Horseshoe Crab Survey Needs Volunteers
Date Posted: Monday, March 7th, 2016Want to help with this years Horseshoe Crab spawning survey, Delaware Nature Society will be holding a training program at Slaughter Beach on April 23rd from 4 to 5 at Marvel. For more information here is the flyer with dates and times of the survey: Training flyer
Residents once again helping our Wildlife
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016Storm Jonas not only caused property damage and major beach erosion, it also harmed our wildlife. Several Diamondback Terrapins were washed ashore out of their hibernation spots leaving them vulnerable to hypothermia. Quick thinking residents took the Diamondback inside and slowly warmed them up in an effort to save them. From there, they contacted the […]
Santa Claus Coming to S.B.
Date Posted: Monday, December 7th, 2015Sant Claus will be coming to Town on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. See flyer for details: Santa Claus flyer.
DNREC Workshop on Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 1st, 2015DOVER (Aug. 27, 2015) – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section will hold two public workshops next month addressing proposed changes to Delaware’s Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches. The first workshop will take place from 2 – 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 25, at the Milton Public Library, […]
Grotto Pizza Community Pizza Night for Memorial Vol Fire Company
Date Posted: Friday, August 14th, 2015August 19th from 4PM to 9PM is Grotto’s Community Pizza night to benefit the Memorial Vol Fire Company at Slaughter Beach. Here is the flyer which will provide more information Pizza Flyer. When you present this Voucher at the time of ordering, an amount equal to 20% of your total bill will be donated to the […]
2015 Coastal Cleanup Registration is Open
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015This years Coastal Clean Up is set for Sat. Sept. 19th from 9 to noon. More information can be found on DNREC’s Coastal Cleanup website. Last year over 150 volunteers, including many local residents, participated in September’s Coastal Clean Up. Close to 300 pounds of trash, debris, and recyclable materials were removed, preventing it from […]
DNREC Coastal Newsletter
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015Summer Edition of DNREC’s Coastal Connection. DNREC Coastal Connection Summer 2015
DuPont Nature Center Fish-n-Fun Day for families, July 19th.
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Fish-n-Fun Day for families on July 19 in Slaughter Beach SLAUGHTER BEACH (July 15, 2015) – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will hold its Family Fish-n-Fun Day on Sunday, July 19 at the Slaughter Beach Pavilion. Instructors will […]
Osprey Birth Announcement
Date Posted: Saturday, July 11th, 2015One of our newest part time residents, the Osprey family, are pleased to announce the birth of two new baby chicks. On May 2nd, the Osprey family moved into their newly constructioned home in the Marvel Salt Marsh. After redecorating, getting acquainted to their surrounds and settling in, the Osprey’s decided this would be […]
Prime Hook Marsh Restoration
Date Posted: Friday, June 19th, 2015Here is a good article from the Cape Gazette on the progress of the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge marsh restoration project. They have come a long way since the project began.
