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.
Delaware wildfire crew battling set of Idaho fires more than 32,000 acres in size.
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | 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 | Newsroom | 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.
Delaware Forest Service’s 2012 Urban Forestry Grant Program is now accepting applications.
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 9, 2012
The Delaware Forest Service is now accepting applications for its annual Urban & Community Forestry Grant Program, which has awarded over $1 million to more than 200 Delaware communities and organizations since the program’s inception in 1991. Municipalities and homeowner groups can apply for up to $5000 in matched funding for projects that increase tree canopy, develop and implement tree management plans, remove hazardous trees or use trees to mitigate storm water runoff. Each applicant must match its grant on a 50-50 cost-share basis with either nonfederal funds or in-kind services (volunteer time, staff time, etc.).
Delaware’s wildland fire crew battling large blaze in Wyoming
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
July 3, 2012 Contact: Henry Poole, Delaware Forest Service Fire Program Administrator, 302-698-4548 email: henry.poole@delaware.gov Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware who battled fires in Colorado for the past week are now assigned to the massive Arapaho Fire located 28 miles northwest of Wheatland, Wyoming. The large blaze is considered “dangerous” by fire officials on the scene and is […]
