Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control responds to news of refinery closingDOVER - At the direction of Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O’Mara has assembled a team of environmental scientists and engineers to oversee the safe and orderly shutdown and stabilization of the Delaware City Refinery in response to an announcement this morning that owner Valero Energy Corporation is permanently shutting down the facility. DuPont Nature Center announces winter hours for 2009-2010The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife facility, today announced its new winter hours. Beginning Dec. 1 and continuing through March 1, 2010, the center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Invasive plant workday to be held at Killens Pond on Nov. 21FELTON – The Environmental Stewardship Program of the Division of Parks and Recreation invites volunteers to spend the morning working in Killens Pond State Park from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 21. Program staff will be hosting an invasive plant workday in the fields near the Water Park, targeting Bradford pears, multiflora rose, bush honeysuckles and other invasive plants that threaten the meadows and the understory of forest habitat throughout the park. Killens Pond celebrates Fun in the Outdoors on Nov. 14FELTON – It may be November, but the staff at Killens Pond State Park invites individuals and families to the park for a day of Fun in the Outdoors onSaturday, Nov. 14. The fun begins with a lesson in outdoor cooking at 2 p.m., followed by a paddling trip around the pond at 3:30 p.m. Visitors should bundle up for a chilly fall hayride through the park at 5:30 p.m. and night hike at 6:30 p.m., and be sure to bring enough water and snacks for the day. |