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Bike & walking trail workshop Thursday May 17 in Lewes
DOVER (May 15, 2012) – DNREC and DelDOT will hold the last of three public workshops Thursday March 17 in Lewes on proposed bike and pedestrian trail projects – part of Governor Jack Markell’s First State Trails and Pathways Initiative. 
The workshops – one in each county – are highlighting the proposed trails for non-motorized travel and recreation for Delawareans and visitors to the First State. The first workshop was held in Dover on May 10, the second in Newark May 14. The Lewes workshop will run from 4 - 7 p.m. at Lewes City Hall, 114 East 3rd Street, Lewes, DE 19958.
Governor Markell announced the Bike and Pedestrian Trails Initiative last October at the “Sussex Outdoors Summit” and the next day, DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara and Department of Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt signed an agreement to implement the plan connecting existing trails and communities throughout the state.
Both cabinet secretaries also have avidly promoted the governor's initiative, as Sec. O'Mara did last week when he joined students at South Dover Elementary School for a game of "Simon Says." |
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Nominations sought for Delaware’s 2012 Wetland WarriorDOVER (May 24, 2012) – Wetlands are directly tied to our quality of life in Delaware, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is seeking nominations for the 2012 Delaware Wetland Warrior Award to recognize exemplary efforts to protect wetlands and the critical services they provide to all Delawareans. Volunteers needed for Inland Bays Cleanup on June 23MASSEY’S LANDING (May 24, 2012) – The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Section, along with Enforcement Section volunteers, the Center for the Inland Bays and the Division of Parks and Recreation, are seeking volunteers and boats for the Eighth Annual Cleanup of the Inland Bays beginning at 9 a.m. and finishing up about 2 p.m., Saturday, June 23. Delaware State Parks Summer Camps Filling FastDOVER (May 21, 2012) – There are currently a limited number of spaces still available in Delaware State Parks summer day camps throughout the state. State park day camps offer families safe, supervised educational and recreational opportunities for children during summer vacation. Camps also promote healthy lifestyles by getting children outdoors enjoying nature. Delaware State Parks Kicks Off 2012 Adventure Race SeriesDOVER (May 21, 2012) – The 2012 Delaware State Parks Adventure Race Series begins with Clash with the Creek on June 16 at Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington The 2012 series includes three additional races: Baldcypress Challenge at Trap Pond State Park, The Millpond Challenge at Lums Pond State Park and Bring It On at Bellevue at Bellevue State Park. Delaware to open black sea bass recreational season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 19DOVER (May 18, 2012) – Delaware will open its black sea bass season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 19 by an emergency regulation issued by DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara. Delaware’s opening comes after the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released its recreational black sea bass regulation today, declaring without advance notice that the recreational black sea bass season would open in federal waters on the aforementioned time and date. DNREC, Town of Bowers Beach celebrate opening of new Main Street ParkBOWERS BEACH (May 18, 2012) – DNREC and Bowers Beach will celebrate the town’s new Main Street Park Saturday, the park’s opening a testimony to successfully putting a flood-damaged piece of private property back on the map as an outdoors recreation community asset. Main Street Park was created through a unique collaboration of the Town of Bowers Beach, DNREC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). RPAC to meet May 23 in DoverDOVER (May 17, 2012) – The Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at DelDOT’s Felton/Farmington Room, 800 Bay Road, Dover 19903. DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Blotter May 8-16DOVER (May 18, 2012) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents responded to 43 complaints and issued 247 citations between May 8 and May 16, as well as numerous warnings for minor boating safety and fishing violations. DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center announces ‘Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crabs’ to be held on May 19SLAUGHTER BEACH (May 10, 2012) – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife facility, will host “Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crabs,” its third-annual festival celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at the center. Admission is free.
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