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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police accredited under national Boat Operations and Training Program

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police were recently recognized as the 26th organization in the nation to be accredited under the NASBLA BOAT Program.




DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s lantern tours to light up Fridays this spring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019

DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will offer lantern tours of The Green and three historic Dover cemeteries at 8 p.m. Fridays from April 5 – June 7.




Volunteers needed for DNREC-sponsored 28th annual Christina River Cleanup April 6

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin encourages volunteers to sign up for the Christina River Watershed Cleanup along the river and several tributaries.




Blackbird State Forest tree planting on April 13 & 14

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Volunteers are needed to plant 2,000 hardwood seedlings at Blackbird State Forest on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Two seniors from Middletown High School, Bryan Alberding and Nick Kupsick, are leading the project in cooperation with the Delaware Forest Service and the DNREC Nonpoint Source Program (NPS), which is funding the trees. The project will take place on Blackbird State Forest’s Naudain Tract, 2076 Harvey Straughn Road, Townsend, Delaware 19734. The rain date is April 27 and 28, 2019.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife sets judging of Delaware Waterfowl, Trout Stamp contests for April 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife invites you to gather for the judging of Delaware’s annual Waterfowl Stamp and Trout Stamp contests.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police accredited under national Boat Operations and Training Program

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police were recently recognized as the 26th organization in the nation to be accredited under the NASBLA BOAT Program.




DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s lantern tours to light up Fridays this spring

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019

DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will offer lantern tours of The Green and three historic Dover cemeteries at 8 p.m. Fridays from April 5 – June 7.




Volunteers needed for DNREC-sponsored 28th annual Christina River Cleanup April 6

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin encourages volunteers to sign up for the Christina River Watershed Cleanup along the river and several tributaries.




Blackbird State Forest tree planting on April 13 & 14

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Forest Service | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Volunteers are needed to plant 2,000 hardwood seedlings at Blackbird State Forest on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Two seniors from Middletown High School, Bryan Alberding and Nick Kupsick, are leading the project in cooperation with the Delaware Forest Service and the DNREC Nonpoint Source Program (NPS), which is funding the trees. The project will take place on Blackbird State Forest’s Naudain Tract, 2076 Harvey Straughn Road, Townsend, Delaware 19734. The rain date is April 27 and 28, 2019.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife sets judging of Delaware Waterfowl, Trout Stamp contests for April 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife invites you to gather for the judging of Delaware’s annual Waterfowl Stamp and Trout Stamp contests.