DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 1
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2017
The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility located in the heart of Delaware’s Bayshore Region, will reopen Saturday, April 1 after being closed for the winter.
Delaware’s 2016/17 deer harvest sets new all-time high record
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Delaware hunters harvested 14,742 deer during the 2016/17 hunting season, surpassing 2015/16’s record of 14,681 deer taken, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today.
Fee season now in effect in Delaware State Parks
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation reminds visitors to Delaware’s state parks that entrance fees are back in effect, being collected through Nov. 30, 2017.
Pinelands Nature Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park has reopened
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2017
The Pinelands Nature Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park reopened today following tree maintenance work. The trail closed Feb. 17 when Division of Parks & Recreation staff noticed that trees had fallen – or were leaning over – the trail. Parks staff removed a number of those trees within the trail to ensure public safety.
The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2017 beachnesting season
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half mile along the bay shoreline, will close beginning Wednesday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.
