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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


DNREC, DDA prepare to respond to Delaware Supreme Court’s Dec. 7 decision allowing firearms in state parks and forests

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, December 22, 2017

DOVER – The Delaware Supreme Court, by decision dated Dec. 7, 2017 in the matter of Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, LTD, overturned a Superior Court ruling and ended a ban on visitors’ possessing firearms in Delaware’s state parks and state forests. Pursuant to the ruling, visitors may now possess firearms unless they are prohibited by law due to a past conviction for a violent crime, active Protection from Abuse Order, or mental health commitment. Following the Court’s decision to invalidate the existing regulations limiting firearms in state parks and forests, and some Division of Fish & Wildlife properties, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) anticipate issuing interim firearm regulations. The interim regulations would respect the State Constitutional provisions on firearms cited by the Court, by implementing the State’s interest in ensuring the safety of the public in a less restrictive manner.



DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation to offer free admission to Delaware State Parks and the Brandywine Zoo on Black Friday

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, and Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), invite the public to #OptOutside this Black Friday by visiting Delaware State Parks. Admission will be free to 15 state parks and the Brandywine Zoo.



DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation to hold low digit surf tag auction at 3rd annual Boo-Que

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will hold a live auction for low-digit surf fishing tags at 2:30 pm, Saturday, Oct. 21 at Delaware Seashore State Park. The auction will take place during the third annual “Boo-Que by the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition that begins Friday, Oct. 20 at the park.



DNREC groundbreaking ceremony for new Fork Branch Trail held in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Governor Carney joined DNREC Garvin, Kent County Tourism Director Vestfall, other state and city officials, and members of the conservation community, to break ground for the new Fork Branch Trail in Dover.



Parts of Alapocas Run State Park to be closed and cordoned off for Sunday, Oct. 15 implosion of Bancroft Mills smokestack

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the southern section of Alapocas Run State Park along the Brandywine River will be closed Sunday, Oct. 15 for the implosion of a smokestack at the former Bancroft Mills site.






  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

DNREC, DDA prepare to respond to Delaware Supreme Court’s Dec. 7 decision allowing firearms in state parks and forests

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, December 22, 2017

DOVER – The Delaware Supreme Court, by decision dated Dec. 7, 2017 in the matter of Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, LTD, overturned a Superior Court ruling and ended a ban on visitors’ possessing firearms in Delaware’s state parks and state forests. Pursuant to the ruling, visitors may now possess firearms unless they are prohibited by law due to a past conviction for a violent crime, active Protection from Abuse Order, or mental health commitment. Following the Court’s decision to invalidate the existing regulations limiting firearms in state parks and forests, and some Division of Fish & Wildlife properties, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) anticipate issuing interim firearm regulations. The interim regulations would respect the State Constitutional provisions on firearms cited by the Court, by implementing the State’s interest in ensuring the safety of the public in a less restrictive manner.



DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation to offer free admission to Delaware State Parks and the Brandywine Zoo on Black Friday

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, and Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), invite the public to #OptOutside this Black Friday by visiting Delaware State Parks. Admission will be free to 15 state parks and the Brandywine Zoo.



DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation to hold low digit surf tag auction at 3rd annual Boo-Que

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will hold a live auction for low-digit surf fishing tags at 2:30 pm, Saturday, Oct. 21 at Delaware Seashore State Park. The auction will take place during the third annual “Boo-Que by the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition that begins Friday, Oct. 20 at the park.



DNREC groundbreaking ceremony for new Fork Branch Trail held in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Governor Carney joined DNREC Garvin, Kent County Tourism Director Vestfall, other state and city officials, and members of the conservation community, to break ground for the new Fork Branch Trail in Dover.



Parts of Alapocas Run State Park to be closed and cordoned off for Sunday, Oct. 15 implosion of Bancroft Mills smokestack

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the southern section of Alapocas Run State Park along the Brandywine River will be closed Sunday, Oct. 15 for the implosion of a smokestack at the former Bancroft Mills site.