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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DuPont Nature Center closed, reopening April 1, 2017

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve has closed for the year, and will reopen Saturday, April 1, 2017 for the busy spring and summer seasons.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.




Print, online versions of newly updated 2016/2017 state wildlife area maps available

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

New state wildlife area maps with updated regulations and details for accessing the facilities at each area are now available for the 2016/2017 season.




Restoration underway along Delaware Bayshore to repair and enhance beaches, critical wetlands and natural defenses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2016

Restoration work has begun at Mispillion Harbor Reserve and the Ted Harvey Conservation Area on two key DNREC projects that will repair and restore beaches, critical wetlands and other natural defenses. Both Division of Fish and Wildlife projects protect and restore wildlife habitat, improve coastal resiliency and preparedness to storms, and protect public safety and property by reducing flooding to communities, while enhancing ecotourism and recreational activities along the Delaware Bayshore.




Stretches of ocean beach reopened at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2016

DNREC has reopened stretches of ocean beach between Gordons Pond and Herring Point, and beachfront along the oceanside of The Point on Cape Henlopen, following the end of a piping plover nesting season that produced 13 plover fledglings.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DuPont Nature Center closed, reopening April 1, 2017

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve has closed for the year, and will reopen Saturday, April 1, 2017 for the busy spring and summer seasons.




Volunteers begin DNREC’s 2016 Hawk Watch at Ashland Nature Center, Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016

This year’s Hawk Watches – sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with the Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation – have begun at Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.




Print, online versions of newly updated 2016/2017 state wildlife area maps available

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

New state wildlife area maps with updated regulations and details for accessing the facilities at each area are now available for the 2016/2017 season.




Restoration underway along Delaware Bayshore to repair and enhance beaches, critical wetlands and natural defenses

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Kent County | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2016

Restoration work has begun at Mispillion Harbor Reserve and the Ted Harvey Conservation Area on two key DNREC projects that will repair and restore beaches, critical wetlands and other natural defenses. Both Division of Fish and Wildlife projects protect and restore wildlife habitat, improve coastal resiliency and preparedness to storms, and protect public safety and property by reducing flooding to communities, while enhancing ecotourism and recreational activities along the Delaware Bayshore.




Stretches of ocean beach reopened at Cape Henlopen State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2016

DNREC has reopened stretches of ocean beach between Gordons Pond and Herring Point, and beachfront along the oceanside of The Point on Cape Henlopen, following the end of a piping plover nesting season that produced 13 plover fledglings.