LEWES, DE – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will close the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk along the Gordons Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park on Wednesday, February 5 and Thursday, February 6, 2020 for repairs to its railing. Access to the boardwalk where it meets the trail on the […]
Continue ReadingLEWES, DE – The Gordon’s Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park will close at 7:00 a.m. on September 16th for routine trail maintenance and invasive species control. The area will remain closed until Division of Parks & Recreation staff have completed the necessary work on the trail. The invasive species that will be treated […]
Continue ReadingCAPE HENLOPEN – In response to complaints that surf-fishers were not complying with state regulations, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Natural Resource Police Rangers performed a three-hour enforcement operation at Cape Henlopen State Park from Navy Beach to Gordon’s Pond on Sunday, July 28th, 2019. Five full time officers and eight seasonal officers, with […]
Continue ReadingLEWES, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, Cape Henlopen State Park, and the Fort Miles Museum and Historic Area, are hosting the annual “Delaware Goes to War” event at Fort Miles beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday April 27, 2019. The public is invited to explore Fort Miles to see what it was like […]
Continue ReadingLEWES, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation today announced that 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 Friday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has announced that a section of Cape Henlopen State Park will be closed to accommodate a managed deer hunt taking place Thursday, January 24, 2019. The park’s main entrance will be closed for the DNREC-managed hunt, meaning bay and ocean beaches north of Herring Point cannot […]
Continue ReadingLEWES, DE – DNREC’s Cape Henlopen State Park will host the WWI Mobile Museum for the second year at the Fort Miles Museum and Historic Area from Monday, December 3 – Saturday, December 8, 2018. Visitors can explore and celebrate the centennial anniversary of World War I inside the Fort Miles Museum. Visitors can learn […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that repair work will begin on Tower 7, also known as the Observation Tower, at Cape Henlopen State Park. The tower will be closed Monday, Nov. 5 – Monday, December 31, 2018
Continue ReadingLEWES< DE – The data is in, and DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is reporting a successful nesting season for piping plovers in Delaware, with an all-time high number of 16 breeding pairs producing 36 fledglings. Four pairs of piping plovers nested at the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, and 12 pairs nested […]
Continue ReadingDOVER (Oct. 3, 2018) – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that repair work will be conducted on the Cape Henlopen fishing pier beginning October 9, 2018 to replace a pipe below the pier. The pier will remain open for the duration of the project, expected to take three days, weather permitting. # […]
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