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Delaware’s Division of Parks & Recreation invites visitors to ‘Delaware Goes to War’ event at Fort Miles

April 19, 2019Across Our Desk

LEWES, 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 […]

Delaware’s Division of Parks & Recreation to close part of Cape Henlopen State Park for a Managed Deer Hunt on January 24, 2019

January 20, 2019January 18, 2019Across Our Desk

DOVER, 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 […]

Brandywine Zoo temporarily closed through February for construction and improvement projects

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019Across Our Desk

DOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington is temporarily closed through the end of February while construction and improvement projects are made to the zoo’s campus. The zoo’s education building will remain open to host upcoming programs scheduled throughout January and February, 2019. The construction […]

Delaware’s Division of Parks & Recreation Receives Land Parcel Donation Adding Wetlands to Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover

January 18, 2019Across Our Desk

DOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, in partnership with the Kent County Conservancy, announced today that it has secured two wetland parcels formerly owned by the McClements family of Dover, to become part of the Fork Branch Nature Preserve. The two parcels, one almost three acres in size, the other just over […]

Delaware’s Parks and Recreation Council votes to raise surf-fishing permit fees for 2019 season

January 18, 2019Across Our Desk

DNREC to cap number of annual surf-fishing permits issued at 17,000 DOVER, DE – Delaware’s Parks and Recreation Council, which advises DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation, today voted to raise surf fishing permit fees this year and to limit the number of permits issued annually to no more than 17,000. Both decisions were made […]

DNREC announces the Point at Cape Henlopen to close March 1st for 2018 Beachnesting Season

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018Across Our Desk

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 Thursday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, […]