NEWS FEED

DNREC reopens wooded areas of Alapocas Run State Park without further sighting of black bear seen earlier in park
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 25 – Dec. 1
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

Governor Carney’s Statement on United States Supreme Court Decision to Hear Delaware Case on Judicial Balance
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

Jury Convicts Bridgeville Man of Murder
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

DNREC to extend popular Clean Transportation Incentive Program through 2020
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

Flags to Fly at Half-Staff for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

New HSCA Rate Goes into Effect This January
Date Posted: December 6, 2019

State Treasurer Celebrates Victory in Route 9 Banking Desert Initiative and Community’s 1st Financial Service Center
Date Posted: December 5, 2019

Delaware Forest Service offers free wildfire training
Date Posted: December 5, 2019

FY 2021 Grant Applications for Arts & Community-Based Organizations and Schools Now Open
Date Posted: December 5, 2019

Black bear sighted in northern Delaware; public asked to contact DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police if seen
Date Posted: December 4, 2019

Delaware Nonprofits Share in Grant Funds to Promote Financial Literacy
Date Posted: December 4, 2019

Governor Carney, First Lady to Host Holiday Open House at Woodburn
Date Posted: December 3, 2019

Delaware Veterans Home to Host Second Annual Nursing Job Fair December 10
Date Posted: December 3, 2019

Department of Health and Social Services Seeks Public Input on Department’s Strategic Planning Initiative
Date Posted: December 3, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019 DUI Checkpoint Results
Date Posted: December 2, 2019

17 schools honored for students’ academic achievement
Date Posted: December 2, 2019

DNREC cuts ribbon for renovated Millsboro Pond boating and fishing access area, managed by Division of Fish & Wildlife
Date Posted: December 2, 2019

DNREC seeking public comment on proposed fees for coastal zone conversion permits
Date Posted: December 2, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Low-Digit Surf-Fishing Tag Auction starts Black Friday
Date Posted: November 28, 2019

DNREC’s Natural Resources Police team up with U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program
Date Posted: November 27, 2019

Sussex Gardeners decorate Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays
Date Posted: November 27, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 18-24
Date Posted: November 27, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Delaware hunting and trapping seasons opening in December
Date Posted: November 26, 2019

OHS’s Safe Family Holiday and SoberLift Launch
Date Posted: November 26, 2019

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Curiosity and Flux” by Shawn Faust
Date Posted: November 26, 2019

Consumer Alert: Medicare Prescription Plan Finder Causes Confusion
Date Posted: November 26, 2019

AG Jennings, DOJ Fight Corporate Abuse of Class Action Settlements
Date Posted: November 25, 2019

Poinsettia Sale to Run Dec. 2-21 at Greenhouse on DHSS’ Herman Holloway Campus
Date Posted: November 25, 2019

Office of Highway Safety Kicks Off New Safe Family Holiday Campaign & Reactivates SoberLift
Date Posted: November 22, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 11-17
Date Posted: November 22, 2019

Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving Infant in Hot Car Leading to Child’s Death
Date Posted: November 22, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police make arrests for hunting and trespassing on closed DelDOT properties
Date Posted: November 22, 2019

Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Nov. 26 in Dover
Date Posted: November 21, 2019

Epidemiologist Tabatha Offutt-Powell Recognized As “Community Star” in Conjunction With National Rural Health Day 2019
Date Posted: November 21, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife 2020 calendar now available
Date Posted: November 21, 2019

DHSS Partners with Google, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids to Bring Online Resources to Delaware Families
Date Posted: November 21, 2019

Delaware Valley Archaeology and History Symposium at the Arsenal in New Castle, Del. on Dec. 7, 2019
Date Posted: November 21, 2019

Governor Carney Releases Delaware’s Trauma-Informed Care Progress Report and Action Plan
Date Posted: November 20, 2019

Delaware to Celebrate National Adoption Day, November 23, 2019
Date Posted: November 20, 2019

Healthy Lifestyle Habits Now May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk Later
Date Posted: November 20, 2019

Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor nine special programs during the 2019 winter-holiday season
Date Posted: November 20, 2019

Grand Jury Indicts Dewey Beach Police Officer
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

Sussex Conservation District offers free workshop on stormwater pond maintenance Dec. 5 in Lewes
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

Interactive Site Commemorates Women’s Suffrage Centennial
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

EVENT CANCELLATION: Dec. 7, 2019 Buena Vista Holiday Open House
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrest Harrington man for weapons possession by a person prohibited
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

DHSS Adopt-A-Family Holiday Program Seeks Donors to Provide Gifts for Delaware Children, Families and Seniors in Need
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds hunters that Sportsmen Against Hunger program accepts donated deer
Date Posted: November 19, 2019

Delaware Issues RFP for Office of Value-Based Health Care Delivery
Date Posted: November 18, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 4-10
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

