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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC announces release of Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act Regulatory Advisory Committee Report

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Governor John Carney | The Economy | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has released the Final Report and Recommendations of the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC). The report contains the committee’s recommendations regarding the regulatory approach and content of new regulations for Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act governing conversion permits.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife seeks volunteers to help nesting diamondback terrapins along the Bayshore

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help diamondback terrapins at a prominent nesting location where they come ashore to lay eggs.




DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival May 18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 10, 2019

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will host its 10th annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 18, to celebrate the spring arrival of spawning horseshoe crabs and migrating shorebirds.




Photographers invited to compete in DNREC’s ‘Delaware Watersheds Photo Contest’

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

DNREC invites photographers to participate in the Delaware Watersheds Photo Contest. The contest aims to share the beauty of Delaware’s diverse environment while acting as a vivid reminder that everything that happens on land within the state’s watersheds also directly affects what’s happening in our waterways.




DNREC seeks public comment and input sought for Delaware’s Phase III Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019

DNREC is seeking public comment and input for the Delaware Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), the long-range plan for reducing pollutants that enter the state’s waterways and drain into the Chesapeake Bay.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC announces release of Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act Regulatory Advisory Committee Report

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Governor John Carney | The Economy | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019

DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has released the Final Report and Recommendations of the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC). The report contains the committee’s recommendations regarding the regulatory approach and content of new regulations for Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act governing conversion permits.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife seeks volunteers to help nesting diamondback terrapins along the Bayshore

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2019

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help diamondback terrapins at a prominent nesting location where they come ashore to lay eggs.




DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival May 18

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 10, 2019

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will host its 10th annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 18, to celebrate the spring arrival of spawning horseshoe crabs and migrating shorebirds.




Photographers invited to compete in DNREC’s ‘Delaware Watersheds Photo Contest’

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

DNREC invites photographers to participate in the Delaware Watersheds Photo Contest. The contest aims to share the beauty of Delaware’s diverse environment while acting as a vivid reminder that everything that happens on land within the state’s watersheds also directly affects what’s happening in our waterways.




DNREC seeks public comment and input sought for Delaware’s Phase III Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019

DNREC is seeking public comment and input for the Delaware Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), the long-range plan for reducing pollutants that enter the state’s waterways and drain into the Chesapeake Bay.