The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has released an update on the First State’s piping plover population.
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The Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge announced that portions of Fowler Beach will be closed for 2025 Shorebird Nesting and Migration.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has announced increased nesting success in Delaware’s endangered piping plover population despite a dip in adult pair numbers in 2024.
The portions of the Fowler Beach area of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge that have been closed since March for the benefit of federally- and state=protected beach-nesting and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species will reopen Saturday Oct. 1, for wildlife-dependent use.