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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2016 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016

The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half mile along the bay shoreline, will close beginning Tuesday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.




Southern section of Gordons Pond Trail closed for repairs due to damage caused by recent storm

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2016

High winds and tides associated with the Jan. 22-24 weekend storm that struck Delaware’s coast severely damaged a 2.5-mile section of the Gordons Pond Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park, forcing an extended closure of the trail’s southern stretch.




Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier temporarily closed starting Jan. 25 for decking replacement

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Planning, Preservation and Development Section today announced the temporary closure of the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier for replacement of aging decking boards starting on Monday, Jan. 25.




DNREC reminds residents that ocean dunes in state parks are closed to sledding, snowboarding

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016

The DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation is asking the public to help protect the dunes in Delaware’s ocean parks by reminding residents and visitors that sledding in the dunes at Cape Henlopen, Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island State Parks is prohibited.




DNREC’S Division of Parks and Recreation receives major land donation from Nemours Foundation for Alapocas Run State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Nemours Foundation has donated nearly 46 acres of significant forestland to the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation’s Alapocas Run State Park, located just outside Wilmington







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2016 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016

The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half mile along the bay shoreline, will close beginning Tuesday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.




Southern section of Gordons Pond Trail closed for repairs due to damage caused by recent storm

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2016

High winds and tides associated with the Jan. 22-24 weekend storm that struck Delaware’s coast severely damaged a 2.5-mile section of the Gordons Pond Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park, forcing an extended closure of the trail’s southern stretch.




Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier temporarily closed starting Jan. 25 for decking replacement

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Planning, Preservation and Development Section today announced the temporary closure of the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier for replacement of aging decking boards starting on Monday, Jan. 25.




DNREC reminds residents that ocean dunes in state parks are closed to sledding, snowboarding

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016

The DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation is asking the public to help protect the dunes in Delaware’s ocean parks by reminding residents and visitors that sledding in the dunes at Cape Henlopen, Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island State Parks is prohibited.




DNREC’S Division of Parks and Recreation receives major land donation from Nemours Foundation for Alapocas Run State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Nemours Foundation has donated nearly 46 acres of significant forestland to the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation’s Alapocas Run State Park, located just outside Wilmington