The 2005 Delmarva Birding Weekend takes place April 22-25. New trips this year will lure participants to little-seen private properties and seldom-paddled creeks on the peninsula.
 Delaware is the only state without a unit of the National Park Service. But after nearly two years of research and planning that involved state officials, community leaders and activists, Delaware Senator Tom Carper is recommending the creation of a national park that encompasses numerous historic and recreational sites which celebrate Delaware's special coastal heritage.
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This winter DLITE will embark on a new effort to map abandoned rail lines and utility right-of-ways throughout the peninsula to research areas that might be suitable for conversion into biking and hiking trails.
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Golden Quarter Farm owner Sandra Frazier has a unique perspective on the marriage of farming and conservation and the means that make the two meet. Every spring she open up her 170-acre farm on Ayers Creek for participants in the Delmarva Birding Weekend and the Great Worcester Herp Search.
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Visitors to the region can treat their taste buds to some of Maryland's finest wines at the second annual Wicomico County Autumn Wine Festival October 23 - 24 at Pemberton Historical Park in Salisbury.
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The Seaside Water Trail, over 100 miles of day-use paddling routes through the coastal bays of Delmarva's southern tip, has opened on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The Seaside Water Trail runs from the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge at Cape Charles to Chincoteague Island and to Greenbackville near the Virginia/Maryland state line.
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 For centuries Homo sapiens have enjoyed birdwatching, and recently "herping," to examine and release reptiles and amphibians, has been increasing in popularity. But there are a whole host of little-known fish whose beauty and behavior are piquing the interest of those looking to expand their observation into a third order.
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Virginia’s Seaside holds tremendous potential to demonstrate appropriate management of economic development and habitat restoration within a rare and fragile ecosystem.
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DLITE’s Great Delmarva Bicycling Trail will be completed soon. The trail, connecting rural routes with public natural areas from the C&D canal to Cape Charles, VA, will be available for about $3.
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 The pinnacle of the raptor migration on Delmarva takes place in October when numerous species of birds of prey will make their most pronounced push through the peninsula.
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The Delmarva Low Impact Tourism Board and advisors met at the Atlantic Hotel in May 2004.
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Seaside Water Trail Opens On Virginia's Eastern Shore
