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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


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.




Delaware fourth graders ‘Make a Splash’ and learn about protecting water resources

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 5, 2016

More than 720 fourth-grade students from seven elementary schools participated in the Make a Splash festival, an event that educates students on the diversity of estuary life and the importance of Delaware’s water resources.




Volunteers sought for 25th annual Christina River Cleanup on April 9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016

DNREC Secretary David Small encourages volunteers to join the 25th annual Christina River Watershed Cleanup along the river and several of its tributaries on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m. until noon at 15 sites throughout northern New Castle County.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

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.




Delaware fourth graders ‘Make a Splash’ and learn about protecting water resources

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 5, 2016

More than 720 fourth-grade students from seven elementary schools participated in the Make a Splash festival, an event that educates students on the diversity of estuary life and the importance of Delaware’s water resources.




Volunteers sought for 25th annual Christina River Cleanup on April 9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016

DNREC Secretary David Small encourages volunteers to join the 25th annual Christina River Watershed Cleanup along the river and several of its tributaries on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m. until noon at 15 sites throughout northern New Castle County.