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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC marks American Wetlands Month with ongoing efforts to restore wetlands, raise awareness and encourage actions

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016

DNREC observes American Wetlands Month with ongoing efforts to restore wetlands, raise awareness of their values and benefits, and encourage actions to protect them.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Temporary closures for some areas of Cape Henlopen State Park needed to facilitate construction at Fort Miles

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2016

Certain areas of the Cape Henlopen State Park, including parts of the park’s bike loop, will be closed for 10 days from May 16 – 25, due to construction activities within the Fort Miles area of the park.




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating commercial crab boat accident

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police are investigating an accident in which a commercial crabbing vessel capsized after it was swamped by high waves in rough waters off Port Mahon east of Dover in the Delaware Bay.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC marks American Wetlands Month with ongoing efforts to restore wetlands, raise awareness and encourage actions

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016

DNREC observes American Wetlands Month with ongoing efforts to restore wetlands, raise awareness of their values and benefits, and encourage actions to protect them.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Temporary closures for some areas of Cape Henlopen State Park needed to facilitate construction at Fort Miles

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2016

Certain areas of the Cape Henlopen State Park, including parts of the park’s bike loop, will be closed for 10 days from May 16 – 25, due to construction activities within the Fort Miles area of the park.




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating commercial crab boat accident

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police are investigating an accident in which a commercial crabbing vessel capsized after it was swamped by high waves in rough waters off Port Mahon east of Dover in the Delaware Bay.