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 […]
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 […]
