might provide evidence of historic land cover will
              be utilized in reconstructing historic land cover. Methods for this step will be carefully documented. Using these
              pieces of information, historic land cover will be compared to that of the present, and trends (losses and gains) will
              be identified and quantified for the habitats that were mapped in phases I and II. This will involve
              scan n 1 ng/digitizing and rectification of historic photography and soils maps to allow accurate comparisons of historic
              and present areal coverages of the different habitat types. Each habitat polygon will then be assigned attribute fields
              (in the GIS data base) that list estimated losses or gains of the particular habitat type.

                 Based on these identified changes in land cover/habitat, the current status of existing wildlife habitats and
              associated wildlife populations will be assessed.

              4th Stage.   The final phase of this project component will be to integrate this land cover/habitat coverage into
              COMPAS. Wildlife habitat restoration, protection and management strategies will be developed based on the above
              status and trends analysis, and integrated with NPS pollution control strategies. This will be accomplished by
              incorporating the final land cover/habitat coverage into the COMPAS. Each habitat polygon in the final Arc/Info
              coverage will have attribute data, including the vertebrate species found there and the status of the habitat type (i.e.
              losses/gains), that decision-makers can easily access through the COMPAS. In addition, the original vegetation
              coverage (i.e. before plant communities were aggregated to more general habitat types) will be incorporated into the
              COMPAS. Through coordination with Tasks 1, 2 and 3, detailed vegetation mapping and habitat improvement
              strategies will be integrated with NPS pollution control strategies, directly linking habitat and NPS efforts in
              Delaware for the first time.















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                 Salaries & OEC


                 0   Environmental Engineer 111 (50%)                                  $25,209
                                                              Subtotal                                 $25,209


                 Travel


                 ï¿½   National Conferences                                                 2000
                 ï¿½ NERRS CDMO Site                                                        11000
                                                              Subtotal                                   3,000


                 Contractual Services


                 ï¿½   Laboratory Analysis                                                  25,000
                 ï¿½   USFWS Staff Biologist IPA (10%)                                      8,000
                 ï¿½   Data Processing , printing, copying                                  1,500
                 ï¿½   Digitizing, database design & creation                               11,051
                 ï¿½   Contractual Development of Desktop Mapping
                     and Assessment System                                                55,000
                                                              Subtotal                                101,000


                 Supplies

                 ï¿½   Sampling Bottles, Survey Books, Rain Gear
                     Computer Tapes (4 Gegabyte), Film,
                     Sherman/Havahart live traps, Azel Reptile
                     Snare, Boat & Vehicle Fuel, etc.                                     2,950

                 ï¿½   Historic Aerial Photography                                          550
                                                              Subtotal                                  3,500


                 Equipment

                 ï¿½   Digitizer                                                            5,000
                 ï¿½   MC-GPS/GIS Receiver/Data Collector                                   5,000
                 ï¿½   ORACLE Software                                                      5,000
                 ï¿½   ArcView2 Software                                                    2,000
                                                              Subtotal                                 17,000


                 Audit Costs




                                                              Total Project Cost                     $149,709








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              IV. Partners


                 Active project participants from the local level will include the New Castle Conservation District, the Kent
              Conservation District, the Kent County Planning Office, and the New Castle County Water Resources Agency. At
              the State level it will include the Delaware Non-Point Source Pollution Control Program, the Delaware Division of
              Water Resources, the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the University of Delaware, Department of
              Agricultural Engineering. Regional and/or national participants will include the USDA, Natural Resources
              Conservation Service, the NERRS Central Data Management Office, and the Environmental Systems Research
              Institute (ESRI). These project partners will provide access to existing but difficult to access data sets, input into
              the types of information most needed by managers and planners to enable them to make informed natural resources
              management decisions, and technical assistance for various tasks under each of the projects major components.

