DNREC Opens Doors to Environmental Careers With New Internship Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
In early June, DNREC kicked off a summer internship program to offer accomplished college students and recent graduates an opportunity to work alongside experts in public service and science.
USACE and DNREC Sign Agreement for Bayshore Beaches
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control have signed an agreement to protect and restore beaches along the Delaware Bay.
DNREC Sets Information Meetings for Draft State Energy Plan
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2024
Public information meetings are planned this month on the update to the State Energy Plan.
DNREC Announces Opening of New Boat Ramp at Records Pond near Laurel
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2024
A DNREC grand opening today of a new boat ramp facility at Records Pond near Laurel in Sussex County. Construction began earlier this year on the new facility – which includes a new boat ramp with courtesy dock, expansion of existing parking lots to accommodate boat trailers, and new decking for an existing fishing pier on Records Pond.
Delaware’s First 2024 Evidence of West Nile Virus Detected in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens
Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, July 26, 2024
West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware for the first time for 2024 in sentinel chickens that help the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control monitor the state for mosquito-borne illnesses, DNREC announced today. The initial WNV occurrence was found in eight sentinel chickens sampled July 22 by the DNREC Mosquito Control Section which returned positive test results from the Delaware Division of Public Health Laboratory two days later.
