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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 3-9

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

Natural Resources Police officers made 1,732 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public between April 3-9, including 41 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks.




Famed ship Zuni/Tamaroa cleared by EPA, USCG to be sunk by Delaware and New Jersey as artificial reef addition

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017

DOVER – Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that the Zuni/Tamaroa, a World War II-era ship with a famed history at sea that continued into the 1990s, has been cleared by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Coast Guard for sinking onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Artificial Reef.




DNREC Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit charges two Sussex men with illegal dump site activities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017

DOVER – After investigating recent complaints made to DNREC’s Office of Community Services, Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit recently charged two Sussex men with an array of trash dumping violations – with one of the men arrested for operating an illegal dump site on a 19-acre parcel near Frankford.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: March 27-April 2

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,007 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public between March 27-April 2, including 26 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 15 citations.




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

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Thursday, April 6, 2017

More than 770 fourth-grade students from seven elementary schools participated in Wednesday’s Make a Splash festival, a DNREC-sponsored event that educates students on the diversity of estuary life and the importance of Delaware’s water resources.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 3-9

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

Natural Resources Police officers made 1,732 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public between April 3-9, including 41 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks.




Famed ship Zuni/Tamaroa cleared by EPA, USCG to be sunk by Delaware and New Jersey as artificial reef addition

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017

DOVER – Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that the Zuni/Tamaroa, a World War II-era ship with a famed history at sea that continued into the 1990s, has been cleared by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Coast Guard for sinking onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Artificial Reef.




DNREC Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit charges two Sussex men with illegal dump site activities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017

DOVER – After investigating recent complaints made to DNREC’s Office of Community Services, Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit recently charged two Sussex men with an array of trash dumping violations – with one of the men arrested for operating an illegal dump site on a 19-acre parcel near Frankford.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: March 27-April 2

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,007 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public between March 27-April 2, including 26 vessel boardings for boating safety, hunting and fishing regulation compliance checks, issuing 15 citations.




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

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Date Posted: Thursday, April 6, 2017

More than 770 fourth-grade students from seven elementary schools participated in Wednesday’s Make a Splash festival, a DNREC-sponsored event that educates students on the diversity of estuary life and the importance of Delaware’s water resources.