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 […]
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 | Newsroom | 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.
