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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


Recycle Holiday Trees in the New Year at Delaware Center for Horticulture’s TreeCycle Event Jan. 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Friday, December 20, 2024

DNREC is again sponsoring the Delaware Center for Horticulture’s TreeCycle event that aims to make beneficial reuse of holiday trees by turning them into wood chips and mulch while also keeping the trees out of the state’s landfills. TreeCycle is a family-friendly recycling event to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4. DNREC continues encouraging Delawareans to dispose of their trees in such way that pays dividends to the environment, by having the trees mulched or chipped – or in a US Fish and Wildlife Service salt marsh restoration project, dropped off at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna where they will be placed so as to capture sediment that will help reinforce the refuge’s wildlife drive against wave action.




DNREC Reopens Castle Trail Along C&D Canal Following Repairs to Storm-Damaged Section

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2024

DNREC announced that the Michael N. Castle Trail along the C&D Canal has been reopened at the South Lums Parking Area following repairs to a section of the trail damaged in March by storms.




With Annual Fall Trout Stocking in White Clay Creek, DNREC Delivers Angling Opportunities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Some 1,000 pounds of 12- to 13-inch rainbow trout were stocked in White Clay Creek by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife from near the Pennsylvania state line downstream to Newark, offering fall and winter fishing opportunities for Delaware anglers.




Piping Plover Population in Delaware Experiences Slight Decline, Offset by Higher Nesting Success

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Monday, October 21, 2024

Beach-nesting piping plovers – a federally-listed threatened species and Delaware state-listed endangered species – experienced a decrease in adult pair numbers but increased nesting success in Delaware during 2024.




Delaware Faces Dry Conditions: Open Burning Ban Issued, Water Conservation Urged

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Division of Water | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Delaware is experiencing dry conditions with an open burning ban in effect.







  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Recycle Holiday Trees in the New Year at Delaware Center for Horticulture’s TreeCycle Event Jan. 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Friday, December 20, 2024

DNREC is again sponsoring the Delaware Center for Horticulture’s TreeCycle event that aims to make beneficial reuse of holiday trees by turning them into wood chips and mulch while also keeping the trees out of the state’s landfills. TreeCycle is a family-friendly recycling event to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4. DNREC continues encouraging Delawareans to dispose of their trees in such way that pays dividends to the environment, by having the trees mulched or chipped – or in a US Fish and Wildlife Service salt marsh restoration project, dropped off at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna where they will be placed so as to capture sediment that will help reinforce the refuge’s wildlife drive against wave action.




DNREC Reopens Castle Trail Along C&D Canal Following Repairs to Storm-Damaged Section

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2024

DNREC announced that the Michael N. Castle Trail along the C&D Canal has been reopened at the South Lums Parking Area following repairs to a section of the trail damaged in March by storms.




With Annual Fall Trout Stocking in White Clay Creek, DNREC Delivers Angling Opportunities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Some 1,000 pounds of 12- to 13-inch rainbow trout were stocked in White Clay Creek by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife from near the Pennsylvania state line downstream to Newark, offering fall and winter fishing opportunities for Delaware anglers.




Piping Plover Population in Delaware Experiences Slight Decline, Offset by Higher Nesting Success

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Monday, October 21, 2024

Beach-nesting piping plovers – a federally-listed threatened species and Delaware state-listed endangered species – experienced a decrease in adult pair numbers but increased nesting success in Delaware during 2024.




Delaware Faces Dry Conditions: Open Burning Ban Issued, Water Conservation Urged

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Division of Water | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Delaware is experiencing dry conditions with an open burning ban in effect.