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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Delaware State Parks to host low digit surf tag auction featuring Tag #1

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will hold a live auction for low digit surf fishing tags at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. This year’s auction will feature a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bid on surf fishing tag #1.




Ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the newly-restored Sugar Bowl Pavilion in Wilmington’s Brandywine Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

Officials from DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation and the Friends of Wilmington Parks invite the public to join in the grand opening of the newly restored Sugar Bowl Pavilion. The iconic architectural feature is located in Brandywine Park. The park is one of six that make up Wilmington State Parks, managed by Delaware State Parks.




Cape Henlopen State Park park office will close for renovations Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

LEWES – The Cape Henlopen State Park office will close for renovations on Oct. 8, 2016, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today. While construction keeps the park office shut for several weeks, daily entrance fees, surf fishing permits, hunting permits and lifetime Delaware State Park passes will be available for purchase at the entrance fee booths. Fee booth hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s 2nd Annual Booo-B-Que family BBQ competition set for Oct. 21-22

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

REHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host the second-annual “Booo-B-Que By the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition beginning Friday, Oct. 21, at Delaware Seashore State Park. The event features a wide variety of family-friendly activities, including a unique 5k Run/Walk over the Indian River Bridge and inlet pathways on Saturday, Oct. 22.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Delaware State Parks to host low digit surf tag auction featuring Tag #1

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will hold a live auction for low digit surf fishing tags at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. This year’s auction will feature a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bid on surf fishing tag #1.




Ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the newly-restored Sugar Bowl Pavilion in Wilmington’s Brandywine Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

Officials from DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation and the Friends of Wilmington Parks invite the public to join in the grand opening of the newly restored Sugar Bowl Pavilion. The iconic architectural feature is located in Brandywine Park. The park is one of six that make up Wilmington State Parks, managed by Delaware State Parks.




Cape Henlopen State Park park office will close for renovations Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, September 30, 2016

LEWES – The Cape Henlopen State Park office will close for renovations on Oct. 8, 2016, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today. While construction keeps the park office shut for several weeks, daily entrance fees, surf fishing permits, hunting permits and lifetime Delaware State Park passes will be available for purchase at the entrance fee booths. Fee booth hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s 2nd Annual Booo-B-Que family BBQ competition set for Oct. 21-22

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

REHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host the second-annual “Booo-B-Que By the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition beginning Friday, Oct. 21, at Delaware Seashore State Park. The event features a wide variety of family-friendly activities, including a unique 5k Run/Walk over the Indian River Bridge and inlet pathways on Saturday, Oct. 22.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.