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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2019

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will reopen Wednesday, April 3 after having been closed for the fall and winter.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 18-24

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Feb. 18-24 made 1,184 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters, and the general public.




Delaware Native Species Commission meeting rescheduled to March 8 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Delaware’s Native Species Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, in Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Building, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 11-17

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Feb. 11-17 made 1,668 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters, and the general public.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrest Smyrna man for firearm felonies and deer poaching

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019

DOVER – DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a Smyrna man Feb. 18 for multiple felony firearms charges and deer poaching. Melvin J. Durand, 65, was charged with 19 counts of possession, purchase, ownership or control of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited for prior violent crime or felony; one count of possession, purchase, ownership or control of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited for prior violent crime or felony; and one count of possession or transportation of an unlawfully taken antlerless deer. Durand was arraigned at New Castle County Justice of the Peace Court 11, where he was released on an unsecured bond pending a future court appearance in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas.







  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2019

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will reopen Wednesday, April 3 after having been closed for the fall and winter.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 18-24

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Feb. 18-24 made 1,184 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters, and the general public.




Delaware Native Species Commission meeting rescheduled to March 8 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Delaware’s Native Species Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, in Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Building, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 11-17

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Feb. 11-17 made 1,668 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters, and the general public.




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrest Smyrna man for firearm felonies and deer poaching

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019

DOVER – DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a Smyrna man Feb. 18 for multiple felony firearms charges and deer poaching. Melvin J. Durand, 65, was charged with 19 counts of possession, purchase, ownership or control of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited for prior violent crime or felony; one count of possession, purchase, ownership or control of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited for prior violent crime or felony; and one count of possession or transportation of an unlawfully taken antlerless deer. Durand was arraigned at New Castle County Justice of the Peace Court 11, where he was released on an unsecured bond pending a future court appearance in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas.