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  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Nature Nook Opens at Dover Public Library

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, July 29, 2013

The Nature Nook opens today at the Dover Public Library. The nook is a space for kids to learn and get excited about nature and the outdoors. DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation, the Children in Nature Task Force, and the Dover Public Library are collaborating on the project.



History of Civil War submarine to be presented at Fort Delaware State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Fort Delaware will host a special program on Saturday, June 29 featuring the story of the H. L. Hunley, an ill-fated Confederate submarine that sank in Charleston Harbor in 1864 with its crew on board. Local historian Bill Jenkins will conduct a special presentation at 11:30 a.m., during which he will discuss the mission and the recovery of the submarine and the sailors who went down with it, as well as the artifact record of the submarine.



#NextGenOutside 5K to Connect Millennials with the Outdoors

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 24, 2013

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation is bringing a brand new event to Wilmington this summer, the #NextGenOutside 5K walk/run on Saturday, June 29. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the race will start at 9 a.m. in Brandywine Park. Participants will experience local parks in a whole new way, using technology and social media on the trails.



Go Ape zip line Treetop Adventure opens at Lums Pond State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013

DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara joined State Representative. Valerie Longhurst, and other state and parks officials on the brand new zip lines at the new Go Ape Treetop Adventure at Lums Pond State Park. It’s the first zip line treetop adventure course in a state park on the East Coast; the first treetop adventure course in Delaware, and Go Ape’s first partnership with a state park. Under the public/private partnership, Go Ape and DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation are offering Delawareans this unique outdoor adventure



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Blotter: June 4-11; Reminder for the week: Visitors to C&D Canal Conservation Area reminded to heed signs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents between June 4 and 11 made 1,649 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 83 boating safety/fishing regulation compliance checks. Agents responded to 38 complaints and issued 39 citations, 17 of which were associated with increased Fish and Wildlife Enforcement presence at the C&D Canal Conservation Area (formerly the C&D Canal Wildlife Area) and the associated recreational trail currently under construction.






  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Nature Nook Opens at Dover Public Library

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, July 29, 2013

The Nature Nook opens today at the Dover Public Library. The nook is a space for kids to learn and get excited about nature and the outdoors. DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation, the Children in Nature Task Force, and the Dover Public Library are collaborating on the project.



History of Civil War submarine to be presented at Fort Delaware State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Fort Delaware will host a special program on Saturday, June 29 featuring the story of the H. L. Hunley, an ill-fated Confederate submarine that sank in Charleston Harbor in 1864 with its crew on board. Local historian Bill Jenkins will conduct a special presentation at 11:30 a.m., during which he will discuss the mission and the recovery of the submarine and the sailors who went down with it, as well as the artifact record of the submarine.



#NextGenOutside 5K to Connect Millennials with the Outdoors

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 24, 2013

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation is bringing a brand new event to Wilmington this summer, the #NextGenOutside 5K walk/run on Saturday, June 29. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the race will start at 9 a.m. in Brandywine Park. Participants will experience local parks in a whole new way, using technology and social media on the trails.



Go Ape zip line Treetop Adventure opens at Lums Pond State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013

DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara joined State Representative. Valerie Longhurst, and other state and parks officials on the brand new zip lines at the new Go Ape Treetop Adventure at Lums Pond State Park. It’s the first zip line treetop adventure course in a state park on the East Coast; the first treetop adventure course in Delaware, and Go Ape’s first partnership with a state park. Under the public/private partnership, Go Ape and DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation are offering Delawareans this unique outdoor adventure



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Blotter: June 4-11; Reminder for the week: Visitors to C&D Canal Conservation Area reminded to heed signs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents between June 4 and 11 made 1,649 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 83 boating safety/fishing regulation compliance checks. Agents responded to 38 complaints and issued 39 citations, 17 of which were associated with increased Fish and Wildlife Enforcement presence at the C&D Canal Conservation Area (formerly the C&D Canal Wildlife Area) and the associated recreational trail currently under construction.