Delaware Forest Service announces Arbor Day School Poster Contest winners
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Delaware Forest Service has announced that Stephen Venable of Milford’s Honor Academy is the statewide winner of its annual Arbor Day School Poster Contest, which featured the theme “Trees are terrific – in all shapes and sizes!” This year, approximately 3,600 students participated in the competition.
Sixty firefighters get hands-on wildfire training at Fire Camp
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sixty volunteer firefighters attended the Delaware Forest Service’s 18th Annual Fire Camp on Saturday April 20 at Blackbird State Forest – an intensive one-day training session that tested their physical stamina and mental preparation and culminated with a hands-on “live-burn” fire simulation. As the capstone of the Forest Service’s wildfire training, successful completion of the […]
Almost 200 volunteers plant trees at Blackbird State Forest
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Almost 200 volunteers donated over 440 service hours as part of a conservation project to plant 4,000 oak and pine tree seedlings on a 10-acre parcel of Blackbird State Forest on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7. Taking advantage of the somewhat seasonable spring weather, 194 volunteers from the Smyrna area – which included 84 adults […]
Delaware Forest Service to hold 18th Annual “Fire Camp”
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Delaware “Fire Camp” offers intensive hands-on wildfire training: Saturday, April 20 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Blackbird State Forest. Watch a YouTube video from a previous “Delaware Fire Camp” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlkpTtOqjzY&feature=youtu.be DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE 2320 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901 MEDIA ADVISORY: Contact: Henry Poole, Assistant Forestry Administrator […]
Scouts to plant 4,000 trees at Blackbird State Forest on April 6 & 7
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | 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 […]
