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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


For a safer Memorial Day holiday weekend, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police advise: Don’t drink and boat on Delaware waterways

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017

For the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police remind boaters that drinking and boating don’t mix – and that boat operators with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher risk facing charges for operating under the influence (OUI), as well as putting themselves, their passengers and other boaters in Delaware waters at risk.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 1-7

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between May 1-7 made 4,630 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 32 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 11 citations.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 24-30

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 5, 2017

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between April 24-30 made 2,091 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 84 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 10 citations.



DNREC, DHSS now accepting grant proposals for wastewater, surface water, and drinking water project planning

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship and office of Environmental Finance, and the Department of Health and Social Services’ (DHSS) Division of Public Health are now accepting project proposals from state, county and municipal governments and governmental subdivisions for matching grants for wastewater, surface water and drinking water project planning.



DNREC Mosquito Control urges property owners to ‘Look About, Dump It Out!’ to eliminate standing water that can breed mosquitoes

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 28, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section urges residential and business property owners throughout the state to empty all standing water sources, large and small, to reduce mosquito-breeding habitat on their properties.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

For a safer Memorial Day holiday weekend, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police advise: Don’t drink and boat on Delaware waterways

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017

For the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police remind boaters that drinking and boating don’t mix – and that boat operators with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher risk facing charges for operating under the influence (OUI), as well as putting themselves, their passengers and other boaters in Delaware waters at risk.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 1-7

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017

To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between May 1-7 made 4,630 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 32 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 11 citations.



DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 24-30

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 5, 2017

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between April 24-30 made 2,091 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 84 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 10 citations.



DNREC, DHSS now accepting grant proposals for wastewater, surface water, and drinking water project planning

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship and office of Environmental Finance, and the Department of Health and Social Services’ (DHSS) Division of Public Health are now accepting project proposals from state, county and municipal governments and governmental subdivisions for matching grants for wastewater, surface water and drinking water project planning.



DNREC Mosquito Control urges property owners to ‘Look About, Dump It Out!’ to eliminate standing water that can breed mosquitoes

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 28, 2017

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Section urges residential and business property owners throughout the state to empty all standing water sources, large and small, to reduce mosquito-breeding habitat on their properties.