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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Delaware Tidal Finfish Advisory Council to meet July 24 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, in the Dover Public Library, Room B, 35 East Loockerman Street, Dover, DE 19901.



DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy announces St. Jones Reserve Visitor Center closed until fall for renovations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy announced today that the visitor center at the St. Jones Reserve in Dover is temporarily closed for updating of the reserve’s exhibit hall. Construction is slated to be completed in early fall. During construction, restrooms will be open during normal office hours, and trails and grounds remain open to the public every day from dawn until dusk.

The St. Jones Reserve is the southern component of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve. DNERR is a partnership between the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. DNERR is administered through the Delaware Coastal Programs Section of DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy.

For more information, please call the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve at 302-739-6377.

Vol. 48, No. 188

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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 2-8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 3,940 contacts with anglers, boaters, and the general public between July 2-8, issuing 83 citations.



DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section announces year’s first finding of West Nile virus in wild birds

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

The DNREC Mosquito Control Section, in conjunction with the Division of Public Health and Department of Agriculture, has announced the first detection this year of West Nile virus in wild birds, indicating the recurrence of this mosquito-borne disease in Delaware.



DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park to host annual Civil War-era P.O.W. weekends in July and August

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fort Delaware State Park will host two-day prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) living history weekends on July 14 and 15, and on August 11 and 12. Events begin at 10 a.m. both days of each weekend.






  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Delaware Tidal Finfish Advisory Council to meet July 24 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, in the Dover Public Library, Room B, 35 East Loockerman Street, Dover, DE 19901.



DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy announces St. Jones Reserve Visitor Center closed until fall for renovations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy announced today that the visitor center at the St. Jones Reserve in Dover is temporarily closed for updating of the reserve’s exhibit hall. Construction is slated to be completed in early fall. During construction, restrooms will be open during normal office hours, and trails and grounds remain open to the public every day from dawn until dusk.

The St. Jones Reserve is the southern component of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve. DNERR is a partnership between the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. DNERR is administered through the Delaware Coastal Programs Section of DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy.

For more information, please call the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve at 302-739-6377.

Vol. 48, No. 188

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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 2-8

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 3,940 contacts with anglers, boaters, and the general public between July 2-8, issuing 83 citations.



DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section announces year’s first finding of West Nile virus in wild birds

Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018

The DNREC Mosquito Control Section, in conjunction with the Division of Public Health and Department of Agriculture, has announced the first detection this year of West Nile virus in wild birds, indicating the recurrence of this mosquito-borne disease in Delaware.



DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park to host annual Civil War-era P.O.W. weekends in July and August

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fort Delaware State Park will host two-day prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) living history weekends on July 14 and 15, and on August 11 and 12. Events begin at 10 a.m. both days of each weekend.