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  Category: Forest Service


Smokey Bear teaches first-grade students about fire safety

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Never hibernating when it comes to fire safety, Smokey Bear will again bring his message of wildfire prevention to Delaware first-grade students this October.




Delaware Forest Service’s Erich Burkentine leading Maryland wildfire crew

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Delaware Forest Service forester Erich Burkentine of Milton is now leading a 20-person team of wildland firefighters from Maryland that is part of 1,148 personnel battling the Trinity Ridge Fire near Boise, Idaho that has burned an estimated 94,718 acres at a cost of $14.3 million to date. So far, the blaze is only 5 […]




New deer hunting regulations at Redden State Forest

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Four areas of Delaware’s Redden State Forest near Georgetown, are now designated as “Quality Buck only” during the 2012-2013 deer hunting seasons.




Delaware wildfire crew battling set of Idaho fires more than 32,000 acres in size.

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Delaware Forest Service dispatched a team of 20 volunteers on August 6 that is now assigned to an incident known as the Minidoka Complex, a grouping of three previously separate fires located 15 miles southeast of Twin Falls, Idaho.




Delaware dispatches 20 wildland firefighters to battle blaze in Idaho

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2012

For the second time this summer, the Delaware Forest Service is sending a crew of 20 volunteers to battle a wildfire in the western United States.







  Category: Forest Service

Smokey Bear teaches first-grade students about fire safety

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Never hibernating when it comes to fire safety, Smokey Bear will again bring his message of wildfire prevention to Delaware first-grade students this October.




Delaware Forest Service’s Erich Burkentine leading Maryland wildfire crew

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Delaware Forest Service forester Erich Burkentine of Milton is now leading a 20-person team of wildland firefighters from Maryland that is part of 1,148 personnel battling the Trinity Ridge Fire near Boise, Idaho that has burned an estimated 94,718 acres at a cost of $14.3 million to date. So far, the blaze is only 5 […]




New deer hunting regulations at Redden State Forest

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Four areas of Delaware’s Redden State Forest near Georgetown, are now designated as “Quality Buck only” during the 2012-2013 deer hunting seasons.




Delaware wildfire crew battling set of Idaho fires more than 32,000 acres in size.

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Delaware Forest Service dispatched a team of 20 volunteers on August 6 that is now assigned to an incident known as the Minidoka Complex, a grouping of three previously separate fires located 15 miles southeast of Twin Falls, Idaho.




Delaware dispatches 20 wildland firefighters to battle blaze in Idaho

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2012

For the second time this summer, the Delaware Forest Service is sending a crew of 20 volunteers to battle a wildfire in the western United States.