The Coastal Delaware National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in partnership with local and state agencies, announced that they will continue prescribed burning programs at the Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges. 

The Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge announced that portions of Fowler Beach will be closed for 2025 Shorebird Nesting and Migration. 

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.

This year’s prescribed burn includes a total of nearly 200 acres throughout the refuge, including the headquarters area, that will tentatively take place beginning Monday, March 28 through through Friday, April 1, and will be contingent upon optimal burn conditions.