Delaware authorities urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
to promptly fix breaches in the dunes that protect part of Prime Hook
National Wildlife Refuge from the Delaware Bay, saying the work should
be carried out as part of the federal agency’s plan to restore a salt
marsh and prevent frequent flooding by bay waters.
The state’s environmental, agriculture, and transportation
departments responded to a plan issued by the FWS on how to manage the
refuge in a way that restores its original mission of harboring
migratory birds while also preventing the sea-water flooding that
torments the coastal community of Prime Hook Beach and frequently
inundates the only road linking it with the rest of the state.
High tides and nor’easters have for the last six years driven bay
waters through the breaches and into homes and yards, causing thousands
of dollars in damage and wiping out real estate values, residents say.
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