LEWES — The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach, is now closed. 

Since 1993, The Point has closed annually each March for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knots, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.

The Point’s nesting habitat on the ocean side will reopen to the public Sept. 1. The bayside beach will remain closed until Oct. 1 for use by shorebirds migrating south for the winter.  

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control'S divisions of Parks and Recreation, Fish & Wildlife and Watershed Stewardship have worked together since 1990 to implement a management plan to halt the decline of beachnester and migratory shorebird populations.

For more information, contact Cape Henlopen State Park at 645-8983 or stop by the park office.