The Delaware Bay Estuary Project (DBEP) is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program. We work through partnerships to conserve the ecological integrity of fish and wildlife resources of the Delaware Bay and its watershed. We partner with private individuals, non-governmental organizations, states, municipalities, and Federal agencies. We strive to provide a meaningful contribution to the conservation and restoration of our priority natural resources.

We are a small and flexible program able to work with a variety of partners on strategic priorities. We set our priorities based on our knowledge of the conservation needs of the landscape we work in as well as careful consideration of partner interests outlined in State Wildlife Action Plans, Watershed Plans, scientific reports, and other sources.

The Delaware Bay Estuary Project is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Program. The Coastal Program focuses on working with partners to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats in bays, estuaries and watersheds around the U.S. coastline at 24 priority coastal areas along the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, and in the Caribbean.

Check out the 2019 Coastal Program Accomplishment Report.