Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017Haven’t been able to make it to the DuPont Nature Center located near Slaughter Beach, to see the arrival of shorebirds and horseshoe crabs? No worry, check out the Center’s live nature cam at the newly restored harbor beach. Take a look at the restoration work in the harbor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WvwO3kjqtU The second Saturday of the […]
Thank you Milford Central Academy FFA chapter
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017A big thank you goes out to the Milford Central Academy FFA chapter who came out on Sunday May 21st to flip Horseshoe Crabs and pick up trash on the beach. The crabs didn’t show up, but the kids did. 4 Horseshoe Crabs were put back into the bay and 60 pounds of trash was […]
Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival Saturday, May 20th, 2017
Date Posted: Saturday, May 13th, 2017DuPont Nature Center presents Peace, Love and Horseshoe Crab Festival on Saturday May 20th from 10am to 3pm – rain or shine. See the flyer for more details: 2017-plhsc-flyer
Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection
Date Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2017Shorebird and horseshoe crab connection highlighted in new film from the Delaware Shorebird Project Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection film educates, entertains and encourages ecotourism The Delaware Shorebird Project today premiered Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection, a film produced to raise awareness and […]
Public Restrooms
Date Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2017The public restrooms located at the pavilion are now open for the season.
DNREC offers new flood planning tool for determining risk for home and business development projects
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017DOVER (March 15, 2017) – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section now offers an interactive Flood Planning Tool with up-to-date information for helping to determine flood risk for homes and businesses and for designing development projects in accordance with floodplain codes. The Flood Planning Tool website is designed to provide residents, […]
SB Seals at the 2017 Lewes Polar Bear Plunge
Date Posted: Sunday, February 26th, 2017The Slaughter Beach Seals, led by Jackson Gingrich, raised a total of $2576 for the Special Olympics. The Seal team ranked 31st out of 289 teams in terms of fundraising. Team members were Jackson, Harry, Gail, Becky, Kelly and Ken. The Plunge helps 4,000 Special Olympics athletes!!! 3,602 Bears raised $900,000 and counting … […]
Volunteer Opportunities for Horseshoe Crab Spawning and DuPont Nature Center Opening
Date Posted: Sunday, February 26th, 2017Interested in lending a hand. Delaware Nature Society will once again be conducting the Horseshoe Crab Spawning at Slaughter Beach. A training session will be help for in April. Here is information about training and also the spawning dates: training-flyer-word-format-2017-1 Dupont Nature Center will be open April 1st. In March they will be holding a […]
Memorial Fire Co Roast Beef Dinner
Date Posted: Friday, January 20th, 2017The Memorial Fire Co. will be holding a roast beef dinner on Sunday April 2nd from 12:00 to 3:00, the cost is $12. Tickets can be purchased by calling 302-422-4032, must be purchased by 3/19.
Santa Coming to Town on Dec 10th at 7PM
Date Posted: Monday, December 5th, 2016Santa’s Coming to Town on Dec 10th at 7PM. See the flier for more details. Flier
