Box Tree Moth Found in New Castle County
Department of Agriculture | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025
DOVER, Del. (Sept. 22, 2025) — The Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed a find of a box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in New Castle County during inspections of traps set up on the New Castle County-Kent County border. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (Buxus […]
Delaware Confirms Initial Cases of West Nile Virus in Horses for 2025
Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
DOVER, Del. (Sept. 9, 2025) – The Office of the State Veterinarian within the Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first two cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Delaware horses this year. The onset of symptoms in these cases occurred between Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The cases include: • 4-year-old Standardbred gelding, Kent County, […]
Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative Awards $173,000 to Nine Organizations
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
The Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative has awarded $173,000 to nine organizations to plant 12,055 trees in spring of 2026
Delaware Forest Service plans controlled burn in response to hay bale blaze outside Clayton
Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
CLAYTON, Del. (Aug. 27, 2025) — The Delaware Forest Service’s Wildland Fire Crew is planning a controlled burn just west of Clayton beginning this evening in response to a fire involving approximately 200 hay bales. A controlled burn of the hay is necessary to stop the blaze’s spread, said State Forester Kyle Hoyd, and could […]
Gov. Meyer Lifts Delaware Drought Watch After 10 Months
Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, August 18, 2025
Acting on guidance from the State’s Water Supply Coordinating Council (WSCC) and the Governor’s Drought Response Committee, Governor Matt Meyer today lifted Delaware’s drought watch almost 10 months after it went into effect due to prolonged drought conditions brought on by low precipitation levels throughout the state in 2024.
