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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Public asked to report sick or dead wild birds to DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section for 2016 West Nile virus monitoring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section is again asking for the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus in Delaware by reporting the discovery of sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 30-June 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

Natural Resources Police officers made 2,677 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between May 30-June 5, including 112 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



Commercial waterman faces charges for fishing violations including possession of numerous undersized conch

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a commercial waterman June 3 for nearly 300 fishing violations, most of them for illegal take of knobbed conch after boarding his vessel for a no-wake violation near the Lewes Public Boat Ramp on May 31.



DNREC, DHSS issue new fish consumption advisories reflecting significant improvements in New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Updated consumption advisories for fish caught in Delaware waterways show some of the most significant improvements in fish tissue contaminant concentrations since the state began assessing contaminants in fish in 1986, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health (DHSS/DPH) announced today.



Water Infrastructure Advisory Council meeting set for June 15 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council (WIAC) will hold a meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 15 at the Delaware Technical and Community College, Corporate Training Center, in Dover.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Public asked to report sick or dead wild birds to DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section for 2016 West Nile virus monitoring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section is again asking for the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus in Delaware by reporting the discovery of sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 30-June 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016

Natural Resources Police officers made 2,677 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public between May 30-June 5, including 112 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



Commercial waterman faces charges for fishing violations including possession of numerous undersized conch

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a commercial waterman June 3 for nearly 300 fishing violations, most of them for illegal take of knobbed conch after boarding his vessel for a no-wake violation near the Lewes Public Boat Ramp on May 31.



DNREC, DHSS issue new fish consumption advisories reflecting significant improvements in New Castle County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Updated consumption advisories for fish caught in Delaware waterways show some of the most significant improvements in fish tissue contaminant concentrations since the state began assessing contaminants in fish in 1986, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Department of Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health (DHSS/DPH) announced today.



Water Infrastructure Advisory Council meeting set for June 15 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council (WIAC) will hold a meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 15 at the Delaware Technical and Community College, Corporate Training Center, in Dover.