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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]




DNREC acquires additional acreage for Fork Branch Nature Preserve

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control recently acquired 41 acres of land adjacent to the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover. The property includes agricultural fields, wetlands and young forest, and adds to the only nature preserve within a municipal boundary in Delaware. The new acquisition is located at the […]




Repairs to Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park delayed until next week

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

DNREC has rescheduled repairs to the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park for Monday, Feb. 10 and Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to inclement weather. Construction was originally scheduled to begin Feb. 5.




Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for repairs next week

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020

LEWES – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will close the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk along the Gordons Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park on Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 6 for repairs to its railing. Access to the boardwalk where it meets the trail on the north and […]




DNREC breaks ground on Brandywine Zoo Madagascar exhibit that will house endangered lemurs, tortoises

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020

WILMINGTON – The DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Brandywine Zoo broke ground this week on its Madagascar Exhibit, an outdoor space that will soon be home to  several new animals. The newcomers will include the Radiated Tortoise, and three species of lemurs: the Black and White Ruffed, Ring-Tailed and Crowned. The Madagascar Exhibit is […]







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]




DNREC acquires additional acreage for Fork Branch Nature Preserve

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control recently acquired 41 acres of land adjacent to the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover. The property includes agricultural fields, wetlands and young forest, and adds to the only nature preserve within a municipal boundary in Delaware. The new acquisition is located at the […]




Repairs to Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park delayed until next week

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

DNREC has rescheduled repairs to the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park for Monday, Feb. 10 and Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to inclement weather. Construction was originally scheduled to begin Feb. 5.




Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for repairs next week

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020

LEWES – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will close the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk along the Gordons Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park on Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 6 for repairs to its railing. Access to the boardwalk where it meets the trail on the north and […]




DNREC breaks ground on Brandywine Zoo Madagascar exhibit that will house endangered lemurs, tortoises

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020

WILMINGTON – The DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Brandywine Zoo broke ground this week on its Madagascar Exhibit, an outdoor space that will soon be home to  several new animals. The newcomers will include the Radiated Tortoise, and three species of lemurs: the Black and White Ruffed, Ring-Tailed and Crowned. The Madagascar Exhibit is […]