Volunteers needed for habitat restoration project at Nanticoke Wildlife Area near Bethel on Dec. 7

DOVER DELAWARE(Dec. 2, 2014) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help with ongoing vital habitat restoration work at the Nanticoke Wildlife Area in Sussex County, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7.

 Fish & Wildlife conservation staff and volunteers began working in 2010 to restore a four-acre ancient sand ridge forest*, composed mostly of oaks and pines that develop on ridges or dunes. The project’s goal is to re-establish habitat for species such as the frosted elfin, a rare butterfly that depends on wild lupine and wild indigo, both plants primarily found in Delaware\’s ancient sand