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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces 2016/17 Sunday deer hunting dates; now seeks public comment on state wildlife area Sunday deer hunting locations, times

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016

With a recent change in Delaware law, deer hunting is allowed on five specified Sundays on private lands and on designated public lands beginning with the 2016/2017 hunting season, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Sunday deer hunting dates for the upcoming season will be Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and 20, Dec. 11 this year, and Jan. 15, 2017.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 1-14

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

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 4,166 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 472 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks between Aug. 1 and Aug. 14.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police respond to multiple boating accidents, address safety violations

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

During the two-week period Aug. 1-14, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police marine patrols statewide investigated seven boating accidents and issued numerous boating safety-related citations to help keep Delaware waterways safer for boaters.




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.







  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces 2016/17 Sunday deer hunting dates; now seeks public comment on state wildlife area Sunday deer hunting locations, times

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016

With a recent change in Delaware law, deer hunting is allowed on five specified Sundays on private lands and on designated public lands beginning with the 2016/2017 hunting season, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Sunday deer hunting dates for the upcoming season will be Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and 20, Dec. 11 this year, and Jan. 15, 2017.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 1-14

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

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 4,166 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 472 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks between Aug. 1 and Aug. 14.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police respond to multiple boating accidents, address safety violations

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

During the two-week period Aug. 1-14, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police marine patrols statewide investigated seven boating accidents and issued numerous boating safety-related citations to help keep Delaware waterways safer for boaters.




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.