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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

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

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.




Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 in DNREC’s Dover auditorium

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 in DNREC’s auditorium in Dover.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife to hold May 14 training for volunteer bat spotters needed to help with Delaware Bat Count

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 15, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteer bat spotters to help in locating and counting the state’s bat colonies for the annual Delaware Bat Count.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

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

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.




Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 in DNREC’s Dover auditorium

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 in DNREC’s auditorium in Dover.




DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife to hold May 14 training for volunteer bat spotters needed to help with Delaware Bat Count

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 15, 2016

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteer bat spotters to help in locating and counting the state’s bat colonies for the annual Delaware Bat Count.