                 The methodology and information provided by this project can and will be transferred to the project participants.
              Selected portions of the data management system and data sets will also be made available through a Delaware
              Coastal Program Internet Home Page developed in conjunction with the NERRS Central Data Management Office.
              It will also provide the potential framework for data management using an Arc/Info based Geographic Information
              System (GIS) to assist other agencies such as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Marine Research
              Institute, the Delaware Estuary Program, and the Pennsylvania Coastal Management Program.










































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              V. Proiect Duration


                 This project will be completed over a two (2) year period in accordance with the summary schedule below.


                                               Schedule of Major Benchmarks and Deliverables


                   Grant Quarter           Project Task                      Benchmark or Deliverable
                 (Date of Quarter)           Number
                     Ist Quarter              Task 1       0   Planning & Design Session to Develop Detailed Framework
              (July I - Sept. 30,1995)                         for COMPAS
                                              Task 2       0   Select Data Layers Most Important for both Modeling and
                                                               COMPAS based on Task I P&D Session
                                              Task 3       0   Select Water Quality and Sediment Sampling Sites for all
                                                               Three Basins, Spatially Reference site via GPS for Future
                                                               Use in COMPAS & Modeling.
                                                           0   Complete QA/QC for Water Quality and Sediment
                                                               Sampling
                                                               Initiate Monthly WQ Sampling.
                                                               Collect Late Summer Sediment Samples
                                              Task 4       0   Initiate Field Surveys and the Acquisition of Vertebrate
                                                               Data. Complete Summer Season Survey.
                     2nd Quarter              Task 1       0   Initiate Collection & Evaluation of BMP Data for Three
               (Oct. I - Dec. 31, 1995)                        Basins.
                                              Task 2       0   Initiate Data Set (GIS Layers) Development of Data Layers
                                                               Identified during COMPAS P&D Session.
                                                               Initiate Coordination with National NERR Research Project.
                                              Task 3           Continue Monthly WQ sampling.
                                              Task 4           Complete Fall Season Field Surveys
                                                           0   Begin Preliminary Synthesis of Habitat Requirements
                                                               Information.
                                                           0   Obtain & Initiate Refinement of Vegetation Mapping.
                     3rd Quarter              Task I       *   Expand Collection & Evaluation of BMP Data.
              (Jan. I - Mar. 31, 1996)                     0   Initiate Incorporation of BMP Data into COMPAS
                                                               Software.
                                              Task 2       0   Develop Additional Data Sets
                                                               Begin Development of DEM's.
                                              Task 3           Continue Monthly WQ sampling.
                                                               Collect Late Winter Sediment Samples.
                                              Task 4           Complete Winter Season Field Surveys.
                                                               Complete Vegetation Mapping for Blackbird Creek Basin.
                     4th Quarter              Task I           Complete incorporation of BMP data into COMPAS
              (Apr. I - June 31, 1996)                         Software.
                                                               Initiate System Integration, Documentation, and Training.
                                              Task 2           Continue Data Set Development
                                              Task 3           Continue Monthly WQ sampling.
                                                               Deploy ISCO Samplers and Data Loggers for June Water
                                                               Quality Sampling Throughout Tidal Cycle.
                                              Task 4           Complete Spring Season Field Surveys.
                                                               Complete Synthesis of Habitat Requirements Information.










