DNREC to present ‘Gardening for Clean Water and Butterflies’ March 20 at Seaford Library as part of Reclaim Our River Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, March 13, 2017
DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River (ROR) Program, in partnership with the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, will host a free presentation on “Gardening for Clean Water and Butterflies” at 6 p.m. Monday, March 20 at the Seaford Library, 600 North Market Street Extended, Seaford, DE 19973.
DNREC fines Delaware City Refining Company/PBF Energy for violation of Secretary’s Order and illegal shipment of petroleum
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Date Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017
DOVER – DNREC Secretary David Small today issued a $150,000 fine in a Notice of Penalty Assessment and Secretary’s Order to the Delaware City Refining Company and PBF Energy for violating an earlier DNREC Order that allowed the refinery to ship crude oil from Delaware City to only its Paulsboro, N.J. facility as a condition of DNREC’s granting an air permit to PBF Energy and DCRC in 2013.
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 27- March 5
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017
DOVER – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Feb. 27- March 5 made 999 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public…
Upstate trout season to open April 1 in six New Castle County streams
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Delaware’s spring upstate trout season will open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Portions of six designated trout streams in northern New Castle County – White Clay Creek, Christina Creek, Pike Creek, Beaver Run, Wilson Run and Mill Creek – will be stocked with thousands of rainbow and brown trout, including some trophy-sized fish.
Shorebird and horseshoe crab connection highlighted in new film from the Delaware Shorebird Project
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2017
The Delaware Shorebird Project today premiered Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection, a film produced to raise awareness and understanding about the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds migrating through the Delaware Bay area, as well as the researchers who study them.
