DNREC to close The Point at Cape Henlopen March 1 for 2020 for beach nesting season
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
LEWES – The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, will close Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns, and other species. The Point’s nesting habitat […]
Two wells near Dover AFB have possible elevated PFOS/PFOA levels
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Preliminary results show two wells near the base (AFB) have possible elevated levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Funding available to communities to plan for coastal flooding and climate change impacts
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
DNREC is soliciting letters of interest to enter into projects that will support local resilience planning and adaptation activities in Delaware.
DNREC to launch refrigerant incentive program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Monday, February 24, 2020
DNREC will launch a program to provide incentives to businesses to install refrigeration systems that are less harmful to the environment.
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 […]
