Delaware’s Piping Plover Population Experiences Slight Increase but Diminished Breeding Success
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025
Beach-nesting piping plovers – a federally-listed threatened species that’s also a Delaware state-listed endangered species – experienced mixed results in Delaware in 2025. DNREC is reporting an increase in adult pair numbers, which helped bolster the state’s plover population, but nesting success faltered, largely due to predation and unfavorable climate conditions.
ASMFC to Hold Hybrid Hearing in Delaware Sept. 18 on Striped Bass Management Plan
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 8, 2025
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will hold a hybrid public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 to gather public input on Draft Addendum III to Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Striped Bass Interstate Fishery Management Plan. The ASMFC’s hybrid format will allow the public to participate either in-person at DNREC’s Little Creek Hunter Education Center Training Center, 3018 Bayside Drive in Dover or virtually
DNREC Hosts Parks for Pollinators with Projects to Save Crops and Gardens
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2025
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control provides the Parks for Pollinators program to help save the bats, insects, birds and animals that help provide one-third of the food eaten across the globe.
Court Ruling Eliminates ‘Direct Supervision’ Provision in State Law Affecting Delaware Hunters Ages 18 to 21
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2025
An Aug. 29 Superior Court ruling has eliminated a provision in Delaware Code from a 2022 law that stated hunters between 18 and 21 years old would require direct supervision from a person age 21 or older when the state’s hunting seasons open Monday, Sept. 1.
The Point at Cape Henlopen Opens Aug. 30
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025
The oceanside of The Point at Cape Henlopen State will reopen to beachgoers and anglers on Saturday, Aug. 30, after having been closed since to help protect the nesting areas of endangered shorebirds.
