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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Celebration held for DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Veterans Conservation Corps

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017

LAUREL – Eighteen Veterans Conservation Corps (VCC) members spent 11 months in DNREC’s state parks performing trail maintenance, meadow management, invasive species eradication, and assisting in construction of boardwalks, solar panels, yurts and fire rings, and dozens of other park based projects. During a celebration of their service at Trap Pond State Park Nature Center, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin and others thanked the veterans, immediate family members and retired veterans for all of their hard work in state parks.




Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Hours and locations for lifeguarded ocean swimming beaches in Delaware State Parks will change beginning next week, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today.




End of Year Celebration held for DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Youth Conservation Corps

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

DNREC Secretary Garvin thanked the 58 Youth Conservation Corps spent who spent 14,000 hours this summer helping to maintain Delaware State Parks during a celebration for their service.




DNREC Natural Resources Police Park Rangers arrest Milford man on multiple charges including weapon possession, drugs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2017

DNREC Park Rangers arrested a Milford man on multiple charges July 30 at Cape Henlopen State Park.




Governor Carney joins DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin in presenting DNREC Awards in Delaware State Fair ceremony

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

HARRINGTON – Today at the Delaware State Fair, Governor John Carney and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin honored 30 Delawareans of all ages for their environmental leadership, innovation and dedication.

“This afternoon, we recognized a broad cross section of Delawareans who contribute to the conservation of our natural resources and the stewardship of our environment,” said Secretary Garvin. “We congratulate these volunteers, artists, organizers, photographers, and anglers – conservationists and environmentalists all – for their work that brought us here today, and look forward to their future contributions.”







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Celebration held for DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Veterans Conservation Corps

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017

LAUREL – Eighteen Veterans Conservation Corps (VCC) members spent 11 months in DNREC’s state parks performing trail maintenance, meadow management, invasive species eradication, and assisting in construction of boardwalks, solar panels, yurts and fire rings, and dozens of other park based projects. During a celebration of their service at Trap Pond State Park Nature Center, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin and others thanked the veterans, immediate family members and retired veterans for all of their hard work in state parks.




Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Hours and locations for lifeguarded ocean swimming beaches in Delaware State Parks will change beginning next week, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today.




End of Year Celebration held for DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Youth Conservation Corps

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

DNREC Secretary Garvin thanked the 58 Youth Conservation Corps spent who spent 14,000 hours this summer helping to maintain Delaware State Parks during a celebration for their service.




DNREC Natural Resources Police Park Rangers arrest Milford man on multiple charges including weapon possession, drugs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2017

DNREC Park Rangers arrested a Milford man on multiple charges July 30 at Cape Henlopen State Park.




Governor Carney joins DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin in presenting DNREC Awards in Delaware State Fair ceremony

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

HARRINGTON – Today at the Delaware State Fair, Governor John Carney and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin honored 30 Delawareans of all ages for their environmental leadership, innovation and dedication.

“This afternoon, we recognized a broad cross section of Delawareans who contribute to the conservation of our natural resources and the stewardship of our environment,” said Secretary Garvin. “We congratulate these volunteers, artists, organizers, photographers, and anglers – conservationists and environmentalists all – for their work that brought us here today, and look forward to their future contributions.”