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194 acres added to wildlife preserve
Source: Delaware Online, by Molly Murray
A 194-acre wetland has been purchased and added to the Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn with the help of an $829,400 federal conservation grant and money from the Delaware Open Space Program and private contributions. January 07, 2012 The property includes about 145 acres of wetland and 40 acres of forested uplands at Thousand Acre Marsh, a critical nesting and stopover point for a variety of bird species, including migratory waterfowl, shorebirds and marsh nesters.
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