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Stop the Threat of Development in a
Coastal Forest Near Lewes

 

The property along Beaverdam Creek
The property along Beaverdam Creek

What can I do?

Donate Now

A gift of any size will help. Your gift enables us to protect special places like Goody property. Please send your gift today. Gifts will be used toward acquisition of the Goody Property. Contact Debbie Heaton at (302) 654-4707, ext. 124 for details or e-mail dheaton@tnc.org.

 

Send your gift via mail to:

The Nature Conservancy

100 West 10th Street, Ste. 1107

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attn: Goody property easement

Learn more

Learn more about the Conservancy’s program for the Great Marsh, west of Lewes, DE.

We need to move quickly to protect Delaware's disappearing lands and waters. Help us protect 149 acres, including a forest thick with stands of poplar, oak, beech, and hickory along the Beaverdam Creek, in Sussex County where open land is rapidly developing. 

What makes this forested land special?
Protecting such a large forested tract, with numerous large oak and tulip poplars, represents an important piece of the conservation puzzle. Situated along a portion of Beaverdam Creek, the forest moderates climate and controls erosion entering the creek, resulting in cool, clean waters. The forest serves as a filter for Beaverdam Creek—a tributary of the Broadkill River—the exceptional water quality benefits additional locations downstream, including the Great Marsh and ultimately the Delaware Bay, two of the Conservancy’s conservation priorities.

The Goody property also provides key habitat for a variety of wildlife. Radar studies indicate that the forest canopy here provides food and shelter for migratory songbirds and raptors that travel up the Atlantic coast each year. A healthy understory of blueberry, holly, sassafras, and other bushes and shrubs nourish ground dwelling animals including deer, turkey and a variety of insects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nature picture credits: Photo © The Nature Conservancy