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Preserves land along the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area: New Castle: 5,515 [5]-acre (2,232 ha) Preserves land along the Delaware Bay. Eagles Nest Wildlife Area: New Castle: 835 [6]-acre (338 ha) Woods and wetlands near Blackbird State Forest. DNERR Blackbird Creek Reserve New Castle 583 [7]-acre (236 ha)
More than 8 million people visited Delaware parks in 2022. [6] The Division of Community Affairs is responsible for intergovernmental relations, marketing communications and program-specific small business assistance. Part of the Division, the Public Affairs team publishes DNREC's online magazine, Outdoor Delaware, and its digital newsletter.
The non-hunting season for elk is from late winter to early fall. During this non-hunting season the cow elk are giving birth to calves while the bull elk are preparing to grow back a new set of antlers. [5] Although all states control most hunting seasons and regulations, the season for migratory waterfowl is controlled by the federal government.
The first land was acquired in 1928, and since then the forest has continued to grow, with acquisitions as late as 2008. Popular activities at the forest include in-season hunting, horseback-riding, nature observation, and hiking. Redden State Forest is also home to one of Delaware's two forest education centers.
The park area proper is meant for recreation on foot or on bicycle, with hunting allowed on occasion. There are 10 trails in the park with a total distance of 15.76 miles (25.36 km). As with White Clay Creek State Park, trail markers help to guide visitors; and several footbridges and boardwalks ease crossing of creeks and other wet spots, with ...
The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978-acre (64.66 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, United States, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway .
Delaware Wild Lands currently owns and manages over 19,000 acres spread across all three counties of Delaware and a small portion in Maryland. [5] Delaware Wild Lands' largest contiguous holding is The Great Cypress Swamp. [6] It also manages the Sharp Farm in New Castle County and Milford Neck in Kent County. [2]
White Clay Creek State Park is a Delaware state park along White Clay Creek on 3,559 acres (1,440 ha) in New Castle County, near Newark, Delaware in the United States. North of the park is Pennsylvania 's White Clay Creek Preserve , and the two were originally operated as bi-state parks to jointly protect the creek, but now they operate separately.