Nanticoke Wildlife Area is a state wildlife area located in Sussex County, Delaware, along the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek, near to Seaford, Delaware, and Bethel, Delaware. There is a monument commemorating Captain John Smith's journey into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries at Phillips Landing along Broad Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Delaware.Nanticoke Wildlife Area(EcoDelaware.Com) It is made up of three large land tracts totaling , it is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife.Nanticoke Wildlife Area (Document Number: 40-05-02/05/07/02) The area also holds one of the few Delmarva fox squirrel populations within Delaware, along with controlled populations in Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge and Assawoman Wildlife Area.
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