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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


DNREC awarded federal grant to support Delaware’s research, monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome in state’s bats

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has been awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support Delaware’s ongoing research and monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease that causes mortality in bats and has taken a severe toll on hibernating North American bat species since it was discovered almost 10 years ago.




DNREC-sponsored 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program to be held as one-day events Sept. 24 and Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Registration is now open for Delaware’s 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes and Saturday, Oct. 8 at Lums Pond State Park in Bear.




DPH, DNREC Join Sen. Carper to Announce Zika Funding for Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016

Senator Carper joined officials from the Division of Public Health and DNREC to announce $813,000 in federal funding to help Delaware’s efforts to prevent and respond to the Zika virus.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrest Dover man for drug possession in Little Creek Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016

A Dover man was arrested on drug charges Aug. 6 by DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police after a traffic stop for trespassing after hours on Port Mahon Road in the Little Creek Wildlife Area.




DNREC, Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Navy partner to acquire property for Sussex County’s Nanticoke Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The state has addedd 48 acres of pristine woodlands along a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Sussex County to the Nanticoke Wildlife Area. The property features increasingly rare stands of Atlantic white cedar trees and an abundance of native wildlife, including some species of conservation concern.







  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

DNREC awarded federal grant to support Delaware’s research, monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome in state’s bats

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has been awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support Delaware’s ongoing research and monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease that causes mortality in bats and has taken a severe toll on hibernating North American bat species since it was discovered almost 10 years ago.




DNREC-sponsored 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program to be held as one-day events Sept. 24 and Oct. 8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Registration is now open for Delaware’s 2016 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes and Saturday, Oct. 8 at Lums Pond State Park in Bear.




DPH, DNREC Join Sen. Carper to Announce Zika Funding for Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016

Senator Carper joined officials from the Division of Public Health and DNREC to announce $813,000 in federal funding to help Delaware’s efforts to prevent and respond to the Zika virus.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrest Dover man for drug possession in Little Creek Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016

A Dover man was arrested on drug charges Aug. 6 by DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police after a traffic stop for trespassing after hours on Port Mahon Road in the Little Creek Wildlife Area.




DNREC, Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Navy partner to acquire property for Sussex County’s Nanticoke Wildlife Area

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The state has addedd 48 acres of pristine woodlands along a tributary of the Nanticoke River in Sussex County to the Nanticoke Wildlife Area. The property features increasingly rare stands of Atlantic white cedar trees and an abundance of native wildlife, including some species of conservation concern.