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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation holds second annual Delaware Capital Campout at three state parks

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016

Governor Markell, DNREC Secretary Small and other officials welcomed more than 100 first-time campers to the second annual Delaware Capital Campout being held simultaneously at Bellevue State Park, Killens Pond State Park and Cape Henlopen State Park.




Three broods of piping plover chicks spotted foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016

Three broods of piping plover chicks are now foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, two on the bayside and one inside the dunes.




Renovations and new amenities transform Lums Pond State Park campground

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has added key infrastructural improvements and amenities to Lums Pond State Park, designed to draw new campers to the only campground in New Castle County.




Stretch of beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park will close starting Monday, June 13 to safeguard first nest of piping plovers found there this season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016

A half-mile stretch of beach between the Observation Towers and the Herring Point dune crossover will be closed to the public beginning Monday, June 13, to protect the first piping plover nest of the season at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Gordons Pond.




Baynard Stadium’s south bleachers closed as possible safety hazard

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The south bleachers at Wilmington’s Baynard Stadium have been condemned and closed effective immediately after the bleachers were found to be at the end of their useful lifespan and labeled a potential public safety hazard by a structural engineering assessment.







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation holds second annual Delaware Capital Campout at three state parks

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016

Governor Markell, DNREC Secretary Small and other officials welcomed more than 100 first-time campers to the second annual Delaware Capital Campout being held simultaneously at Bellevue State Park, Killens Pond State Park and Cape Henlopen State Park.




Three broods of piping plover chicks spotted foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016

Three broods of piping plover chicks are now foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, two on the bayside and one inside the dunes.




Renovations and new amenities transform Lums Pond State Park campground

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has added key infrastructural improvements and amenities to Lums Pond State Park, designed to draw new campers to the only campground in New Castle County.




Stretch of beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park will close starting Monday, June 13 to safeguard first nest of piping plovers found there this season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016

A half-mile stretch of beach between the Observation Towers and the Herring Point dune crossover will be closed to the public beginning Monday, June 13, to protect the first piping plover nest of the season at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Gordons Pond.




Baynard Stadium’s south bleachers closed as possible safety hazard

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The south bleachers at Wilmington’s Baynard Stadium have been condemned and closed effective immediately after the bleachers were found to be at the end of their useful lifespan and labeled a potential public safety hazard by a structural engineering assessment.