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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Shorebird and horseshoe crab connection highlighted in new film from the Delaware Shorebird Project

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2017

The Delaware Shorebird Project today premiered Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection, a film produced to raise awareness and understanding about the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds migrating through the Delaware Bay area, as well as the researchers who study them.




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.




DNREC schedules Tuesday, Nov. 15 public hearing in Rehoboth on city’s proposed wastewater projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 15 on several wastewater projects proposed by the City of Rehoboth Beach, including the city’s ocean outfall.




DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs awarded NOAA grant to remove derelict debris from Delaware Bay

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2016

DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs has been awarded $90,000 in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program for a project that will remove thousands of derelict or “ghost pots” and other debris from the bottom of heavily-fished areas of the Delaware Bay.




DNREC schedules Oct. 19 public workshop for proposed Rehoboth wastewater projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, October 17, 2016

DNREC will hold a public workshop Wednesday, Oct. 19 to provide information about several wastewater projects currently proposed by the City of Rehoboth Beach. The workshop will begin at 6 p.m. inside Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Company Station 86, at 219 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Shorebird and horseshoe crab connection highlighted in new film from the Delaware Shorebird Project

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2017

The Delaware Shorebird Project today premiered Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection, a film produced to raise awareness and understanding about the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds migrating through the Delaware Bay area, as well as the researchers who study them.




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.




DNREC schedules Tuesday, Nov. 15 public hearing in Rehoboth on city’s proposed wastewater projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 15 on several wastewater projects proposed by the City of Rehoboth Beach, including the city’s ocean outfall.




DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs awarded NOAA grant to remove derelict debris from Delaware Bay

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2016

DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs has been awarded $90,000 in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program for a project that will remove thousands of derelict or “ghost pots” and other debris from the bottom of heavily-fished areas of the Delaware Bay.




DNREC schedules Oct. 19 public workshop for proposed Rehoboth wastewater projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Monday, October 17, 2016

DNREC will hold a public workshop Wednesday, Oct. 19 to provide information about several wastewater projects currently proposed by the City of Rehoboth Beach. The workshop will begin at 6 p.m. inside Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Company Station 86, at 219 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach.