In an email alert on August 29, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced the reopening of The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline on Friday, September 1. The bayside beach will remain closed until October 1 for use by shorebirds migrating south for the winter.
The area to reopen includes a stretch of ocean beach and dunes that was previously closed on March 1. Since 1993, The Point has closed annually each March for the benefit of threatened and endangered beach-nesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.
The DNREC Divisions of Parks and Recreation, Fish and Wildlife, and Watershed Stewardship have worked together since 1990 to implement a management plan to increase beach-nester and migratory shorebird populations.
For more information, contact Cape Henlopen State Park at 302-645-8983, or stop by the park office.
