Please enjoy this online edition of our newsletter. In it you can read about DLITE's efforts to help create new bike and kayak trails and find out about some magnificent spots to see wildlife in their natural element right here on Delmarva.
Jolly Roger Day Brings $10,800
Some 1,100 people enjoyed this year's "Jolly Roger Day" Aug. 10 to benefit
DLITE and the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation. The money raised will help
fund water quality monitoring, land preservation, education, and nature
trails.
Species Spotlight: Red-tailed HawkAmong the 75 or so raptor species in North America, there is one avian predator that stands out as the essence of hawkdome. The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is one of the largest and most widespread hawks in the United States.
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Peninsula-wide Biking Trail Due Out In '04Bicyclists around the shore will soon have access to a network of trails- ranging from 8-1,000 miles- through every county on the peninsula. To help promote low-impact nature tourism, DLITE is working to create a Delmarva Biking Trails- originally envisioned by the Delmarva Advisory Council some five years ago. DLITE took over the project this year.
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Virginia Spotlight: Chincoteague National Wildlife RefugeChincoteague National Wildlife Refuge hosts more ducks and wading birds than any place on the peninsula in winter. The spectacular refuge includes more than 14,000 acres of beach, dunes, marsh, and maritime forest... and winter is the best time to see it all.
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Radar Tracks Bird MigrationThe Nature Conservancy (TNC) has begun a unique and ambitious quest to track neotropical bird migration along the Delmarva peninsula by using high resolution radar
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Trap Pond State Park, A Delight In DelawareFreshwater wetlands once covered a large portion of southwestern Sussex County. Trap Pond State Park retains a part of the swamp's original beauty and mystery, and features the northernmost natural stand of bald cypress trees in the United States.
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New Bays Kayak Trail In The Works Near Girdletree A new kayak trail south of Public Landing in Chincoteague Bay will complement a Park Service trail running along the western side of Assateague Island.
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Dorchester County- Winter's Wildlife Wonderland For those who think winter is why couches were made, Dorchester County has news for you. With its 26,000-acre Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and county-wide undeveloped woods and marshes, a couch-laden winter would be inexcusable for anyone within 500 miles of this Maryland gem.
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Birding Weekend April 23-25Before you can say prothonotary, April will be here and so will the Ninth Annual Delmarva Birding Weekend. The birding weekend celebrates the northward migration of thousands of songbirds, shorebirds and raptors that pass through the Delmarva Peninsula each spring, as well as the birds that call the region home year-round.
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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.
>>> Read more about this.
