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<article class="post-209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-uncategorized tag-acorn-collection tag-acorn-collection-day tag-acorns tag-reforestation tag-state-parks entry" aria-label="Acorn Collection Day" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Acorn Collection Day</h1>
<p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2010-09-25T16:00:53-04:00">09/25/2010</time> by <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://delawaretodo.com/author/ffdadmin/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Robin Elton</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><div class='wpfblike' style='height: 40px;'><fb:like href='https://delawaretodo.com/acorn-collection-day/' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='400' action='like' colorscheme='light' send='false' /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/familyfundelaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg"><img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="239" data-permalink="https://delawaretodo.com/acorn-collection-day/acorns/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/delawaretodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" data-orig-size="640,427" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1285426307","copyright":"","focal_length":"200","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":""}" data-image-title="acorns" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/delawaretodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/delawaretodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-239" title="acorns" src="https://i0.wp.com/familyfundelaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200" alt="acorn collection" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/delawaretodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/delawaretodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/acorns.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Volunteers are needed!</em></p>
<h2>What:</h2>
<p>DNREC’s 6th Annual Acorn Collection Day</p>
<h2>Where:</h2>
<p><span style="color: #77280c;"><strong>New Castle County</strong></span><br />
Lums Pond State Park<br />
1068 Howell School Rd.<br />
Bear, Del. 19701<br />
Meet at Area 2, first parking lot</p>
<p><span style="color: #77280c;"><strong>Kent County</strong></span><br />
Smyrna Rest Area<br />
5500 DuPont Highway<br />
Smyrna, Del. 19977<br />
Meet at the building entrance</p>
<p><span style="color: #77280c;"><strong>Sussex County</strong></span><br />
Holts Landing State Park<br />
Holts Landing Road<br />
Millville, DE 19970<br />
Meet on Marlin Drive (left of entrance)</p>
<h2>When:</h2>
<p>Saturday, October 16 9am-noon</p>
<h2>Why:</h2>
<p>Volunteer, gain community service hours and help Delaware’s environment. Volunteers will collect acorns from places where seedlings would not generally be able to grow – along trail edges, open spaces and roadsides. The acorns will be scattered in reforestation areas to grow on their own. The oak trees will expand wooded areas and forested corridors that provide valuable habitat – shelter and food – for many native wildlife species. Bag and collection materials will be available at each site.</p>
<p><strong>Pre-registration is encouraged</strong> by contacting Lynne Staub at (302) 735-3600 or by email, <a href="mailto:Lynne.Staub@state.de.us">Lynne.Staub@state.de.us</a>.</p>
<p><em>We’re going! Want to join us?</em></p>
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