Share: 

DNREC offers activities, exhibits at state fair thru July 28

July 21, 2018

The 2018 Delaware State Fair will continue through Saturday, July 28, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is in the middle of the action. It will offer an array of environmental displays in its climate-controlled state fair building, and game prizes to be won by kids of all ages for showing their knowledge about the state's natural resources and environment.

Under this year’s theme, DNREC – Your ECOnnection, DNREC’s displays link visitors to environmentally friendly programs and ideas from DNREC’s divisions and programs. Features this year include DNREC’s Energy House and an interactive watershed display demonstrating how water flows and wetlands hold water, including a 3-D map of stormwater runoff from a suburban yard draining into Delaware’s wetlands, rivers, streams, bay and the ocean. DNREC’s scavenger hunt game helps visitors of all ages discover eco-friendly facts about Delaware and pick from a wide range of prizes after their successful hunt. DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy’s mobile solar panel display and charging station, known as T-Rex, will be a fun stop in front of the DNREC Building July 20-24.

The DNREC On Stage theater offers a preview of programs from parks, nature centers and other facilities statewide owned and operated by the Department’s Divisions of Fish & Wildlife, Parks & Recreation and Watershed Stewardship. 

Fairgoers of all ages can learn about the science behind the work DNREC does in protecting the environment and Delaware’s natural resources. DNREC’s building includes displays, hands-on activities and educational games. At DNREC On Stage, in the building’s air-conditioned theater, they will also see live animal shows and presentations ranging from maritime history to geology to Delaware’s unique plants and animals. DNREC’s building is located on the fairgrounds’ East Rider Road; admission is free and the building is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily during the fair. For more information, go to www.dnrec.delaware.gov.
 

Subscribe to the CapeGazette.com Daily Newsletter