DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation to hold four open houses on developing new Master Plan for White Clay Creek State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin will host a public meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, May 21 to announce that the Division of Parks & Recreation is beginning the process of creating a master plan for the future of White Clay Creek State Park in Newark, and will be holding four open houses this summer to gather public input for the plan. The meeting will be held at Deerfield, 507 Thompson Station Road, Newark, DE 19711.
DNREC’s First State Heritage Park joins in Dover Days festivities May 4 and 5
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will present “Favorite Pastimes” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State,” during the annual Dover Days celebration on Saturday, May 5.
DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation highlights installation of solar panels that now power Fort Delaware State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018
The Division of Parks & Recreation today marked the installation of 540 solar panels to power Fort Delaware State Park. U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, PSEG representatives, Delaware City Mayor Stanley Green, other state officials, and schoolchildren joined DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin for the dedication.
DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation announces the dedication of a forest in each county into the Old Growth Forest Network
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018
At an Arbor Day celebration today at the Tulip Tree Nature Preserve in Wilmington, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation and the Old Growth Forest Network announced that Delaware is the first state in the nation to be recognized for dedicating a mature forest in each of its counties into the nationally-recognized Old Growth Forest Network. Each of the forests to be recognized is also a state nature preserve.
Charter School of Wilmington wins 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition sponsored by DNREC
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018
GREENWOOD – Charter School of Wilmington Team A was named the champion of the 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition held today at Swartzentruber Farm in Greenwood and sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Today’s win marks the school’s 19th win in the event’s 22-year history, including an unbroken winning streak since 2002. Charter School of Wilmington Teams’ B and C placed second and third, respectively, in this year’s Envirothon competition.
