Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News



  Category: Division of Community Affairs


DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit arrests Newark woman for illegal dumping

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018

Following an investigation into a complaint about continued dumping of grocery bags filled with used cat litter along Four Seasons Parkway in Newark, Natural Resources Police Officers with the Environmental Crimes Unit arrested a Newark woman on Oct. 30 for illegal dumping of refuse.




DNREC’s Natural Resources Police launch new tip411 mobile app for reporting crimes and concerns

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has launched a new law enforcement app, enabling the public to connect with the department’s Natural Resources Police officers, receive alerts, and submit anonymous tips from their smartphones.




DNREC announces availability of Community Environmental Project Fund grant applications

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, October 29, 2018

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has announced the availability of grants under the Community Environmental Project Fund. The grant program, created by the general Assembly in 2004, enables DNREC to withhold 25 percent of all civil or administrative penalties collected by the Department as funds to benefit communities where civil or administrative violations occurred, and provides for the restoration of these affected communities.




Two Delaware men arrested by DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit for illegal dumping in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018

During an ongoing investigation into reports of illegal dumping in the Georgetown area, Natural Resources Police Officers with DNREC’s Environmental Crimes Unit arrested two Delaware men Sept. 22 on illegal dumping and drug-paraphernalia-related charges.




DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces expanded deer hunting opportunities for state’s 2018/2019 season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today expanded deer hunting opportunities for the 2018/2019 hunting season. Recent changes in state law substantially increase the number of Sundays when deer can be hunted, and also allow the use of certain straight-wall, pistol-caliber rifles for some deer hunting seasons.







  Category: Division of Community Affairs

DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit arrests Newark woman for illegal dumping

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018

Following an investigation into a complaint about continued dumping of grocery bags filled with used cat litter along Four Seasons Parkway in Newark, Natural Resources Police Officers with the Environmental Crimes Unit arrested a Newark woman on Oct. 30 for illegal dumping of refuse.




DNREC’s Natural Resources Police launch new tip411 mobile app for reporting crimes and concerns

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has launched a new law enforcement app, enabling the public to connect with the department’s Natural Resources Police officers, receive alerts, and submit anonymous tips from their smartphones.




DNREC announces availability of Community Environmental Project Fund grant applications

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, October 29, 2018

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has announced the availability of grants under the Community Environmental Project Fund. The grant program, created by the general Assembly in 2004, enables DNREC to withhold 25 percent of all civil or administrative penalties collected by the Department as funds to benefit communities where civil or administrative violations occurred, and provides for the restoration of these affected communities.




Two Delaware men arrested by DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit for illegal dumping in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018

During an ongoing investigation into reports of illegal dumping in the Georgetown area, Natural Resources Police Officers with DNREC’s Environmental Crimes Unit arrested two Delaware men Sept. 22 on illegal dumping and drug-paraphernalia-related charges.




DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces expanded deer hunting opportunities for state’s 2018/2019 season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today expanded deer hunting opportunities for the 2018/2019 hunting season. Recent changes in state law substantially increase the number of Sundays when deer can be hunted, and also allow the use of certain straight-wall, pistol-caliber rifles for some deer hunting seasons.