                    Grant Quarter           Ph4ect Task                        Benchmark tyr Deliverable
                  (Date of Quarter)           Number
                      Sth Quarter              Task I            Finalize Software Functions for Final Product.
                (July I - Sept. 30, 1996)                        Assemble Final COMPAS Product.
                                               Task 2            Complete Development of Data Sets
                                                                 Initiate Incorporation of Data Sets into COMPAS
                                               Task 3            Continue Monthly WQ Sampling.
                                                                 Deploy ISCO Samplers and Data Loggers for July and
                                                                 August Water Quality Sampling Throughout Tidal Cycle.
                                               Task 4            Complete Vegetation Mapping for St. Jones River Basin
                                                                 and Appoquinimink River Basin.
                                                                 Initiate Habitat Modeling.
                                                                 Obtain Historic Photography and Data
                      6th Quarter              Task I            Provide Training to the Resource Managers using the
                (Oct. I - Dec. 31, 1996)                         COMPAS System.
                                               Task 2            Complete Incorporation of Data Sets into COMPAS
                                               Task 3            Continue Monthly WQ Sampling.
                                                                 Initiate Initial Data Reduction & Data Formatting for
                                                                 Inclusion in COMPAS.
                                               Task 4            Complete Habitat Modeling.
                      7th Quarter              Task 1       0    All Tasks Completed.
                (Jan. I - Mar. 31, 1997)       Task 2       0    All Tasks Completed.
                                               Task 3       0    Continue Monthly WQ Sampling.
                                                            0    Complete Data Reduction.
                                                                 Draft an Interim Report.
                                               Task 4            Conduct Accuracy Assessment and Trend Analysis.
                                                                 Complete Draft Final Report
                      8th Quarter              Task 1       0    All Tasks Completed.
                (Apr. I - June 31, 1997)       Task 2       *    All Tasks Completed.
                                               Task 3       *    Complete the final monthly WQ sampling
                                                                 Load Data into COMPAS.
                                                                 Complete a Final Report.
                                               Task 4            Integrate Data into COMPAS for Comparison of Habitat
                                                                 Restoration and NPS Pollution Control Needs.
                                                                 Complete Final Report.





















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             VI. Proiect Contacts


             David B. Carter, Environmental Program Manager
             Delaware Coastal Management/National Estuarine Research Reserve Program
             Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
             Division of Soil & Water Conservation
             P.O. Box 1401
             Dover, Delaware 19903


             Phone: (302) 739-3451
             Internet: [email protected]


             Betsy Archer, Physical Scientist
             National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
             Office of Ocean Resources Conservation & Assessment
             Strategic Environmental Assessment Division
             1305 East-West Highway
             Silver Spring, MD 20910

             Phone: (301) 713-3000 x207
             Internet: barcher @ SEAMAIL.NOS.NOAA GOV



             Richard C. McCorkle, Fish & Wildlife Biologist
             US Fish & Wildlife Service
             Delaware Bay Estuary Project
             2610 Whitehall Neck Road
             Smyrna, DE 19977

             Phone: (302) 653-9152
             Internet: [email protected]


             Robin Tyler, Environmental Scientist
             Environmental Services Section
             Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
             Division of Water Resources
             P.O. Box 1401
             Dover, Delaware 19903


             Phone: (302) 739-4771




















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                                              Appendix

                         Letters of Endorsementfrom Partners



                                                   Federal


                             NOAA Is Strategic Environmental Assessments Division
                           U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Delaware Bay Estuary Project
                                USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service
                                   NERRS Central Data Management Office
                                       EPA's Delaware Estuary Program

                                                    State


                        Delaware Nonpoint Source Pollution Program (CW4 Section 319)
                 Delaware Division of Water Resources, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Branch
                                     Delaware Division of Fish and Wildfife
                         University of Delaware, Department of Agricultural Engineering

                                                    Local


                                      Kent County Department of Planning
                                           Kent Conservation District
                                        New Castle Conservation District
                                  New Castle County Water Resources Agency

                                                  Regional

                                Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program
                                   Environmental Systems Research Institute
                   Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Marine Research Institute







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                                                        UNITEO STATES OEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                                                        NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
                                                        Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment

                                                        Siiver Spring, I'Verylancl 20910
                                                              JAN 2 5 1995



                 Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
                 Associate Director
                 Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
                 1305 East west Highway
                 Silver Spring, MD 20236

                 Dear Dr. Uravitch:

                        I am sending this letter as an enclosure to the proposal being
                 submitted by Sarah Cooksey, Delaware's Coastal Management/National
                 Estuarine Research Reserves Programs (DCMP/NERR), Ddpartment of
                 Natural Resources and Environmental Control. This confirms that NOAA's
                 Strategic Environmental Assessments Division (SEA) will participate in the
                 work being proposed by Delaware for the regional demonstration project for
                 coastal nonpoint source reduction and habitat evaluation, restoration and
                 management. This project is an extension of ongoing work in Delaware. It is
                 our plan to add two more watersheds to a desktop mapping and analysis
                 system (COMPAS) initiated in the St. Jones basin. The system will be used
                 to evaluate the impacts of BMPs on nonpoint source pollution. In addition,
                 we will assist the DCMP/NERR by training their project personnel in the
                 COMPAS data management methodology and process.

