When walking the beach this year please lend our our wildlife a hand. Please flip Horseshoe Crabs. It’s easy and they are harmless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnK32MoXtwU&feature=youtu.be
Also please keeping a distance, when possible, from feeding shorebirds. The shorebirds have traveled thousands of miles and need to fatten up on horseshoe crabs eggs to migrate north. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOVtf5mC_vw
This is a good video to learn more about the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird connection. Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKGc2rhGA5o
Hazard Mitigation Plan Meeting: Due to the unexpected high interest in the HMP Meeting Sussex County has decided to hold two separate meetings. Today’s meeting (April 22nd) will be a meeting for the Steering and Work Group and will not allow for public comment. They will hold an additional meeting on May 2, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 200 p.m. This meeting will include a slide presentation to the public covering all Agenda items they have previously published. At this meeting the public will be allowed to make public comments, they will allow for a maximum of three minutes per person. The May 2nd meeting will be held virtually only. The meeting is being held at the County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which is currently undergoing renovation and is not open to the public. Sorry for the late notice regarding this meeting, but it has been a changing situation.
To access this meeting:
via Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)+1 469-998-6211,,981912905#
More information can be found at this Sussex County Link
Please lend a hand – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnK32MoXtwU&feature=youtu.be – by flipping horseshoe and keeping a distance from feeding shorebirds. The shorebirds have traveled thousands of miles and need to fatten up on horseshoe crabs eggs to migrate north. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOVtf5mC_vw
This is a good video to learn more about the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird connection. Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKGc2rhGA5o
2024 Annual Slaughter Beach Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey
Since 1990, surveys have been conducted of horseshoe crabs spawning in Delaware Bay. Despite the horseshoe crab’s importance to the ecology of Delaware Bay, little is known about its population status. Spawning surveys give scientists an index of the population to assist them in the management of the species. Now, every spring on several peak spawning days, volunteers donate their time to count crabs on key beaches in Delaware and New Jersey.
The Delaware Nature Society at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, Milford, will once again be coordinating the annual Slaughter Beach horseshoe crab spawning survey
This year’s training date and survey dates and times can be found here: Training flyer-word format 2020
Kathy Lock, Mayor, greeted Sen. Carper, Rep. Blunt Rochester along with DNREC Sec. Shawn Garvin, Major General William “Butch” Graham, and Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Brigantti both from the USACE. Mayor Lock was also invited to testify at the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee field hearing at Bethany Beach Town Hall. The hearing was attended by Sen. Carper and Rep. Blunt Rochester along with Louisiana Gov. J.B. Edwards, Delaware Gov. John Carney, Mayor Lock, Maj. Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General for South Atlantic Division Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, and Coastal States Organization Executive Director Derek Brockbank. Mayor Lock’s formal comments can be read here.
You can read Sen. Carper’s press release here: https://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=F00BD6CE-7C68-4978-956A-CD0353AF0B8C
You can follow Sen. Carper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenatorCarper?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
News Coverage concerning this event can be found here: https://www.delawarepublic.org/science-health-tech/2022-02-22/sen-carper-pushes-for-increased-focus-on-beach-replenishment-and-coastal-restoration
And here: https://baytobaynews.com/stories/delaware-officials-tout-coastal-protection-week,71975
Mayor Lock’s testimony from the hearing can be found here:Testimony of Mayor Kathleen Lock_2.19 additions
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is hosting a Vessel Safety Check Station on May 28th. See flyer for more details: VSC 5-28-22
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The town has closed the access roads located south of Slaughter Beach Road until emergency repairs can be made to our dune system. The purpose, because of the escarpments, is for safety reasons.
As soon as we have something definitive to report from DNREC regarding emergency repairs we will post and update. Until then, thank you for your patience and understanding.
