DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces 2016/17 Sunday deer hunting dates; now seeks public comment on state wildlife area Sunday deer hunting locations, times
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
With a recent change in Delaware law, deer hunting is allowed on five specified Sundays on private lands and on designated public lands beginning with the 2016/2017 hunting season, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Sunday deer hunting dates for the upcoming season will be Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and 20, Dec. 11 this year, and Jan. 15, 2017.
Evening of storytelling and dancing set for Aug. 31 at White Clay Creek State Park
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016
White Clay Creek State Park invites the public to a very special extension of the free Wednesday Night Concert series. Starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, visitors will enjoy songs and interactive storytelling followed by interactive dancing at the park’s Carpenter Recreation Area, 880 New London Road, in Newark, Delaware.
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 1-14
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 4,166 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 472 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks between Aug. 1 and Aug. 14.
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police respond to multiple boating accidents, address safety violations
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016
During the two-week period Aug. 1-14, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police marine patrols statewide investigated seven boating accidents and issued numerous boating safety-related citations to help keep Delaware waterways safer for boaters.
DNREC awarded federal grant to support Delaware’s research, monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome in state’s bats
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has been awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support Delaware’s ongoing research and monitoring and response to White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease that causes mortality in bats and has taken a severe toll on hibernating North American bat species since it was discovered almost 10 years ago.