Two Defendants Face Prison Time for Causing Two Separate Fatal Crashes
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

DNREC announces release of preliminary data from USGS unconfined aquifer water quality study
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

DNREC awards recycling grants as Delaware celebrates Nov. 15 as America Recycles Day
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation to offer free admission to Delaware’s state parks & Brandywine Zoo on Black Friday
Date Posted: November 15, 2019

On eve of Delaware’s shotgun deer hunting season, a reminder from DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police:
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Delmarva poultry producers gain export opportunities as China opens markets
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Grants to expand high school career pathways programs
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Delaware Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries to meet Nov. 20 in Dover
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

DPH Announces New Health Indicators Added to My Healthy Community Data Portal
Date Posted: November 14, 2019

Child Support Division Needs Updated Mailing Addresses
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

DNREC announces that Croda, Inc. can resume ethylene oxide production at company’s Atlas Point facility
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

DSHA and FHLBank Pittsburgh Announce Home4Good Funding Awards
Date Posted: November 13, 2019

Delaware Dept. of Labor, Vo-Techs Host Adult Education Apprenticeship Open House for National Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces sale of 2020 annual passes and surf fishing permits on Dec. 6
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

Community Volunteers Needed to Sponsor Residents for the Holidays at Public Nursing Homes
Date Posted: November 12, 2019

DART 22nd Annual “Stuff The Bus” Thanksgiving Food Drive Starts Monday, November 11
Date Posted: November 9, 2019

Governor Carney, DNREC cut ribbon on new wildlife-viewing tower at Little Creek Wildlife Area
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Diabetes Wellness Expo On November 19 Inspires Delawareans With Diabetes to Live Healthier Lifestyles
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Winter Weather Awareness Week Begins November 11
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Man Convicted of Three Rapes Including Two Cold Cases Gets Life in Prison
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Delaware, Newark Manor Nursing Home Reach Settlement
Date Posted: November 8, 2019

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations to the Delaware Supreme Court
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Council on Recreational Fishing Funding to meet Nov. 12 in Dover
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

DPH Director Participates in March of Dimes Congressional Briefing on Infant and Maternal Health
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Governor and Lieutenant Governor Proclaim Radiation Protection Week in Delaware
Date Posted: November 7, 2019

Fourth graders’ Delaware Day projects on display at Legislative Hall in Dover from Nov. 13–Dec. 12, 2019
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

State Treasurer Attends Closing Bell at NASDAQ
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation Website Wins National Award
Date Posted: November 6, 2019

Feral Kitten In Ocean View Tests Positive for Rabies
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

Students invited to participate in 26th annual Junior Solar Sprint model car competition
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

State Treasurer’s Office Brings Tableau Day to Delaware
Date Posted: November 5, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s artificial reef program sinks retired cruise ship as addition to Redbird Reef
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife urges motorists to watch out for deer crossing roadways
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC announces Blades Groundwater Site has been proposed for Superfund NPL listing by US EPA
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

Delaware DOES NOT have a General Election on Nov 5, 2019.
Date Posted: November 4, 2019

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 21-27
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

Racketeering Judgment Against Massage Parlor Owner; Murder Conviction in 2012 Cold Case
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

Citizens Source Water Protection Committee to meet Nov. 13 in Dover
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

A Child Is Waiting for You
Date Posted: November 1, 2019

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Delaware hunting seasons opening in November
Date Posted: October 31, 2019

Nov 1 – Dec 15: Open Enrollment for Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace
Date Posted: October 31, 2019

DNREC announces new 5-Stand sporting clays course at Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center
Date Posted: October 30, 2019

New members to join Teachers Advisory Council
Date Posted: October 30, 2019

Halloween 2019 DUI Checkpoint Results
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Campaign Finance Training
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Parker’s Dairy Palace in New Castle, Del. added to the National Register of Historic Places
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

DE529 Sees Improved Education Savings Plan Rating
Date Posted: October 28, 2019

Halloween DUI Checkpoint – Statewide Activation
Date Posted: October 25, 2019

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Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

DNREC now accepting grant proposals for Delaware Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The Division of Watershed Stewardship is now accepting proposals for water quality projects within Delaware’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Tickets now on sale for Kent Conservation District’s 20th Annual Barn Dance fundraiser on Oct. 11

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019

The Kent Conservation District invites everyone to a rompin’, stompin’ good time at its 20th Annual Barn Dance fundraiser to be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 at the Harrington Fire Company, 20 Clark Street, Harrington, DE 19952.

Volunteers needed Sept. 21 for cleanup at Williams Pond in Seaford as part of Reclaim Our River program

DNREC, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, the City of Seaford, and Friends of the Nanticoke River are seeking volunteers to lend a hand, picking up trash at Williams Pond from 9-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, as part of DNREC’s annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup.