DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Collins Beach boat ramp facility to have limited access to lower parking lot and intermittent boat ramp closures Sept. 6-7
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, September 2, 2016
DOVER (Sept. 2, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the Collins Beach boat ramp facility will have limited access Sept. 6 and 7 while the division assists Delmarva Power with the critical, time-sensitive waterborne offloading of a large transformer at the boat ramp for transport to the utility’s Townsend power substation on Flemings Landing Road in Smyrna. After a recent transformer failure there, Delmarva Power needed to get a replacement unit onsite as quickly as possible, and DNREC agreed to help, given that the transformer is key Delmarva Power infrastructure for ensuring electric reliability in areas of New Castle and Kent County.
Stretches of ocean beach reopened at Cape Henlopen State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2016
DNREC has reopened stretches of ocean beach between Gordons Pond and Herring Point, and beachfront along the oceanside of The Point on Cape Henlopen, following the end of a piping plover nesting season that produced 13 plover fledglings.
Indian River Marina basin maintenance dredging project scheduled to begin Thursday, Sept. 15
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Maintenance dredging at the Indian River Marina basin within Delaware Seashore State Park is scheduled to begin Thursday, Sept. 15.
DNREC to hold workshops to introduce new draft universal recycling regulations
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
DNREC will hold three public workshops in September to introduce draft Universal Recycling Regulations for Delaware. The informal workshops will be held in each county, offering an opportunity to learn about and discuss the draft regulations.
Delaware’s deer, dove, resident canada goose and teal seasons to open in September
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
Delaware’s 2016/17 hunting seasons will start Thursday, Sept. 1 with the opening of the archery and crossbow deer season and the mourning dove and resident Canada goose seasons on private lands and state wildlife areas.
