FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   DENBURY RESOURCES INC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/09/2010 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Encore Energy Partners LP [ENP] (Last) (First) (Middle) 5100 TENNYSON PARKWAY, SUITE 1200 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) PLANO, TX 75024 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Units representing limited partner interests 20,924,055 I See footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DENBURY RESOURCES INC 5100 TENNYSON PARKWAY SUITE 1200 PLANO, TX 75024	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Phil Rykhoek, Chief Executive Officer		03/19/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The common units are owned directly by Encore Partners LP Holdings LLC ("LP Holdings") and Encore Operating, L.P. ("Encore Operating"). The sole limited partner and the sole general partner of Encore Operating are EAP Properties, Inc. ("EAP Properties") and EAP Operating, LLC ("EAP Operating"), respectively. EAP Properties is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc. ("DNR") and each of LP Holdings and EAP Operating is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Denbury Encore Holdings Inc. ("Encore Holdings") and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DNR. Encore Holdings is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of DNR. Each of EAP Properties, EAP Operating, Encore Holdings, and DNR are indirect beneficial owners of the common units. Through its indirect ownership of Encore Partners GP Holdings LLC, DNR holds all of the general partner interests of the Issuer representing a 1.1 percent general partner interest in the Issuer.

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