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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC, Center for Inland Bays to Partner on Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DNREC and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays are partnering again to host Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale. The family-friendly, free admission event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at James Farm Ecological Preserve, located at 30048 Cedar Neck Road, Ocean View.




DNREC Works to Revise 2025 Delaware Wildlife Action Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

DNREC has begun an update of the Delaware Wildlife Action Plan for the next 10 years, kicking off a process that will include federal, state and non-government conservation partners, along with wildlife experts, key stakeholders and the public. The theme of the plan focuses on keeping today’s wildlife from becoming tomorrow’s memories.




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.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC, Center for Inland Bays to Partner on Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DNREC and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays are partnering again to host Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale. The family-friendly, free admission event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at James Farm Ecological Preserve, located at 30048 Cedar Neck Road, Ocean View.




DNREC Works to Revise 2025 Delaware Wildlife Action Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

DNREC has begun an update of the Delaware Wildlife Action Plan for the next 10 years, kicking off a process that will include federal, state and non-government conservation partners, along with wildlife experts, key stakeholders and the public. The theme of the plan focuses on keeping today’s wildlife from becoming tomorrow’s memories.




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.