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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


Delaware Announces First Presumptive Positive H5 Avian Influenza Case Detected on Kent County Farm in 2025

Department of Agriculture | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 3, 2025

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced this morning that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County, Del., has returned presumptive positive H5 from the University of Delaware’s Lasher Laboratory in Georgetown, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. Additional samples have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) for further confirmation.




DNREC Cautions That Stricken Snow Geese Found Along Sussex Coast May Have Contracted Avian Influenza

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, December 27, 2024

DNREC announced that a number of snow geese found sick or dead Dec. 27 in coastal waters of Sussex County have been sent to the University of Delaware Poultry Health System laboratory to determine if they fell victim to the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI).




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 | Newsroom | 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 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4. DNREC continues encouraging Delawareans to dispose of their trees in such way that pays dividends to the environment.




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 | Newsroom | 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 | Newsroom | 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.







  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Delaware Announces First Presumptive Positive H5 Avian Influenza Case Detected on Kent County Farm in 2025

Department of Agriculture | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 3, 2025

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced this morning that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County, Del., has returned presumptive positive H5 from the University of Delaware’s Lasher Laboratory in Georgetown, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. Additional samples have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) for further confirmation.




DNREC Cautions That Stricken Snow Geese Found Along Sussex Coast May Have Contracted Avian Influenza

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, December 27, 2024

DNREC announced that a number of snow geese found sick or dead Dec. 27 in coastal waters of Sussex County have been sent to the University of Delaware Poultry Health System laboratory to determine if they fell victim to the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI).




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 | Newsroom | 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 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4. DNREC continues encouraging Delawareans to dispose of their trees in such way that pays dividends to the environment.




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 | Newsroom | 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 | Newsroom | 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.