Nanticoke Wildlife Area

Last updated

Nanticoke Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in Sussex County, Delaware, along the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek, near to Seaford, Delaware, and Bethel, Delaware. There is a monument commemorating Captain John Smith's journey into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries at Phillips Landing along Broad Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Delaware. [1] It is made up of three large land tracts totaling 4,510 acres (1,825 ha), it is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife. [2] The area also holds one of the few Delmarva fox squirrel populations within Delaware, along with controlled populations in Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge and Assawoman Wildlife Area. [3]

38°35′N75°40′W / 38.583°N 75.667°W / 38.583; -75.667

References

  1. Nanticoke Wildlife Area(EcoDelaware.Com)
  2. Nanticoke Wildlife Area (Document Number: 40-05-02/05/07/02)
  3. "Delaware is taking in more of a rare squirrel species". Manistee News Advocate. September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.