DNREC Announces Record Harvests Set for Delaware During 2024-’25 White-tailed Deer and Wild Turkey Seasons
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Two of Delaware’s most popular and productive hunting seasons – for wild turkey and white-tailed deer – have yielded state record harvests for both game species during the 2024-’25 season, DNREC announced today. It’s an historic harvest for both species to set records during the same overall hunting season.
DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center to Offer ‘Life in the Bay’ Youth Seining Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 19, 2025
DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center near Smyrna has an outdoors family recreational treat on tap with the return of the popular summer seining program “Life in the Bay.” The program is geared toward children age 6 and older but also is beckoning adults who want to learn more about the fish species and other aquatic creatures that inhabit the Delaware Bay.
DNREC Reminds Anglers Reservations Are Required for Drive-On Surf Fishing Beaches Weekends and Holidays
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, May 16, 2025
DNREC reminds anglers wanting to try their luck at any of the seven Delaware State Parks’ multi-use beaches that surf fishing reservations are required during summer weekends and holidays. Reservations can be starting at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 20.
DNREC Announces New Superintendents at Four Delaware State Parks
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2025
DNREC has announced three new superintendents at Delaware State Parks: Robert Brokus at Bellevue and Fox Point State Parks in northern New Castle County; Kathleen Crane at Killens Pond State Park near Felton; and Mathew Smith at Brandywine Creek State Park just outside Wilmington.
Delaware Wildlife Action Plan Draft ‘Species of Greatest Conservation Need’ List Ready for Public Comment
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
At the heart of DNREC’s revising and updating of the 2025 Delaware Wildlife Action Plan is a list of the state’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN), of which the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife and partners on the plan have identified more than 1,000, including 300 plant listings. DNREC is now seeking feedback from the public on the SGCN list.
