Delmarva Low Impact Tourism Experiences or DLITE represents a unified front which seeks families and people like you to make manifest our passion for the outdoors. In this edition of our newsletter read about DLITE's efforts to help create canoe trails and boaters' guides. Find out about all the great eco-travel activities sponsored by DLITE. Also, don't miss our Species Spotlight: the Delmarva fox squirrel.
SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Delmarva Fox Squirrel It is neither famed nor fabled beyond the Delmarva Peninsula. For those who have never seen a Delmarva fox squirrel, confusing it with an eastern gray squirrel is not likely. You'll know right away, you're looking at something special.
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DLITE To Help Fund African American Heritage MarkersThe rich history of African American culture and traditions on Delmarva is made real with sites which stand today as a testimony to those who defined what the shore is today.
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Delmarva Nature AdventuresFour more DLITE-sponsored Delmarva Nature Adventure package weekends remain. The weekends include hiking, biking and canoeing trips, accommodations, Saturday lunch and dinner, and wildlife interpretation.
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Jolly Roger Day August 10
Jolly Roger Amusement Park on 30th Street in Ocean City has set aside a full Sunday of unlimited waterpark and amusement rides at Jolly Rogers' Splash Mountain Waterpark as a fund raiser for DLITE. Come join the fun and donate for a good cause at the same time!
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Jolly Roger Amusement Park on 30th Street in Ocean City has set aside a full Sunday of unlimited waterpark and amusement rides at Jolly Rogers' Splash Mountain Waterpark as a fund raiser for DLITE. Come join the fun and donate for a good cause at the same time!
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DLITE Eyes Canoe Trail In National SeashoreThe natural assets of Assateague Island National Seashore may soon be more accessible in the wake of canoe trails upgrades backed and promoted by DLITE.
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Prime & Bombay HookFor biking, hiking and birding, it's hard to beat Prime Hook and Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuges in Sussex and Kent counties, Delaware.
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Boaters Guide Aims At Safety, Environment
With help from DLITE, the new Boaters Guide to the Coastal Bays will help send the message of enjoying nature in a gentler way.
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Tour Shows Nature Means Money
Dignitaries from the Ocean City Tourism Department, Chamber of Commerce, Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, and the Harrison Hotel Group traded their steering wheels for a paddle on Nassawango Creek this spring.
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Dignitaries from the Ocean City Tourism Department, Chamber of Commerce, Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, and the Harrison Hotel Group traded their steering wheels for a paddle on Nassawango Creek this spring.
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The Real Face Of Low-Impact Tourism
Congressman Wayne Gilchrest joined the Snow Hill Mayor and City Council at the River Heritage celebration in Snow Hill this June to honor individuals who have "significantly contributed to discovering, interpreting, and sharing truths" about local culture and heritage.
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Congressman Wayne Gilchrest joined the Snow Hill Mayor and City Council at the River Heritage celebration in Snow Hill this June to honor individuals who have "significantly contributed to discovering, interpreting, and sharing truths" about local culture and heritage.
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DLITE Hosts Brazilian Cowboy & Ecologist Brazilian cowboy to discuss wildlife, nature tourism in the Pantanal and rainforests of southern Brazil. The Earth Day presentation will use wildlife photos to highlight how nature tourism on private lands is preserving local lands and culture.
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Birding Weekend Sets Record
This year's Delmarva Birding Weekend, put on by DLITE, April 25-7 yielded a record 153 species with 387 participants.
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This year's Delmarva Birding Weekend, put on by DLITE, April 25-7 yielded a record 153 species with 387 participants.
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Volunteers Find Nearly 200 Reptiles And Amphibians
Nearly 200 reptiles and amphibians representing 18 species were the result of the third annual Great Worcester Herp Search held last weekend in northern Worcester County.
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Nearly 200 reptiles and amphibians representing 18 species were the result of the third annual Great Worcester Herp Search held last weekend in northern Worcester County.
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DLITE's Mission
The peninsula joining Delaware, Maryland and Virginia boarders two of the richest, most diverse estuaries on the eastern seaboard. With this in mind a union of local, state, and federal agencies along with local tourism providers and natural resource managers has formed an alliance to encourage nature-based tourism and foster a sense of wonder and value for the natural world.
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The peninsula joining Delaware, Maryland and Virginia boarders two of the richest, most diverse estuaries on the eastern seaboard. With this in mind a union of local, state, and federal agencies along with local tourism providers and natural resource managers has formed an alliance to encourage nature-based tourism and foster a sense of wonder and value for the natural world.
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