DNREC Announces Record Harvests Set for Delaware During 2024-’25 White-tailed Deer and Wild Turkey Seasons
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Two of Delaware’s most popular and productive hunting seasons – for wild turkey and white-tailed deer – have yielded state record harvests for both game species during the 2024-’25 season, DNREC announced today. It’s an historic harvest for both species to set records during the same overall hunting season.
DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center to Offer ‘Life in the Bay’ Youth Seining Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 19, 2025
DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center near Smyrna has an outdoors family recreational treat on tap with the return of the popular summer seining program “Life in the Bay.” The program is geared toward children age 6 and older but also is beckoning adults who want to learn more about the fish species and other aquatic creatures that inhabit the Delaware Bay.
Delaware Wildlife Action Plan Draft ‘Species of Greatest Conservation Need’ List Ready for Public Comment
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
At the heart of DNREC’s revising and updating of the 2025 Delaware Wildlife Action Plan is a list of the state’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN), of which the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife and partners on the plan have identified more than 1,000, including 300 plant listings. DNREC is now seeking feedback from the public on the SGCN list.
Delaware Natural Resources Police to host 39th Annual Youth Fishing Tournament, Set for Saturday, June 7
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Delaware Natural Resources Police (DNRP) will host the 39th Annual Youth Fishing Tournament from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 7. The tournament, co-sponsored by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife, is to be held rain or shine at a public pond in each county: Blockhouse Pond in Lewes, Akridge Scout Reservation in the Dover area, and Lums Pond near Bear.
DNREC, Center for Inland Bays to Partner on Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 3
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
DNREC and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays are partnering again to host Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale. The family-friendly, free admission event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at James Farm Ecological Preserve, located at 30048 Cedar Neck Road, Ocean View.
