The Maryland Environmental Trust helped Expressway Corp. permanently protect its 119-acre farm along the West Fork of Langford Creek in Kent County. Expressway Corp. donated the conservation easement on the property forever protecting this important farm and forest land on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. In the vicinity of more than 2,000 acres of protected lands, the […]
Continue ReadingREHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation reminds residents and visitors that sledding, snowboarding, and other recreational activities are not allowed on Delaware’s dunes. Dunes contain fragile wildlife habitat and also provide protection for the beaches and the communities that border them. Besides asking the public to help protect the dunes, the Division […]
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, DE – DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin was joined by State Representative Debra Heffernan, Delaware Public Archives Deputy Director Sarah Denison and members of the Friends of Bellevue State Park today, to dedicate a new historical marker highlighting the history of the Mount Pleasant Meeting House in Bellevue State Park. The meeting house is […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, and Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), invite the public to #OptOutside this Black Friday by visiting Delaware State Parks. This year, visitors can enjoy free entry to state parks on Black Friday, Nov. 23. The Brandywine Zoo is joining in on the outdoor fun and will also […]
Continue ReadingYORKLYN – Governor John Carney and DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin were joined by U.S. Senator Tom Carper, state legislators, New Castle County and local officials, neighbors, and friends, at the dedication and ribbon-cutting of Delaware’s newest and 17th state park, the Auburn Valley State Park in Yorklyn. Formerly the Auburn Heights Preserve, the park […]
Continue ReadingTOWNSEND, DE – DNREC and the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR) will showcase one of the most natural areas in Delaware – which includes autumn’s vibrant foliage within the lush landscape of the Blackbird Creek Reserve – when the 11th Annual Blackbird Creek Fall Festival is held from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 27, 2018 at the new Bohemia River State Park in Cecil County, located at 3864 Augustine Herman Highway in Chesapeake City. Community partners, outdoor enthusiasts and others are invited to see and tour the property, and share […]
Continue ReadingREHOBOTH BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host the 4th annual “Boo-Que By the Sea,” a two-day barbeque cook-off competition and family festival beginning 6 p.m., Friday, October 19 and continuing Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Delaware Seashore State Park. The Boo-Que is a three-part festival – a professional barbeque competition sanctioned […]
Continue ReadingDOVER – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s most popular event returns to The Green this Halloween season. During the park’s “Dark Dover” program, visitors will witness firsthand chilling true stories, and encounter characters whose legends have left their sinister imprint on The Green in Dover. Eighteenth-century judge Samuel Chew and the murdered servant Cooch Turner […]
Continue ReadingLEWES (Oct. 3, 2018) – Delaware’s coastal and natural resources will be showcased Sunday, Oct. 7 at DNREC’s Coast Day education tent on the campus of the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment in Lewes. Coast Day, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is the university’s annual end-of-summer event that […]
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