DDA Forest Service seeks recruits for wildland fire training
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Do you have what it takes to be a wildland firefighter? Do you like the outdoors and have a sense of adventure? Would you like to help protect human lives, property, and precious natural resources during a national crisis? Do you have the mental fortitude, physical stamina, and work flexibility to spend 14 days on a fireline far from your home?
Governor Markell joins Smokey Bear to promote fire safety
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
First-grade students at Our Lady of Fatima School in New Castle received two special visitors on October 16 – Governor Jack A. Markell and Smokey Bear.
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 | Newsroom | 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 | Newsroom | 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.
