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.
DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation to host open house on Fort Miles Master Plan
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, September 29, 2017
DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, in partnership with the Fort Miles Historical Association, will host an open house on October 16 for public review and comment on proposed capital improvements to the Fort Miles Museum and Historic Area in Cape Henlopen State Park.
DNREC and Fort Miles Historical Association to commemorate 72nd anniversary of V-J Day at Cape Henlopen State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 1, 2017
LEWES – On Saturday, Sept. 2, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin will join with the Fort Miles Historical Association for a commemorative ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of VJ Day, when the Japanese surrendered on board the U.S.S. Missouri, which ended World War II. The ceremony will be held at the Fort Miles Museum, which is located in DNREC’s Cape Henlopen State Park, beginning at 11 a.m. The Fort Miles Historical Association and DNREC’s Delaware State Parks have partnered in the effort to restore Fort Miles since 2003. The ceremony will be held in the shadow of one of the big guns that was mounted on the “Mighty Mo” when the surrender took place, and which was put in place at the museum in 2016.
Stretches of ocean beach to reopen at DNREC’s Cape Henlopen State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
DNREC announced today that stretches of ocean beach between Gordons Pond and Herring Point, and beachfront along the ocean side of The Point on Cape Henlopen, will reopen Sept. 1, following the conclusion of beachnesting bird season.