                        if you have any questions I can be reached at 713-3000.

                                                             Sincerely,




                                                             Daniel J. asta
                                                             Chief, Strategic Environmental
                                                              Assessments Division
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                                                                          January 30, 1995

             Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
             Associate Director
             Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
             1305 East west Highway
             Silver Spring, MD 20235

             Dear Dr. Uravitch:


                   I am writing to express my support for the proposal being submitted by Sarah
             Cooksey, who represents Delaware's Coastal Management/National Estuarine Research
             Reserves Program (DCMP/NERR), Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
             Control. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Delaware Bay Estuary Project will be
             participating in the proposed project. A member of my staff will provide a detailed digital
             coverage of vegetation and associated wildlife species within the three proposed project
             areas, as well as spatial analyses of land cover change and associated trends in habitat for
             one of the three sites. All of this information will be integrated into the COMPAS desktop
             mapping and analysis system to enable decision-makers to examine habitat status and trends
             information as they relate to land use activities and NPS pollution control strategies, thus
             ensuring that these strategies consider wildlife habitat restoration and management needs.

                    if you have any questions, please give me a call at 302-653-9152.

                                                      Sincerely,




                                                      D        Stout
                                                      Proj ct Leader, Delaware Bay Estuary Project







             United States    soil   Now:  Natural Resources 1203 College Park or.
             Department of    Conservation Conservation	 suite 101
             Agriculture      Service      Service 		 Dover, DE 19904-9713




            Dr. Joseph A. Uravich
            Associate Director
            Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
            1305 East-West Highway
            Silver Spring, MD 20235                          January 27, 1995




             RE: Delaware's Project Proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal
                  Ecosystem Health - Regional Demonstration Project for
                  Coastal Nonpoint Source Reductions and Habitat Evaluation


            This letter is an enclosure to the proposal being submitted by
            Sarah W. cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal
            Management/National Estuarine Research Reserve Program
            (DCMP/DNERR). This letter confirms that the United States
            Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
            (NRCS) will participate in this project. NRCS will provide data
            and technical assistance to DCMP/DNERR to fully carry out the
            intent of this proposal.

            NRCS is moving toward a comprehensive ecosystem-based approach to
            planning. This demonstration 'project will enhance our ability to
            make informed ecosyste-based planning decisions.

            if you have any questions, please contact me at (302)-678-4160.





            ELESA K. COTTRE L
            State conervationist


		The Soil Conservation Service
            is an agency of the
 		Department of Agriculture
     






                                           North inlet - Winyah Bay
                                           National Estuarine Research Reserve

                                           Baruch Marine Laboratory
                                           University of South Carolina                    Telephone: (803) 546-6219
                                           P.0. Box 1630                                        Fax: (803) 546-1632
            	                         Georgetown, SC 29442                     E-Mail:[email protected]

                                                        27 January 1995


                      Dr. Joseph A. Uravich
                      Associate Director
                      Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
                      1305 East-West Highway
                      Silver Spring, MD 20235


                      RE: Delaware's project proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health -
                      Regional Demonstration Project for Coastal Nonpoint Source Reduction and Habitat
                      Evaluation



                      Dear Dr. Urvich:


                             I am submitting this letter as an enclosure to the proposal being submitted by
                      Sarah W. Cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal Management / National
                      Estuarine Research Reserve Program (DCMP/DNERR). This letter confirms that the
                      Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO) of the National Estuarine Research
                      Reserve System will work with the DCM/DNERR to assist with the exchange of data,
                      metadata and informational products developed in conjunction with each respective
                      project. This is but another example of cooperation between NOAA, NEARS and state
                      coastal zone management agencies, fostered by advances in technology, providing
                      agencies access to data and information for improved resource management.

                             11 you have any questions, please contact me at 803-777-4615.


