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.
Congratulations to $110K Final DSBF Winners
Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025
HARRINGTON, DE – The Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) congratulates the winners of the $110,000 Finals at Harrington Raceway. Kat’s Fancy, trained by Carlo Poliseno and driven by Cody Poliseno, claimed the Jack Walls Memorial 3-Year-Old Filly Trot in 1:59.4. Primo Maschio, trained by Walter Callahan and driven by Trae Porter, won the Governor Ruth […]
Harrington’s Delaware State Fair Program Set For Thursday
Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025
HARRINGTON, DE – Harrington Raceway’s richest program is set for Thursday July 17 to kickoff the Delaware State Fair (post time 5 p.m.). There is $63,000 in total purses over the 11-race card, which features four $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals for 3-year-olds as well as a pair of consolation events. Long standing events […]
State’s First 2025 Detection of West Nile Virus Found in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens
Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025
West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware for the first time for 2025 in sentinel chickens that help DNREC monitor the state for mosquito-borne illnesses. The DNREC Mosquito Control Section detected WNV at three different sentinel chicken flock locations in New Castle County sampled Aug. 11 and confirmed virus-positive two days later by the Division of Public Health laboratory
