DNREC to hold public meeting July 16 on EPA’s proposed denial of Delaware’s Clean Air Act petitions to reduce air pollution originating elsewhere from coming into the state
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public meeting Monday, July 16 to enable Delawareans to express their opinion about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to deny the state’s 126(b) Clean Air Act petitions aimed at reducing air pollution that comes into Delaware after originating elsewhere. The public meeting will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Room A112, Wing A, Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton Christiana Rd., Newark, DE 19713.
DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park to host annual Civil War-era P.O.W. weekends in July and August
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Fort Delaware State Park will host two-day prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) living history weekends on July 14 and 15, and on August 11 and 12. Events begin at 10 a.m. both days of each weekend.
DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Delaware Seashore State Park to host 38th annual Sandcastle Contest
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, July 9, 2018
For nearly 40 years, Delaware Seashore State Park has hosted an annual Sandcastle Contest, and it has become one of the park’s major events. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, some 30 teams – totaling around 100 visitors from in and out of state – are expected to participate.
DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Artificial Reef Program benefits from rock removed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during deepening of Delaware River’s navigation channel
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, July 9, 2018
DOVER – When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers struck rock bottom during deepening of the Delaware River navigational channel, the state’s artificial reef program under the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish & Wildlife struck a new partnership with the Corps of Engineers for creating new fish habitat. Since last December, DNREC’s Fisheries Section and the Corps have partnered on a beneficial reuse project for converting nearly a million tons of rock removed from the river bottom into enhanced habitat for marine life on two artificial reef sites in the lower Delaware Bay – and at no cost to the state.
Boat ramp and parking lot at Holts Landing State Park will be closed July 9 and 10 by DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation for final phase of construction upgrades
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, July 9, 2018
MILLSVILLE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will close the boat ramp and adjacent parking lot at Holts Landing State Park Monday, July 9, and Tuesday, July 10, while paving is completed on the parking lot upgrade that will add 36 new boat trailer parking spaces at the ramp. This is the final phase of an ongoing construction project at Holts Landing State Park begun earlier this year. The boat ramp at Holts Landing is scheduled to be closed only on the dates listed above, and will reopen Wednesday, July 11, weather permitting.
