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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC acquires additional acreage for Fork Branch Nature Preserve

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control recently acquired 41 acres of land adjacent to the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover. The property includes agricultural fields, wetlands and young forest, and adds to the only nature preserve within a municipal boundary in Delaware. The new acquisition is located at the […]




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 10-16

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 10-16 made 1,508 public contacts.




Spring trout stocking and March 7 season opening at downstate ponds announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

Delaware spring 2020 downstate freshwater trout season will begin Saturday, March 7.




Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Feb. 25 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.




DNREC Secretary’s Emergency Order authorizes change to striped bass fishing regulations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

DNREC reduces the striped bass fishing quota for commercial fishing and limits the number and size of fish that recreational anglers can keep.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC acquires additional acreage for Fork Branch Nature Preserve

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control recently acquired 41 acres of land adjacent to the Fork Branch Nature Preserve in Dover. The property includes agricultural fields, wetlands and young forest, and adds to the only nature preserve within a municipal boundary in Delaware. The new acquisition is located at the […]




DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 10-16

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 10-16 made 1,508 public contacts.




Spring trout stocking and March 7 season opening at downstate ponds announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020

Delaware spring 2020 downstate freshwater trout season will begin Saturday, March 7.




Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Feb. 25 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.




DNREC Secretary’s Emergency Order authorizes change to striped bass fishing regulations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

DNREC reduces the striped bass fishing quota for commercial fishing and limits the number and size of fish that recreational anglers can keep.