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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


New DMV Support Pollinator Plate Creating a Buzz

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Technology and Information | Department of Transportation | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Motor Vehicles | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022

The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is excited to announce its new specialty Support Pollinators License Plate recently won the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association’s (ALPCA) Best Plate Award for 2021. This morning at 10:00 am Secretary of Transportation Nicole Majeski, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Shanté Hastings, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles Director Jana […]




DNREC Announces Beach Access Closures Due to Storm Damage

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022

 The widespread beach erosion and storm damage along Delaware’s Atlantic Coast as seen at Rehoboth Beach. /DNREC photo The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that multiple Delaware State Parks drive- and walk-on crossings will be closed this Memorial Day Weekend due widespread erosion along Delaware’s coastline sustained during a May […]




 New Tram Path, Other Improvements to Greet Fort Delaware State Park Visitors This Season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

 A Fort Delaware interpreter entertains visitors with his impression of Rev. Isaac Handy, who spent 15 months at the fort as a political prisoner. Fort Delaware visitors can experience its costumed living history program, which takes people back to 1864.   Visitors to Fort Delaware State Park now have a smoother ride along Pea Patch […]




‘Take A Kid Fishing!’ Events Announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control invites budding anglers ages 6 through 15 to join the DNREC Division of Fish of Fish and Wildlife aquatic resource educators and learn how to fish with a parent, grandparent or guardian at an upcoming “Take a Kid Fishing!” event.




Crews Work to Contain Fire on Barge in Delaware Bay

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Monday, May 23, 2022

DNREC Onsite to Assess Possible Environmental Impacts Local emergency responders have been working into the afternoon today to contain a fire aboard a cargo barge approximately 9 miles off the coast of Port Mahon. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are onsite assessing the situation […]







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

New DMV Support Pollinator Plate Creating a Buzz

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Technology and Information | Department of Transportation | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Motor Vehicles | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022

The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is excited to announce its new specialty Support Pollinators License Plate recently won the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association’s (ALPCA) Best Plate Award for 2021. This morning at 10:00 am Secretary of Transportation Nicole Majeski, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Shanté Hastings, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles Director Jana […]




DNREC Announces Beach Access Closures Due to Storm Damage

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022

 The widespread beach erosion and storm damage along Delaware’s Atlantic Coast as seen at Rehoboth Beach. /DNREC photo The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that multiple Delaware State Parks drive- and walk-on crossings will be closed this Memorial Day Weekend due widespread erosion along Delaware’s coastline sustained during a May […]




 New Tram Path, Other Improvements to Greet Fort Delaware State Park Visitors This Season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

 A Fort Delaware interpreter entertains visitors with his impression of Rev. Isaac Handy, who spent 15 months at the fort as a political prisoner. Fort Delaware visitors can experience its costumed living history program, which takes people back to 1864.   Visitors to Fort Delaware State Park now have a smoother ride along Pea Patch […]




‘Take A Kid Fishing!’ Events Announced

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control invites budding anglers ages 6 through 15 to join the DNREC Division of Fish of Fish and Wildlife aquatic resource educators and learn how to fish with a parent, grandparent or guardian at an upcoming “Take a Kid Fishing!” event.




Crews Work to Contain Fire on Barge in Delaware Bay

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Monday, May 23, 2022

DNREC Onsite to Assess Possible Environmental Impacts Local emergency responders have been working into the afternoon today to contain a fire aboard a cargo barge approximately 9 miles off the coast of Port Mahon. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are onsite assessing the situation […]