DNREC announces changes to operations in response to COVID-19
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
DNREC continues to focus on taking a proactive and preventative approach to keep communities and employees safe in the midst of the coronavirus.
DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]
DNREC acquires additional acreage for Fork Branch Nature Preserve
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020
DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control recently acquired 41 acres of land adjacent to the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover. The property includes agricultural fields, wetlands and young forest, and adds to the only nature preserve within a municipal boundary in Delaware. The new acquisition is located at the […]
Repairs to Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park delayed until next week
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020
DNREC has rescheduled repairs to the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park for Monday, Feb. 10 and Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to inclement weather. Construction was originally scheduled to begin Feb. 5.
Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for repairs next week
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020
LEWES – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will close the Gordons Pond elevated boardwalk along the Gordons Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park on Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 6 for repairs to its railing. Access to the boardwalk where it meets the trail on the north and […]
