Slaughter Beach Delaware

"A Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary"

A Certified Wildlife Habitat Community

Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge Restoration Project

Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is seeking a Federal Consistency Determination from DNREC.  Below is the Public Notice: DNREC – Delaware Coastal Programs PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL CONSISTENCY DETERMINATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DELAWARE COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING: USFWS Prime Hook NWR Proposed Restoration Project (2015.0006) The US Fish and Wildlife Service is […]




S.B. Registered as a Community Wildlife Habitat

Date Posted: Friday, January 9th, 2015

Slaughter Beach has been registered by The National Wildlife Federation as a Community Wildlife Habitat.  The next step will is to achive all the required goals to be certified.  Here is the press release from NWF and Delaware Nature Society: Registered Community Also an article about the program from WDDE. Ten new Certified Habitat signs […]




Habitat Certification Initiative

Date Posted: Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Check out the new Habitat Certification Initiative the Town is working on in cooperation with the  Delaware Nature Society.  You can find more information under the Programs/Initiative Tab, then click on the Habitat Certification Initiative.  Get involved.  Our Facebook back is up and working.  Don’t have to be on Facebook to check it out.  The […]




Smart911 Comes to Sussex County

Date Posted: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

We’d like to familiarize you with Smart911 & encourage you to sign up today. Please see the following information/links. It could save valuable time in an emergency- at home or away from home. At a September 11, 2014 news conference, Sussex County announced the launch of Smart911 – a supplemental data service that allows you […]




DNREC Beach Regulations

Date Posted: Monday, October 6th, 2014

Beach Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC): Updates to Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches   The Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline and Waterway Management Section is evaluating potential updates to the Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches that will increase the effectiveness of the Coastal Construction Program and improve its […]




2014 Coastal Cleanup a Success

Date Posted: Thursday, September 25th, 2014

  The 28th Annual Coastal Cleanup was held on Sept. 20th. Over 170 volunteers signed in to help with the Clean Up at Slaughter Beach. Close to 300 pounds of trash/debris and recyclables were removed from the shoreline, preventing it from blowing/washing back into the Bay and potentially harming marine life. Volunteers included Slaughter Beach […]




Prime Hook Restoration Update

Date Posted: Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Prime Hook Refuge restoration is projected to start in 2015. Here is an article from the Cape Gazette with the latest.




Horseshoe Crabs Saving Lives

Date Posted: Thursday, September 4th, 2014

An article about the Horseshoe Crab’s blood being used to test medicine for impurities from CNN.




Hurricane Preparedness

Date Posted: Sunday, August 10th, 2014

With Hurricanes in the news in the Pacific, here is a good article from the Cape Gazette about hurricane preparedness, from an insurance specialist. Also, under the Emergency Preparedness tab are links to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) for additional information.




Bill Signed into Law Prevents Flood Insurance Rate Hikes

Date Posted: Thursday, August 7th, 2014

President Obama signed a bill into law which now prevents Flood Insurance rate hikes.  Here is a link to an article about it.