                                                                        Sincerely,
                                                                        ,0q4q@8qvq-,2qe6q42q4
                                                                        Dwayne E. Porter
                                                                        Research Assistant Professor and
                                                                        Director, NEARS CDMO
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                                         -(ESTUARY PROGRAM
                        DELAWARE
                          c/o United States Environmental Protection Agency
                                       841 Chestnut Building
                                  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
     DELAWAR
     ESTUARY PROGRAM                         January 27, 1995



          Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
          Associate Director
          office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
          1305 East-West Highway
          Silver Spring, MD 20235

          Dear Dr. Uravitch:
          I am writing on behalf of the Delaware Estuary Program to endorse
          the proposal by the Delaware Coastal Management and National
          Estuarine Research Program. That proposal, which involves
          integrated information processing to evaluate impacts of BMP's,
          model watershed hydrodynamics and assess effects of land use
          activities on both habitat and wetland systems, is entirely
          consistent with the management strategy being advocated by the
          Delaware Estuary Program.

          I am attaching a draft copy of the Executive Summary of the
          Delaware Estuary Plan to be released for public review in the
          next few weeks. In particular, I direct your attention to the
          Action Plan Summary contained on pages 23 through 25. This
          proposal would help execute Actions L2, L3, L4 and L5 of our Land
          Management Strategy. It also relates to Action W3 of our Water
          Use Management Strategy.

          The whole idea behind the Delaware Estuary Program is to provide
          local communities with the information and technology they need
          to help them customize approaches to do better land, water and
          living resource management. This proposal represents an. ideal
          opportunity to develop a new partnership among federal agencies,
          state agencies and local communities.

          I hope you will agree with me that this is a worthwhile proposal
          and fund it.

                                             sincerely,



                                              obert Tudor
                                            /Program Coordinator

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                                                    STATE OF DELAWARE

                              DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANo ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
                                 DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

                                                    89 KINGS HIGHWAY
     OFFICE OF THE                                    P.O. Box 1401
        DIRECTOR                                 DOVER, DELAWARE 19903                    TELEPHONE: (302) 739 - 345 1


                 February 1, 1995




                 Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
                 Associate Director
                 Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
                 1305 East-West Hwy.
                 Silver Spring, Maryland 20235



                 Dear Dr. Uravitch:


                        The Nonpoint Source Pollution Program of the Department of Natural Resources and
                 Environmental Control supports the proposal "Integrated Information Processing: A Methodology for
                 Comparative Analysis of Three Watershed Basins to Enable the Development of Controls of Nonpoint
                 Pollution Sources and Habitat Restoration Strategies". Our program is currently working in one of the
                 watersheds, the Appoquinimink, included in this project. The issues addressed in this proposal and in our
                 work are very compatible and the information developed will integrate well.

                        I have worked with those developing COMPAS strategies in the past. I fully support the use of
                 COMPAS as described in this proposal and will maintain our existing rapport during proposed
                 development efforts.



                                                             Sincerely,
                                                         e) @ancy& G4@o@ggin
                                                             Program Manager
                                                             Nonpoint Source Pollution Program


















                                                      STATE OF DELAWARE
                                              DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
                                                  & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
                                            DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES

                                               89 KINGS HIGHWAY, P.O. BOX 1401
                                                   DOVER, DELAWARE 19903
      ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES                         February 1, 1995                         TELEPHONE: (302) 739 - 4771
             SECTION                                                                              FAX: (302) 739 - 3491


                Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
                Associate Director, Office of Ocean
                   and Coastal Resource Management
                National oceanographic and
                   Atmospheric Administration
                1305 East west Highway
                Silver Spring, MD 20235

                Dear Dr. Uravitch:

                        This letter is an enclosure to the proposal entitled,
                "Integrated Information Processing: A Methodology for Comparative
                Analysis of Three Basins to Enable the Development of Controls of
                Nonpoint Source Pollution Sources and Habitat Restoration
                Strategies" being submitted by Sarah Cooksey, Program Administrator
                of the Delaware Coastal Management and National Estuarine Research
                Reserve Program.

