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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC-sponsored 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program to be held as one-day events Sept. 24 and Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Registration is now open for Delaware’s 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes and Saturday, Oct. 8 at Lums Pond State Park in Bear.




Pawpaw Folk Festival set for Aug. 20 at the Blue Ball Barn

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

The Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park will host its fifth annual Pawpaw Folk Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20.




Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

Hours and locations for lifeguarded ocean swimming beaches in Delaware State Parks will change beginning next week, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today.




Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Nanticoke sponsored by DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship makes another big splash; some rowers even make their way to regatta finish line

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program (ROR), the Town of Blades, the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and the Nanticoke Yacht Club – cast off with great ceremony Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park in Blades and finished as the most entertaining race yet in the increasingly popular event’s brief history.




DNREC, Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Navy partner to acquire property for Sussex County’s Nanticoke Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The state has addedd 48 acres of pristine woodlands along a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Sussex County to the Nanticoke Wildlife Area. The property features increasingly rare stands of Atlantic white cedar trees and an abundance of native wildlife, including some species of conservation concern.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC-sponsored 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program to be held as one-day events Sept. 24 and Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Registration is now open for Delaware’s 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes and Saturday, Oct. 8 at Lums Pond State Park in Bear.




Pawpaw Folk Festival set for Aug. 20 at the Blue Ball Barn

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

The Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park will host its fifth annual Pawpaw Folk Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20.




Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

Hours and locations for lifeguarded ocean swimming beaches in Delaware State Parks will change beginning next week, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today.




Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Nanticoke sponsored by DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship makes another big splash; some rowers even make their way to regatta finish line

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Third Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program (ROR), the Town of Blades, the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, and the Nanticoke Yacht Club – cast off with great ceremony Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park in Blades and finished as the most entertaining race yet in the increasingly popular event’s brief history.




DNREC, Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Navy partner to acquire property for Sussex County’s Nanticoke Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The state has addedd 48 acres of pristine woodlands along a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Sussex County to the Nanticoke Wildlife Area. The property features increasingly rare stands of Atlantic white cedar trees and an abundance of native wildlife, including some species of conservation concern.