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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Volunteers and boats sought for Inland Bays Cleanup on June 11

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Friday, May 20, 2016

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is seeking volunteers and boats for the 12th Annual Inland Bays Cleanup from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 11.




First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Volunteers needed Saturday, April 23 for Earth Day event to pot tree seedlings at the St. Jones Reserve near Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016

Volunteers are needed to assist with planting native tree seedlings in pots from 9 – 11 a.m., Saturday, April 23, at the St. Jones Reserve, near Dover.




Open house for new Flood Risk Maps for Kent and Sussex Counties set for April 20 in Milford

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 8, 2016

DNREC and FEMA will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, at the Carlisle Fire Company Hall in Milford, to inform the public about new preliminary flood risk maps for parts of Kent and Sussex Counties.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Volunteers and boats sought for Inland Bays Cleanup on June 11

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Friday, May 20, 2016

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is seeking volunteers and boats for the 12th Annual Inland Bays Cleanup from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 11.




First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Volunteers needed Saturday, April 23 for Earth Day event to pot tree seedlings at the St. Jones Reserve near Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016

Volunteers are needed to assist with planting native tree seedlings in pots from 9 – 11 a.m., Saturday, April 23, at the St. Jones Reserve, near Dover.




Open house for new Flood Risk Maps for Kent and Sussex Counties set for April 20 in Milford

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 8, 2016

DNREC and FEMA will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, at the Carlisle Fire Company Hall in Milford, to inform the public about new preliminary flood risk maps for parts of Kent and Sussex Counties.