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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


New state record 24.8-pound bluefish bests previous high Delaware catch by almost 3 pounds

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 43-inch, 24.8-pound bluefish caught Monday over the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef.




DNREC hosts Reclaim Our River, Nanticoke Series guided nature walk and celebration Saturday, Oct. 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, September 25, 2015

Nature walk event on Oct. 3 will be the final event in the 2015 Reclaim Our River (ROR), Nanticoke Series, a program offering monthly events, workshops and recreational activities aimed at raising water quality awareness in the Nanticoke Watershed.




Experience living history at Fort Delaware State Park’s “Infantry Weekend”

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015

See history in action at a special “Living History Weekend” on Aug. 8 and 9 at Fort Delaware State Park.




DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation named as finalist for 2015 National Gold Medal Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015

The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), has announced that DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation (Delaware State Parks) is one of four finalists for the 2015 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the state parks systems category.




The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2015 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, February 23, 2015

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 Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

New state record 24.8-pound bluefish bests previous high Delaware catch by almost 3 pounds

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 43-inch, 24.8-pound bluefish caught Monday over the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef.




DNREC hosts Reclaim Our River, Nanticoke Series guided nature walk and celebration Saturday, Oct. 3

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, September 25, 2015

Nature walk event on Oct. 3 will be the final event in the 2015 Reclaim Our River (ROR), Nanticoke Series, a program offering monthly events, workshops and recreational activities aimed at raising water quality awareness in the Nanticoke Watershed.




Experience living history at Fort Delaware State Park’s “Infantry Weekend”

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015

See history in action at a special “Living History Weekend” on Aug. 8 and 9 at Fort Delaware State Park.




DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation named as finalist for 2015 National Gold Medal Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015

The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), has announced that DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation (Delaware State Parks) is one of four finalists for the 2015 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the state parks systems category.




The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park to close for 2015 beachnesting season

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, February 23, 2015

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 Sunday, March 1, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other species.