Surfrider Foundation Delaware Chapter

Join us for the 7th Annual Grey Branson Baker Memorial Beach Cleanup with Surfrider Delaware & the Baker Family!

🗓️ Saturday, March 21

⏰ 10AM – 12PM

📍 Cape Henlopen State Park at Herring Point Parking

Cleanup supplies provided - all you need to bring is yourself and a love for our coastline. 💙 Let’s honor Grey’s memory the best way we know how: keeping our beaches clean for the generations to come.

Registration is required - link in bio to sign up!

🚨 Emergency Shellfish Harvesting Ban Issued for Indian River Bay 🚨

An emergency closure has been issued for shellfish harvesting in Indian River Bay due to poor water quality conditions. This means clams, oysters, and other shellfish are temporarily unsafe to harvest — a serious reminder that clean water isn’t optional, it’s essential.

Shellfish are natural water filters. When pollution, runoff, or bacteria levels rise, they absorb those contaminants — putting both marine life and public health at risk.

🌊 Why this matters:
• Closures impact local ecosystems
• They affect recreational and commercial harvesting
• They signal ongoing water quality challenges in our coastal waters

💙 What you can do to help:
✅ Reduce runoff: limit lawn chemicals and fertilizer
✅ Pick up pet waste and trash before it reaches storm drains
✅ Support Ocean Friendly Gardens and native landscaping
✅ Volunteer with Surfrider’s clean water and advocacy programs

Protecting clean water protects our bays, our wildlife, and our communities. This is exactly why Surfrider works year-round to defend clean water across Delaware.

Emergency closure of shellfish harvest at Indian River Bay due to sewage spill The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued an emergency closure of Indian River Bay to the harvest of shellfish after an ongoing sewage release connected to

BREAKING NEWS 📣 Today, we received devastating news that the Trump administration is officially pursuing an unprecedented and dangerous new offshore drilling plan that will open vast stretches of U.S. coastlines up to new offshore oil and gas drilling. If you’ve never signed a Surfrider action alert before, NOW IS THE TIME‼️

If this lease sale plan moves forward, it could lock in decades of new drilling off California, the Gulf of Mexico, including the previously protected waters off of Florida, and Alaska, including the pristine High Arctic, where drilling has never been attempted before because of the hazards. This will threaten beaches, surf spots, and coastal ecosystems across the country, and jeopardize the coastal tourism and recreation industries that sustain local communities and power regional economies.

has stopped offshore oil drilling expansion before. We won because thousands of Friends of the Ocean, like YOU, spoke up and took a stand. 💪

🖊️ Visit the link in bio to add your voice now. It takes only seconds, and will be crucial in building a groundswell of opposition that our elected leaders cannot ignore! 👏