Delaware Forest Service helps streetscape project take root in Georgetown
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Delaware Forest Service funded a streetscape project in Georgetown, highlighted by the planting of 18 new cherry and lilac trees along East Market Street near the Sussex County Courthouse. Total cost was estimated at $37,000.
Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.
Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013
As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.
Free beekeeping event on Sept. 21
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Friday, September 13, 2013
Learn about beekeeping basics, beehives, honey production and more at a free Open Hive Event sponsored by the Delaware Beekeepers Association. The free public event will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 21 at Redden State Forest, Georgetown.
Update: First State firefighters battle blaze in Idaho’s Payette National Forest
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
A crew of 19 wildland firefighters trained by the Delaware Forest Service are on the front lines of the Howard Fire in Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a blaze ignited by lightning in the rugged terrain east of Riggins, Idaho.
