Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News



  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation


Gov. Markell cuts ribbon to open Brandywine Zoo’s new Eagle Ridge

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2016

Governor Jack Markell, DNREC Secretary David Small, Delaware Zoological Society President Megan McGlinchey, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Director Ray Bivens, state legislators and stakeholders joined together for the ceremonial ribbon cutting that marked the opening of the Brandywine Zoo’s new Eagle Ridge area.




Open House on Dover’s Fork Branch Nature Preserve proposed trail will be held on March 14

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation will host a public open house on the proposed trail plan for the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover.




It’s fee season in Delaware State Parks

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation reminds visitors to Delaware’s state parks that entrance fees are now being collected through Nov.30.




With storm damage repairs almost complete, DNREC plans to reopen southern section of Gordons Pond Trail this week

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

Repairs are nearly complete on a 2.5-mile section of the Gordons Pond Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park that had been closed last month due to damage associated with the Jan. 22-24 winter storm that struck Delaware’s coast.




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.







  Category: Division of Parks and Recreation

Gov. Markell cuts ribbon to open Brandywine Zoo’s new Eagle Ridge

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2016

Governor Jack Markell, DNREC Secretary David Small, Delaware Zoological Society President Megan McGlinchey, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Director Ray Bivens, state legislators and stakeholders joined together for the ceremonial ribbon cutting that marked the opening of the Brandywine Zoo’s new Eagle Ridge area.




Open House on Dover’s Fork Branch Nature Preserve proposed trail will be held on March 14

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation will host a public open house on the proposed trail plan for the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover.




It’s fee season in Delaware State Parks

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation reminds visitors to Delaware’s state parks that entrance fees are now being collected through Nov.30.




With storm damage repairs almost complete, DNREC plans to reopen southern section of Gordons Pond Trail this week

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

Repairs are nearly complete on a 2.5-mile section of the Gordons Pond Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park that had been closed last month due to damage associated with the Jan. 22-24 winter storm that struck Delaware’s coast.




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.