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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces wild turkey hunters harvested 571 birds in 2018

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018

Delaware’s month-long spring turkey season, which ended May 12, yielded 571 birds, 12.4 percent lower than last year’s harvest of 652 birds, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today.



DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces arrival of 2018-’19 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The cover of the 2018/2019 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide  Hunting and trapping licenses, and state waterfowl stamps also for sale now DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the 2018/19 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide is available now at participating license agents throughout the state, at the Division of Fish […]



DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Brandywine Zoo introduces two new red pandas to the public

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Brandywine Zoo has made a red panda transfer and introduced two new pandas to the public. The zoo’s new residents are Sherman, a five-year-old male from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology institute in Virginia, and a four-year-old female, named Mohu, from the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa.



Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish June 26 meeting canceled

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 26 has been canceled.

The next scheduled meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, in DNREC’s R&R Building Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.



M/V Twin Capes, retired Lewes-to-Cape May ferry, sunk to become part of Delaware’s artificial reef system

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 15, 2018

The M/V Twin Capes, a ferry christened 43 years ago on the Delaware Bay and retired after thousands of runs between her namesakes Cape Henlopen, Delaware, and Cape May, New Jersey, was sunk to become part of Delaware’s acclaimed artificial reef system.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces wild turkey hunters harvested 571 birds in 2018

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018

Delaware’s month-long spring turkey season, which ended May 12, yielded 571 birds, 12.4 percent lower than last year’s harvest of 652 birds, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today.



DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces arrival of 2018-’19 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The cover of the 2018/2019 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide  Hunting and trapping licenses, and state waterfowl stamps also for sale now DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the 2018/19 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide is available now at participating license agents throughout the state, at the Division of Fish […]



DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Brandywine Zoo introduces two new red pandas to the public

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Brandywine Zoo has made a red panda transfer and introduced two new pandas to the public. The zoo’s new residents are Sherman, a five-year-old male from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology institute in Virginia, and a four-year-old female, named Mohu, from the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa.



Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish June 26 meeting canceled

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 26 has been canceled.

The next scheduled meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, in DNREC’s R&R Building Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.



M/V Twin Capes, retired Lewes-to-Cape May ferry, sunk to become part of Delaware’s artificial reef system

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, June 15, 2018

The M/V Twin Capes, a ferry christened 43 years ago on the Delaware Bay and retired after thousands of runs between her namesakes Cape Henlopen, Delaware, and Cape May, New Jersey, was sunk to become part of Delaware’s acclaimed artificial reef system.