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  Category: Forest Service


Scouts to plant 4,000 trees at Blackbird State Forest on April 6 & 7

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Contact Information: Michael A. Valenti, Delaware State Forestry Administrator Phone: 302-698-4550 (work) 302-233-1996 (cell)  Email: michael.valenti@delaware.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: Boy and Girl Scouts from the Delmarva Peninsula will join adult volunteers to plant 4,000 seedlings on a 10-acre tract of Blackbird State Forest on April 6 and 7, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm each […]




Tree Farmer of the Year Award

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Delaware Forestry Association presented its 2013 Tree Farmer of the Year Award to Bessie Shockley of Frankford at its recent annual meeting held in Bridgeville. Pictured: (from left) As DFA President Brian Michalski looks on, Bessie Shockley of Frankford receives the coveted “green jacket” from last year’s winner, Ruth Hickman of Laurel. Shockley was […]




Delaware Forest Service offers “Trees for the Bay” in partnership with DNREC’s rain barrel program

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013

In partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s rain barrels program, the Delaware Forest Service is inviting residents of Delaware communities within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to “buy a rain barrel … get a free tree” through the Forest Service’s new “Trees for the Bay” program.




Delaware Forestry Association annual meeting – Mar. 28 in Bridgeville

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Contact: Dot Abbott, dotad@udel.edu or (302)730-4000 The Delaware Forestry Association will present the 2013 Tree Farmer of the Year Award and also honor 25th Year Tree Farmers at its annual meeting and banquet on Thursday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bridgeville Fire Hall in Bridgeville, Delaware. Tickets are $25 for adults and $12.50 for children under […]




Forest Service Seeks Young Artists for Arbor Day Poster Contest

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

For information, contact: Ashley Peebles, Delaware Forest Service, (302) 698-4551 Email: ashley.peebles@delaware.gov Attention: calling all young artists who love trees!   The Delaware Forest Service invites students in grades K to 5 to enter its 2013 Arbor Day Poster Contest, which is open to all public, private, charter, and home schools in the First State. […]







  Category: Forest Service

Scouts to plant 4,000 trees at Blackbird State Forest on April 6 & 7

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Contact Information: Michael A. Valenti, Delaware State Forestry Administrator Phone: 302-698-4550 (work) 302-233-1996 (cell)  Email: michael.valenti@delaware.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: Boy and Girl Scouts from the Delmarva Peninsula will join adult volunteers to plant 4,000 seedlings on a 10-acre tract of Blackbird State Forest on April 6 and 7, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm each […]




Tree Farmer of the Year Award

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Delaware Forestry Association presented its 2013 Tree Farmer of the Year Award to Bessie Shockley of Frankford at its recent annual meeting held in Bridgeville. Pictured: (from left) As DFA President Brian Michalski looks on, Bessie Shockley of Frankford receives the coveted “green jacket” from last year’s winner, Ruth Hickman of Laurel. Shockley was […]




Delaware Forest Service offers “Trees for the Bay” in partnership with DNREC’s rain barrel program

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013

In partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s rain barrels program, the Delaware Forest Service is inviting residents of Delaware communities within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to “buy a rain barrel … get a free tree” through the Forest Service’s new “Trees for the Bay” program.




Delaware Forestry Association annual meeting – Mar. 28 in Bridgeville

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Contact: Dot Abbott, dotad@udel.edu or (302)730-4000 The Delaware Forestry Association will present the 2013 Tree Farmer of the Year Award and also honor 25th Year Tree Farmers at its annual meeting and banquet on Thursday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bridgeville Fire Hall in Bridgeville, Delaware. Tickets are $25 for adults and $12.50 for children under […]




Forest Service Seeks Young Artists for Arbor Day Poster Contest

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

For information, contact: Ashley Peebles, Delaware Forest Service, (302) 698-4551 Email: ashley.peebles@delaware.gov Attention: calling all young artists who love trees!   The Delaware Forest Service invites students in grades K to 5 to enter its 2013 Arbor Day Poster Contest, which is open to all public, private, charter, and home schools in the First State. […]