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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC Extends Electric Vehicle Incentive Programs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Monday, April 21, 2025

Delaware is extending its Clean Vehicle rebate programs, which include new and used electric vehicles, as well as qualifying public charging stations.




DNREC to Offer Training May 3 at Cape Henlopen for Becoming a Volunteer Beach-nesting Bird Monitor

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 18, 2025

DNREC is seeking volunteers who want to help protect Delaware’s shorebird species – which include federally-listed threatened piping plovers and state-listed endangered American oystercatchers – by working as beach-nesting bird monitors. Training and a potential field trip will be held Saturday, May 3 at Cape Henlopen State Park.




Pocomoke Watershed Wetlands Get Highest Rating in DNREC’s Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Report Card

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Good advance Earth Day news from DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program: An “environmental report card” on the health of wetlands within the Delaware and Maryland portion of the Pocomoke watershed – gave the wetlands a grade of A-, the highest-rated wetlands of any Delaware watersheds graded to date by DNREC.




Latest DNREC Air Quality Report Shows Progress, but Highlights Need for Continued Focus on Improvement

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

DNREC has released the Annual Air Quality Report, with the latest full-year data (2023) from the statewide air quality monitoring network showing that Delaware is making steady progress toward cleaner air which leads to healthier communities. DNREC Division of Air Quality data for 2023 found that Delaware’s air was either “Good” or “Moderate” for 353 days of the year.




Odessa High School Wins 2025 Delaware Envirothon Championship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025

In an historic upset, Odessa High School’s FFA and Agriscience Team broke a 22-year winning streak by Charter School of Wilmington Thursday, April 10 to win the 2025 Delaware Envirothon competition, sponsored by the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts and DNREC







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC Extends Electric Vehicle Incentive Programs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Monday, April 21, 2025

Delaware is extending its Clean Vehicle rebate programs, which include new and used electric vehicles, as well as qualifying public charging stations.




DNREC to Offer Training May 3 at Cape Henlopen for Becoming a Volunteer Beach-nesting Bird Monitor

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 18, 2025

DNREC is seeking volunteers who want to help protect Delaware’s shorebird species – which include federally-listed threatened piping plovers and state-listed endangered American oystercatchers – by working as beach-nesting bird monitors. Training and a potential field trip will be held Saturday, May 3 at Cape Henlopen State Park.




Pocomoke Watershed Wetlands Get Highest Rating in DNREC’s Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Report Card

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Good advance Earth Day news from DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program: An “environmental report card” on the health of wetlands within the Delaware and Maryland portion of the Pocomoke watershed – gave the wetlands a grade of A-, the highest-rated wetlands of any Delaware watersheds graded to date by DNREC.




Latest DNREC Air Quality Report Shows Progress, but Highlights Need for Continued Focus on Improvement

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

DNREC has released the Annual Air Quality Report, with the latest full-year data (2023) from the statewide air quality monitoring network showing that Delaware is making steady progress toward cleaner air which leads to healthier communities. DNREC Division of Air Quality data for 2023 found that Delaware’s air was either “Good” or “Moderate” for 353 days of the year.




Odessa High School Wins 2025 Delaware Envirothon Championship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025

In an historic upset, Odessa High School’s FFA and Agriscience Team broke a 22-year winning streak by Charter School of Wilmington Thursday, April 10 to win the 2025 Delaware Envirothon competition, sponsored by the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts and DNREC