Get the Shell Out of the Road
Date Posted: Saturday, April 18th, 2015Diamondback Terrapins Hatchlings are starting to move from the Bay over to the marsh. As you are driving through Town, keep an eye out for them and move them over to the marsh if you can. The wetlands act as there nursery.
Build it and they will come
Date Posted: Friday, April 10th, 2015Update: Over the weekend a pair of Osprey’s were seen starting to nest in the new platform. Time to welcome our new temporary residents, may they produce healthy chicks. What happens when a Nature Center, a Town, a County and a State work together? Wildlife and ecotourism benefit. On April 9th volunteers from the […]
Delaware Launches Climate Change Plan for State Agencies
Date Posted: Friday, March 13th, 2015On March 2nd, Govenor Markell held a press conference on the states efforts on Climate Change. He is a good article on the press conference. Have you noticed the effects of climate change or sea level rise. If so you can post your observations on this blog: http://thealmanac.org/week.php You can post what you’re seeing […]
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Restoration Update
Date Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015Please read below and send a strong letter of support for this project. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Contact: Al Rizzo, 302-653-9345 ext. 102 Service invites public input to environmental assessment for Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge marsh restoration project Open house scheduled, public comment period through March 25, 2015 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
Delaware's Floodplain Management Newsletter (DNREC)
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 27th, 2015Interesting information about FEMA can be found in the Delaware’s Floodplain Management Newsletter The First State Watermark – January 2015
Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge Restoration Project
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015Prime 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, 2015Slaughter 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, 2014Check 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, 2014We’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, 2014Beach 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 […]
