Visit DNREC at the 2019 Delaware State Fair!
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
DNREC invites visitors to explore the newly-renovated and air-conditioned DNREC Building at the corner of Holloway Avenue and East Rider Road.
Lantern Tours Return to Light up Fridays at First State Heritage Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
On Friday evenings at 8:30 p.m. this summer, DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s lantern tours of The Green and three of Dover’s historic cemeteries will entertain with stories from Dover’s history.
Dates for ‘Small Fry Adventures’ family outings announced by DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Fish & Wildlife invites families with young children to come out to the Aquatic Resources Education Center to enjoy “Small Fry Adventures” this summer.
DNREC invites public to Brandywine Creek State Park Trail Plan open house on July 23
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, to review the Brandywine Creek Trail Plan, at the Brandywine Creek State Park Nature Center, on Adams Dam Road, in Wilmington.
USAF, Dover AFB advise state agencies that PFAS chemicals exceeding EPA health advisory found in four wells near base
Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2019
The US Air Force and Dover Air Force Base have notified Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Division of Public Health, that four wells near the base sampled by the federal government for perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), have returned elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA above the US Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory for these substances of 70 parts per trillion (ppt).
