NEWS FEED

Winning 2026/27 Waterfowl Stamp and 2026 Trout Stamp contest paintings with the members of Ducks Unlimited and Delaware DNREC Secretary Patterson stand in front of a stone fireplace with painter Gerald Putt

Out-of-State Winners Chosen in Delaware Waterfowl and Trout Stamp Art Competitions
Date Posted: August 22, 2025

Official Seal of the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware

Marketplace Health Insurance Rates Return to Trump-Era Highs
Date Posted: August 22, 2025

Lt. Governor Gay Continues Statewide Meet & Greet Series
Date Posted: August 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Appoints New Board Members to Delaware Prosperity Partnership
Date Posted: August 21, 2025

An image of a thermometer showing the progress made in distributing $14M in federal funds to small businesses.

SSBCI Update: DSB Distributes Nearly $4M in its Race to $14M
Date Posted: August 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Public Safety Bills
Date Posted: August 20, 2025

Visionary Arts Leader Deborah F. Rutter to Headline 2025 Delaware Arts Summit
Date Posted: August 20, 2025

Delawareans Encouraged to Participate in Community Engagement Sessions for Climate Action Plan Update
Date Posted: August 19, 2025

Public Archives teaching Delaware 250 symposium

Public Archives Hosts Teaching Revolution at 250: An Educator Symposium
Date Posted: August 18, 2025

Gov. Meyer Lifts Delaware Drought Watch After 10 Months
Date Posted: August 18, 2025

DEMA’S Delaware School Safety Center Presents Back-to-School Safety Tips
Date Posted: August 18, 2025

Navy blue background featuring the Delaware state seal in the center

Attorney General Jennings co-leads multistate lawsuit against Trump’s illegal attacks on crime victim assistance funds
Date Posted: August 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs House Bill 187 Legalizing Direct-to-Door Wine Shipments
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Delaware sues to protect Head Start and other programs from illegal Trump cuts
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Police Officer holding a sign saying Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

Delaware Office of Highway Safety Celebrates Sober Rides Success and Prepares for Labor Day DUI Crackdown
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Delaware test scores show pockets of progress, but literacy emergency remains
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Congratulations to $110K Final DSBF Winners
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Harrington’s Delaware State Fair Program Set For Thursday
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

State’s First 2025 Detection of West Nile Virus Found in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens
Date Posted: August 15, 2025

Sign that says "New Toll Rates Start Friday, August 15, 2025"

New Toll Rates Take Effect on Friday, August 15, 2025
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Illustrative American and Delaware State Flags at Half Staff to represent Flag Status.

Governor Meyer Orders The Lowering Of Flags To Honor The Passing Of Former Governor Mike Castle
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

LEADelaware Accepting Applications for Class VIII (2026-27)
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Senate Bill 4 Establishing an Inspector General’s Office
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

DSBF Trotters Complete 2nd Leg
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Les Givens Trainees Dominate DSBF Tuesday Harrington Card
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Primo Maschio, Wyatt Earp Win DSBF Divisions
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Kat’s Fancy Fastest of Four DSBF Elims
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Givens Trainees Shine In DSBF Filly Divisions
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Explore the Archives’ New Interactive Historical Markers Map
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Kent County Levy Court Announces Agreement with DNREC to Improve Wastewater Infrastructure and Protect Water Quality
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Delaware's wildfire crew ready for deployment

Delaware Forest Service Wildfire Crew Mobilized to Arizona’s Tonto National Forest
Date Posted: August 14, 2025

Lowering Of Flags To Honor The Passing Of World War II Veteran James “Tommy” Anderson
Date Posted: August 13, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs House Bill 1 Establishing Veterans Affairs Department With Cabinet-Level Secretary
Date Posted: August 13, 2025

Primo Maschio, Lew Not Lou Take DSBF Splits
Date Posted: August 13, 2025

Close-up view of a horse’s nose, showing its nostrils and short whiskers in detail.

DSBF 3-Year-Old Stakes Headline June 16-18 Harrington Racing
Date Posted: August 13, 2025

Governor Meyer, Legislature Deliver Property Tax Relief And Reform
Date Posted: August 13, 2025

Unveiling of New Historical Marker Honoring The Bulah Family & Brown v. Board of Education
Date Posted: August 11, 2025

Seeking Public Feedback
Date Posted: August 8, 2025

DE Dept of Labor Launches Youth Workforce Connect Call
Date Posted: August 7, 2025

Delaware Reports Strong Start to Recreational Marijuana Sales
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

AG Jennings sues to block unlawful attacks on medically necessary health care for transgender youth
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

Meyer, Jennings secure major win as Department of Education restores previously withheld funding
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

DNREC, USFWS and Tri-State Bird Rescue Collaborate to Rehab Adult Piping Plover
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

Governor Meyer Opens Nominations For Governor’s Awards
Date Posted: August 4, 2025

Volunteer at a previous Coastal Cleanup smiling and holding up trash collected off of the beach.

Volunteers Sought for 38th Delaware Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 13
Date Posted: August 4, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces 2025 Delaware Women’s Hall Of Fame Inductees
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

DNREC Opens Applications for 2026 Community Environmental Project Fund Grants Through Aug. 31
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Delaware Launches Legal Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Today
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Flooded road with sign. DEMA and DelDOT logos

Storm Could Bring Localized Flooding And Damaging Winds
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Unveiling of New State Historical Marker Honoring Rehoboth Beach Patrol
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Opening of New Grant Cycle
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Governor Meyer Tours Cannabis Cultivation Facility Ahead of Recreational Sales Launch
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

A flyer with the dates, times, and locations of the Back-to-School & Sports Physical Day availability through DPH.

DPH Offers Back-to-School and Sports Physicals at Clinics Across Delaware
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation Requiring CPR, First Aid, AED Training for Coaches
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

New Insights into Delaware’s Revolutionary War Regiment at the Archives’ August First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

AG Jennings sues Trump Administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Partnership for $50 Million in Medical Debt Elimination
Date Posted: July 29, 2025

A man in a wheelchair sets off on a paved trail with three friends at Killens Pond State Park

Trackchairs to Provide Accessibility to Trails at Five Delaware State Parks
Date Posted: July 29, 2025

AG Jennings challenges Trump Administration’s withholding of funds from AmeriCorps
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

DEMA Launches Delaware School Safety Program
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

First Rate Increase in 10 Years for Tidewater Customers
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

White Clay Fly Fishers Club members assist newcomers at "learning the ropes" or lines for the sport of fly fishing. DNREC photo

DNREC to Offer Free Fly-Fishing Lessons for Adult Anglers at Aquatic Resources Education Center
Date Posted: July 25, 2025

Elsmere Fire
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Join DOC’s Fall 2025 Citizens Academy
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Winners of the inaugural DNREC Photo Contest were announced during Governor's Day July 24 at the Delaware State Fair. Left to right as depicted above, are contest winners and the categories for which they were cited: Julie Danan (People Enjoying Nature); Thomas Miller (Watersheds: Landscapes and Waterways); Krystine Sipple (Wildlife and Aquatic Life); DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, and Matthew Trucks (Hunting and Fishing). /Delaware DNREC photo

DNREC Unveils 2025 Photo Contest Winners
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

E-ZPass Free Transponder Summer Sales Event
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Voting Information for the State Representative District 20 Special Election
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Leadership Transition
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

DATE Reaccredited by Delaware Police Accreditation Commission
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

Delaware Launches Bold AI Sandbox Initiative, Cementing Its Role as a National Leader in Responsible Tech Innovation
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

DSB Unveils EDGE 2.0 – A New Era of Opportunity!
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

Lowering of Flags to Honor the Passing of 1st Lt. Ray Firmani
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

New state records were set recently for two invasive fish species in Delaware. Jason Wise holds his 33-pound, 15.68 ounce Flathead Catfish (left above) while Dyllan Rust of Harrington hauled in a 15-pound 8-ounce Northern Snakehead breaking a record set only a month before Rust made his catch.

DNREC Confirms New State Records for Two Invasive Fish Species Increasingly Sought After by Anglers
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Several Health-Related Bills Strengthening Protections for Overlooked Populations
Date Posted: July 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Departure of DHSS Secretary Josette Manning
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Delaware E-613 wildfire engine with 3 crew members

Delaware Forest Service Mobilized Wildfire Engine to Grand Junction, CO
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Bipartisan Group of Governors Issuing Joint Letter to Grid Operator PJM
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Dover angler Logan Smith made a new state record catch for Golden Tilefish

DNREC Confirms New State Record Golden Tilefish
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Other Governors to Demand Trump Administration Release Withheld Funding
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

AG Jennings Secures over $96K Settlement Following HIV Drug Kickback Investigation
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation to Bring Down Energy Prices, Protect Environmental Resources and Wildlife
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

EDGE 2.0 Informational Webinar Scheduled for July 23rd
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

Get an insider’s look at correctional “Good Time” on July 21
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

Class “L” Fire Extinguishers
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

A new DNREC a mapping study models and predicts the most suitable areas for Delaware’s tidal wetlands to migrate as the state experiences sea level rise as an impact of climate change. Marsh migration is the movement of tidal wetlands from their current habitat, away from rising sea levels toward higher and drier ground, to avoid being drowned.

DNREC Releases Updated Marsh Migration Model
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

Treasurer Davis Applauds Passage of Electronic Payments Bill
Date Posted: July 15, 2025

Attorney General Jennings sues Trump for freezing $6.8 billion in education grants weeks before school year start
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs Legislation Protecting Vulnerable Communities
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

DDC Is Seeking Community Feedback
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

This aerial photograph from the 1990s demonstrates how the sand bypass system sucks up water and sand, creating unstable conditions that can include dangerous rip currents. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

DNREC to Begin Sand Bypass Testing July 14
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

Photo of Dover Toll Plaza on Route 1 in Dover. The photos is an aerial picture of the toll booths and the Dover Toll Plaza Administration Building.

DelDOT Toll and Fee Increases Coming Soon to Support Infrastructure Investments
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

The Ommelanden Hunting Education and Training Center will be temporarily closed for trap, skeet and 5-stand shooting while a lead recovery project takes place in some of the center's range fields.

DNREC Sets July 14 Temporary Closure of Ommelanden Hunter Ed Training Center’s Trap, Skeet and 5-Stand Ranges
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2025 Grant Recipients
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Chesapeake Customers to Face First Base Gas Rate Hike in 9 Years
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Can You Find the Liberty Trail? A Photographic Scavenger Hunt Through Dover, Delaware
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Fireworks
Date Posted: July 9, 2025

Explore Delaware’s Revolutionary Homefront at the Archives’ July First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 9, 2025

Delaware Libraries Launch 2025 Summer Library Reading Program
Date Posted: July 8, 2025

DNREC Soliciting Project Proposals for Surface Water Matching Planning Grants
Date Posted: July 8, 2025

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Delaware Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries to meet Sept. 18 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2019

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DOVER – Delaware’s Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries will meet regarding various tidal finfish management issues at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.

For more information, including the meeting agenda, visit the Delaware Public Meeting Calendar at https://publicmeetings.delaware.gov/Meeting/63599.

For more information on Delaware fisheries, please call DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Fisheries Section at 302-739-9914.

Follow the Division of Fish & Wildlife on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/DelawareFishWildlife.

Contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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