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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife sets Saturday, May 5 training in Lewes for volunteer beachnesting bird monitors

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2018

Volunteers wanting to help protect Delaware’s endangered piping plovers and other beachnesting birds are invited to join DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife monitoring team and attend a training session held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Biden Environmental Training Center.



DNREC’s First State Heritage Park joins in Dover Days festivities May 4 and 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018

DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will present “Favorite Pastimes” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State,” during the annual Dover Days celebration on Saturday, May 5.



DNREC seeking volunteers to help monitor state’s bat population; Division of Fish & Wildlife offers training in Smyrna Thursday, May 3 for annual Bat Count

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help locate bat roosts and to count bats in Delaware as the bats exit their day-time resting areas.



Governor’s 2018 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Governor Carney, with DNREC Secretary Garvin, Department of Agriculture Secretary Scuse, DACD President Edwin Alexander, and State Conservationist Kasey Taylor, presented the 2018 Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards and signed a proclamation officially designating April 29-May 6 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Delaware



As bat pupping season approaches, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds residents to prepare homes and buildings on property before bats take up residence

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds the public that Delaware’s bat population is on the move as the bats’ pupping season approaches – and that some bats might move into places where they may not be welcomed.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife sets Saturday, May 5 training in Lewes for volunteer beachnesting bird monitors

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2018

Volunteers wanting to help protect Delaware’s endangered piping plovers and other beachnesting birds are invited to join DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife monitoring team and attend a training session held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Biden Environmental Training Center.



DNREC’s First State Heritage Park joins in Dover Days festivities May 4 and 5

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018

DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will present “Favorite Pastimes” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State,” during the annual Dover Days celebration on Saturday, May 5.



DNREC seeking volunteers to help monitor state’s bat population; Division of Fish & Wildlife offers training in Smyrna Thursday, May 3 for annual Bat Count

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help locate bat roosts and to count bats in Delaware as the bats exit their day-time resting areas.



Governor’s 2018 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Governor Carney, with DNREC Secretary Garvin, Department of Agriculture Secretary Scuse, DACD President Edwin Alexander, and State Conservationist Kasey Taylor, presented the 2018 Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards and signed a proclamation officially designating April 29-May 6 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Delaware



As bat pupping season approaches, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds residents to prepare homes and buildings on property before bats take up residence

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife reminds the public that Delaware’s bat population is on the move as the bats’ pupping season approaches – and that some bats might move into places where they may not be welcomed.