Registration open to hunters for mandatory wild turkey hunting courses
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020
DOVER – With Delaware’s annual spring wild turkey hunting season approaching, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Program reminds both resident and non-resident hunters age 13 and older that they must pass a Division-Approved turkey hunting course before they can legally hunt turkeys in the First State. Also, hunters age 13 and older born after Jan. 1, 1967, must have completed an approved basic hunter education safety course and have a course card/number. These hunter education requirements have collectively helped Delaware turkey hunters achieve an excellent hunting safety record.
Joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission-Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council hearings in Dover Feb. 19
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)/Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) public fisheries scoping hearings on Wednesday, Feb. 19 in DNREC’s Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. A Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment hearing will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment hearing at 7 p.m. The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment will consider potential modifications to commercial and recreational catch allocations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in consideration of updated recreational and commercial fishing catch estimates.
Delaware Native Species Commission to meet Feb. 19 in Dover
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020
Delaware’s Native Species Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Building, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.
Source Water Protection Subcommittee to meet Feb. 20 in Dover
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020
The Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) Subcommittee of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Training Room of Tidewater Utilities located at 1100 South Little Creek Road, Dover, DE 19901.
DNREC-sponsored ‘Butterflies and Clean Water’ presentations set for March 2 and 30 as part of Reclaim Our River Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020
DNREC, Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance will host free presentations in Laurel on saving the monarch butterfly, gardening for butterflies, and the importance of clean water.
