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  Category: Division of Community Affairs


DNREC’S Community Involvement Advisory Council to hold public workshop Monday, April 25 in Milton on concerns over Allen Harim Foods LLC’s Harbeson plant improvements and operational issues

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016

DNREC’s Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC) will hold an informational public workshop Monday, April 25 to address the ongoing concerns of Harbeson area residents related to improvements to the Allen Harim Foods LLC poultry processing facility’s wastewater treatment plant and other operational issues.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Blotter: June 4-11; Reminder for the week: Visitors to C&D Canal Conservation Area reminded to heed signs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents between June 4 and 11 made 1,649 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 83 boating safety/fishing regulation compliance checks. Agents responded to 38 complaints and issued 39 citations, 17 of which were associated with increased Fish and Wildlife Enforcement presence at the C&D Canal Conservation Area (formerly the C&D Canal Wildlife Area) and the associated recreational trail currently under construction.



Heavy rains prompt mosquito alert and advisory; DNREC Mosquito Control working to thwart big rise in numbers

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013

Due to heavy rainfall Delaware has received in the last week – and with more rain forecast through the weekend – there will be plenty of surface water for the state’s mosquito species to lay their eggs with great numbers of mosquitoes expected to hatch in the near future.



TrashStoppers: see DNREC’s anti-dumping program candidly on-camera in new video

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013

DNREC’s TrashStoppers program to stop illegal trash dumping in Delaware thrives on violators convicting themselves on camera of breaking the law and possibly costing themselves thousands of dollars in fines. Now, in a new DNREC video, the TrashStoppers program itself goes before the camera for an inside look at how this nationally-recognized program operates to thwart illegal dumping and do away with roadside dump sites in the state.



DNREC celebrating Earth Day on April 22 with rain barrel sale, conservation exhibits

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013

In celebration of the 43rd annual Earth Day, DNREC is holding a rain barrel sale and showcasing conservation exhibits from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, April 22 at the agency’s Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.






  Category: Division of Community Affairs

DNREC’S Community Involvement Advisory Council to hold public workshop Monday, April 25 in Milton on concerns over Allen Harim Foods LLC’s Harbeson plant improvements and operational issues

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016

DNREC’s Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC) will hold an informational public workshop Monday, April 25 to address the ongoing concerns of Harbeson area residents related to improvements to the Allen Harim Foods LLC poultry processing facility’s wastewater treatment plant and other operational issues.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Blotter: June 4-11; Reminder for the week: Visitors to C&D Canal Conservation Area reminded to heed signs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents between June 4 and 11 made 1,649 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 83 boating safety/fishing regulation compliance checks. Agents responded to 38 complaints and issued 39 citations, 17 of which were associated with increased Fish and Wildlife Enforcement presence at the C&D Canal Conservation Area (formerly the C&D Canal Wildlife Area) and the associated recreational trail currently under construction.



Heavy rains prompt mosquito alert and advisory; DNREC Mosquito Control working to thwart big rise in numbers

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013

Due to heavy rainfall Delaware has received in the last week – and with more rain forecast through the weekend – there will be plenty of surface water for the state’s mosquito species to lay their eggs with great numbers of mosquitoes expected to hatch in the near future.



TrashStoppers: see DNREC’s anti-dumping program candidly on-camera in new video

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013

DNREC’s TrashStoppers program to stop illegal trash dumping in Delaware thrives on violators convicting themselves on camera of breaking the law and possibly costing themselves thousands of dollars in fines. Now, in a new DNREC video, the TrashStoppers program itself goes before the camera for an inside look at how this nationally-recognized program operates to thwart illegal dumping and do away with roadside dump sites in the state.



DNREC celebrating Earth Day on April 22 with rain barrel sale, conservation exhibits

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013

In celebration of the 43rd annual Earth Day, DNREC is holding a rain barrel sale and showcasing conservation exhibits from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, April 22 at the agency’s Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.