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′N 75°40′W / 38.583°N 75.667°W
References
- ^ Nanticoke Wildlife Area(EcoDelaware.Com)
- ^ Nanticoke Wildlife Area (Document Number: 40-05-02/05/07/02)
- ^ "Delaware is taking in more of a rare squirrel species". Manistee News Advocate. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-23.