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Gov. Markell signs Senate Bill 261 establishing dedicated funding for DNREC’s waterway management operations and responsibilities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, July 22, 2016

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK (July 22, 2016) – Today at the Indian River Marina with DNREC Secretary David Small, legislators, and members of the Delaware Waterways Management and Financing Advisory Committee looking on, Governor Jack Markell signed legislation that establishes a dedicated and sustainable funding source for the state’s waterway management operations. Sponsored by Senator Gerald Hocker and Representatives Ronald Gray and Ruth Briggs King, Senate Bill 261 allocates increased revenue from the state’s boat registration program to a newly-created Waterway Management Fund for the exclusive support of Delaware’s waterway management operations, as directed by DNREC, to keep channels open and safe for boaters.



Maryland man cited for OUI after boating accident near Fenwick Island

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016

A Maryland man was charged with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol (OUI) following a boating accident that left him clinging to his capsized 28-foot cabin cruiser for about two hours in the water off Cape Windsor, west of Fenwick Island.



Public invited to an open house July 20 on draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) invite ocean stakeholders and the interested public to attend an open house to consider a draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan. The open house is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at The Virden Retreat Center, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958.



Riverview Park Boating Access Area parking lot in Laurel to close for pavement re-striping July 18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

The parking lot at the Riverview Boating Access Area in Laurel will be closed temporarily on July 18.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 4-10

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between July 4-10 made 1,610 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Gov. Markell signs Senate Bill 261 establishing dedicated funding for DNREC’s waterway management operations and responsibilities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, July 22, 2016

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK (July 22, 2016) – Today at the Indian River Marina with DNREC Secretary David Small, legislators, and members of the Delaware Waterways Management and Financing Advisory Committee looking on, Governor Jack Markell signed legislation that establishes a dedicated and sustainable funding source for the state’s waterway management operations. Sponsored by Senator Gerald Hocker and Representatives Ronald Gray and Ruth Briggs King, Senate Bill 261 allocates increased revenue from the state’s boat registration program to a newly-created Waterway Management Fund for the exclusive support of Delaware’s waterway management operations, as directed by DNREC, to keep channels open and safe for boaters.



Maryland man cited for OUI after boating accident near Fenwick Island

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016

A Maryland man was charged with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol (OUI) following a boating accident that left him clinging to his capsized 28-foot cabin cruiser for about two hours in the water off Cape Windsor, west of Fenwick Island.



Public invited to an open house July 20 on draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) invite ocean stakeholders and the interested public to attend an open house to consider a draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan. The open house is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at The Virden Retreat Center, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958.



Riverview Park Boating Access Area parking lot in Laurel to close for pavement re-striping July 18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

The parking lot at the Riverview Boating Access Area in Laurel will be closed temporarily on July 18.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 4-10

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between July 4-10 made 1,610 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public.