DNREC Awards Record Improvement Grants for Local Parks
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
A total of 18 local, county and municipal park systems in Delaware will share $2.2 million in grants — the largest in program history — to help acquire parkland, design and build parks and trails, and construct outdoor recreational facilities.
Delmarva Power Files Request For $67.8 Million Base Rate Increase
Department of State | Division of the Public Advocate | Newsroom | Public Service Commission | Date Posted: Monday, January 12, 2026
Delmarva also filed for rate increases in 2020 and 2022, with the last increase approved just last year. On December 9, 2025, Delmarva Power and Light (“Delmarva”) filed an application with the Delaware Public Service Commission (“Commission”) to increase its total revenue from base rates by $67.8 million compared to the rates approved in 2024 in its last base rates case. Delaware law […]
Second Annual DNREC Photo Contest Opens Jan. 15
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, January 12, 2026
The second annual Delaware photo contest sponsored by DNREC opens Jan. 15, inviting photographers of all skills to share their best shots of Delaware’s outdoors for a chance to win prizes and statewide recognition.
Delaware announces presumptive positive avian influenza case in Kent County commercial flock
Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2026
DOVER — The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced today that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has returned presumptive positive for H5 HPAI (avian influenza). State officials have quarantined the affected premises, and the birds on the property are being depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease. Birds from the […]
DNREC Soliciting Project Proposals for Surface Water Matching Planning Grants
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2026
DNREC is soliciting proposals from Delaware county and municipal governments, conservation districts, and estuary programs to receive matching grants for their surface water project planning. Proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.