                        The Environmental Services' Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
                Branch will participate in the sub-part of the project entitled
                "Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Currents and Wetlands On
                Eutrophication in Delaware Bay Tidal Creeks". The Laboratory is
                approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to
                conduct all of the parameter analyses                   included under this sub-part
                of the project.

                        Assistance will be provided by our Support Branch in
                developing the workplan and quality assurance/quality control
                aspects of this sub-part. Also, our Ecological Assessment Branch
                will provide a staff person to oversee the collection of water and
                sediment samples.

                        If you have further questions or needs please do not hesitate
                to contact me.


                                                             Sincerely,


                                                             Harry        Otto, Ph.D.
                                                             Admi strator


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                                                STATE OF DELAWARE
                                        DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
                                            & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
                                        DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
                                                  89 KINGs HIGHWAY
                                                    P.O. Box 1401
      OFFICE OF THE                             DoVER. DELAWARE 19903
       DIRECTOR


                                                      February 1, 1995




             Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
             Associate Director
             Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
             1305 East-West Highway
             Silver Spring, Maryland 20235

             RE: Delaware's Project Proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health -
                 Regional Demonstration Project for Coastal Nonpoint Source Reduction and
                 Habitat Evaluation


             Dear Dr. Uravitch:


                    This letter is being sent as an enclosure to the proposal being submitted by
             Sarah W. Cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal Management/National
             Estuarine Research Reserve Program. This letter confirms that the Delaware Division
             of Fish and Wildlife will participate in the project by providing any pertinent data that
             we have about habitats in the watersheds.


                    In addition, we believe the desk top management system being developed will
             drastically improve our ability to carry out resource management work. We intend to
             have Division of Fish and Wildlife staff trained to utilize the COMPAS system once it
             has been developed for Delaware.

                                                      Sincerely,




                                                      Andrew T. Manus
                                                      Director


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        9q7             	DELAWARE	
          								     Department of					              Hall
                                                  	     Agricultural Engineering					University of Delaware
                                                                         						Newark, Delaware 19717-1361
                                                                                    				Ph: 301/831-2468
																		Fax: 402/831-3651

																						


                                                                                        January 30, 1995





            Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
            Associate Director
            Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Mgt.
            1305 East-West Highway
            Silver Spring, MD 20235

            Dear Dr. Uravitch:

                   Ile Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Delaware endorses the
            proposal. "Integrated Information Processing: A Methodology for Comparative Analysis of
            Three Watershed Basins to Enable the Development of Controls of Nonpoint Pollution Sources
            and Habitat Restoration Strategies" that DNREC is submitting to the National Oceanic and
            Atmospheric Administration, Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health.            The Agricultural
            Engineering Department has workedcooperatively with DNREC for over 15 years on projects.
            The present proposal complements the research priorities of the Department. Dr. Carmine
            Balascio of the Department has the technical expertise to assist DNREC in task 2 "Development
            of Data Sets for Using in Hydrodynamic Modeling on DNERR basins". Dr. Balascio at the
            present time is assisting DNREC with stormwater modeling and stormwater data collection.

                   The Agricultural Engineering Department looks forward to working with DNREC on the
            project.

                                                              Sincerely,



                                                              William F. Ritter
                                                              Professor and Chair


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					 	Department of Planning





                                                       

              CONSTANCE C. HOLLAND                                                                                                   Phone 302/736-2020
               Director                                                                                                                  FAX: 302/736-2200


                      February 2, 1995


                      Dr. Joseph A. Uravich
                      Associate Director
                      Office of ocean and Coastal Resource Management
                      1305 East-West Highway
                      Silver Spring, MD 20235

                      RE: Delaware's Project Proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal
                                Ecosystem Health - Regional Demonstration Project for Coastal
                                Nonpoint Source Reduction and Habitat Evaluation

                      Dear Dr. Uravich:

                      I am sending this letter as an enclosure to the proposal being
                      submitted by Sarah W. Cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal
                      Maqnagement/National                        Estuarine              Research               Reserve              Program
                      (DCMP/DNERR) . This letter confirm., that the Kent County Department
                      of Planning will participate in this project. The county is in the
                      process of updating its Comprehensive Land Use Plan; this project
                      will tie in nicely with our Plan update, as well as provide useful
                      data for future long-range planning efforts.

                      If you have any questions, please contact me at (302) 736-2020.


                      Sincerely,




                      Constance C. Holland
                      Director


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             January 27, 1995


             Dr. Joseph A. Uravich
             Associate Director
             Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
             1305 East-West Highway
             Silver Spring, ND 20235

             RE:  Delaware's Project Proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal
                  Ecosystem Health - Regional Demonstration Project for Coastal
                  Nonpoint Source Reduction and Habitat Evaluation


             Dear Dr. Uravich:

             This letter is being sent as an enclosure to the proposal being
             submitted by Sarah W. Cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal
             Management/National     Estuarine    Research    Reserve     Program
             (DCMP/DNERR).   This letter confirms that the Kent Conservation
             District will participate in this project by providing access to
             data, providing input to the types of natural resource information
             most needed by managers & planners, providing technical assistance,
             and assigning staff liaison to the project.

             This methodology and information will provide our agency with the
             ability to make better land use decisions, and facilitate better
             direct funding.

             If you have any questions, please contact me at (302)697-6176.

             sincerely,
             KENT CONSERVATION DISTRICT


             Timothy4? Riley
             District Coordinator












        350D South DuPont Highway Dever, Delavvare 19901 (302) 697-6176 FAX (302) 697-0670













                                New Castle Conservation District
                          6 Peoples Plaza - Newark, Delaware 19702 - (302) 834-3560



          January 31, 1995




          Dr. Joseph A. Uravich
          Associate Director
          Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
          1305 East-West Highway
          Silver Spring, MD 20235

          Dear Dr. Uravich:

          I am sending this letter as an enclosure to the proposal being
          submitted by Sarah W. Cooksey, Administrator of Delaware's Coastal
          Management/National Esturaine Research Reserve Program (DCMP/
          DNERR). This letter confirms that the New Castle Conservation
          District will work with the DCMP/DNERR to assist in locating,
          building, and providing selected data sets for use in this project.
          In addition, one of our staff will be included in Arcview2 training
          to facilitate the transfer of this technology to our agency.

          The information and methodology being developed by this project
          will provide our agency with the ability to make better landuse
          decisions.  This project is yet another link that can strengthen
          the working relationship between Federal, State and Local
          government agencies.

          Si   rely,





          Laurancev R. 1relan
          District Coordinator

























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                   WATER RESOURCES AGENCY
                                                                     5't a! t MID e I !.d W
                    FOP, NEW CASTLE COUNTY                       ew C de County Executive

                                                                Mayor.  ..F
                                                                          Secretary




                                               January 27, 1995



           Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
           Associate Director
           office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
           1305 East-West Highway
           Silver Spring, MD 20235

           Dear Dr. Uravitch:

                 I am sending this letter as an enclosure to the proposal being
           submitted by Sarah Cooksey, Delaware's Coastal Management
           Program/National Estuarine Research Reserve (DCMP/NERR), Delaware
           Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC)
           This letter confirms that the Water Resources Agency for New Castle
           County (WRA) will participate in the work as proposed by Delaware
           for the regional demonstration project for coastal non-point source
           reduction and habitat evaluation, restoration and management. This
           project represents an extension of and a complement to ongoing work
           activities in Delaware.        The WRA will utilize its Automated
           Environmental Resource Information system (AERI II) , an ARC/INFO
           based system already employed in similar watershed management and
           planning activities, as part of this project. It will assist in
           assembling and accessing data sets toward the development of a data
           management system and provide technical assistance for various
           tasks under each of the project's major components. In addition,
           we will work with the DCMP/NERR in the training of proje@ct per-
           sonnel in the COMPAS data management methodology and process and in
           the transfer of raw data into the COMPAS system for use by managers
           and planners.

                 If you have any questions or need additional information,
           please contact me or Mr. Gerald Kauffman, Water Resources Engineer,
           who will coordinate this project for the WRA.

                                               Regards,



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                                 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRO@N
    PENNSYLVA-NIA                            P.O.   oj%% RESOURCES
     r                                Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555
                                             February 2, 1995

                                                                  717-787-2529
        Bureau of Land and Water Conservation






        Dr. Joseph A. Uravitch
        Associate Director
        office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Mgmt.
        1305 East-West Highway
        Silver Spring, MD 20235

        Dear Dr. Uravitch:

             This letter is to state the support of the Pennsylvania Coastal
        Zone Management Program for the proposal being submitted by David
        Carter, Delaware's Coastal Management Program (DCMP), Department of
        Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The Pennsylvania
        Coastal Zone Management Program has been coordinating with DCMP on
        both the Delaware Estuary Program and both states' Coastal Nonpoint
        Pollution Control Programs (Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act
        Reauthorization Amendments). We anticipate that the proposed project
        will support the goals of both of these programs, and will further
        coordination efforts between the states. we look forward to sending
        staff to Delaware to be trained on the system so that we might extend
        its use to Pennsylvania's Delaware River drainage.

                                              Sincerely,
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                                              E. James Tabor
                                              Chief
                                              Division of Coastal Programs
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                                     Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Charlotte
                                     8000 Corporate Center Drive; Suite I I I
                                     Charlotte, North Carolina 28226

                                     Phone 704-541-9810 Fax 704-541-7620



               DATE.,         January 30, 1995


               Dr, Joseph A. Uravich
               Associate Director
               Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
               1305 East-West Highway
               Silver Spring, MD 20235

               RE:    Delaware's Project Proposal to NOAA's Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health
                      Regional Demonstration Project for Coastal Nonpoint Source Reduction and Habritat Evaluation

               Dear Doctor Uravich:


               I am sending this letter as an enclosure, to the proposal being submitted by Sarah W. Cooksey,
               Administrator of Delaware's Coastal Managemenqt/National Estuarine Research Reserve Program
               (DCMP/DNERR). This letter confirms that Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
               will paricipate in this project by providing technical assistance to project personnel which are
               developing GIS applications (e.g., COMPAS Delaware) using ArcView2.

               If you have any questions, please contact me at 704-541-9810.

               Sincerely:






               Paul Gallimore
               Delaware Technical Marketing Representative
               ESR1 - Charlotte
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                                                Florida Marine Research Institute
         Lawton Chiles                               100 Eighth Avenue S.E.                          Virginia B. Wetherell
           Governor                            St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5095                        Secretary



                  January 30, 1995

                  Dave Carter, Administrator
                  Delaware Coastal Management/National Estuarine Research Reserve Program
                  Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
                  Division of Soil and Water Conservation
                  P.O. Box 1401
                  Dover, Delaware 19903

                  Dear Mr. Carter:

                  I am sending this letter in support of the proposal being submitted by Sarah Cooksey,
                  Delaware's Coastal Management/National Estuarine Research Reserves Program
                  (DCMP/NERR), Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. This
                  confiums that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Marine Research
                  Institute (FMRI) will participate in the work being proposed by Delaware for the regional
                  demonstration for coastal nonpoint source reduction and habitat evaluation, restoration and
                  management. This project would make a positive contribution to several ongoing projects
                  at the FMRI. FMRI is continuing development of the Florida COMPAS desktop mapping
                  and analysis system and our chosen development path of ArcView2 is completely
                  compatible with the proposed project approach. Coordinating our COMPAS development
                  efforts with the proposed project would lead to a more robust desktop analysis system with
                  widespread utility for coastal zone analysts and managers.

                  In addition, the FMRI has developed an integrated geographic information system (GIS)
                  database for the Little Manatee River watershed in west-central Florida that would lend
                  itself to the assessment of nonpoint source pollution. The analytical modules developed
                  under the proposed project would have direct applicability for assessing nonpoint pollution
                  in the Little Manatee River watershed and we are most interested in providing input to the
                  module specification. If you have any questions please phone me.


                                                        Sincerely,

                                                        DIVISION OF MARINE RESOURCES



                                                        Christopher A. Friel
                                                        Research Administrator 11
                                                        Florida Marine Research Institute


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                         B. Archer
                         K. Haddad






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