A 162-acre property set for an RV camper park west of Lewes could be running into environmental issues.
The facility would accommodate 451 recreational vehicles and 157 families in cabins along with a handful of tent sites.
But, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control says half of the property is part of the Love Creek Natural Area which contains wetlands.
It says that intensive development is unsuitable urging the company to consider making it an official nature preserve.
The developer Jack Lingo Asset Management counters that the property is mostly well drained upland soil with few development limitations and that there is no record of protected endangered species on the site.
Environmentalists are also concerned about the impact of two endangered species -- the barking treefrog and the Eastern tiger salamander.
They are not listed by the federal government and Delaware’s ecology laws would not prohibit development of the land.
But the Wilmington News Journal reports that environmentalists are hoping that the developer would go beyond what the law requires in order to preserve a habitat for the animals.
